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Provision of Defence Personal Injury Legal Services

No classification published
Location not published
Official notice
Published value
£2,200,000
Submission deadline 27 Mar 2026, 15:00 GMT
Lots published1
Procurement Intelligence
Published evidence · v1
Prepared 7 Sept 2026, 13:26 BST
A pre-calculated analytical view of official UK procurement facts, competition benchmarks and decision timelines.
Bid readiness
Review notice
Deadline: 27 Mar 2026, 15:00 GMT
Check official notice for submission route
Scope structure
1lots
1 lot · 1 published item
CPV family not published
Decision Velocity
~64 days
Typical sector award window after deadline
Sector median: 64 days
Contract lifecycle
Published
Nearest end: 30 Jun 2030, 23:59 BST
No published extension signal
Pricing & Budget Savings
£2,200,000
Contract/award value: £2,200,000
4 award suppliers linked
Bidding Competition
Not published
SME bid count not published
No bid spread metrics published
Sector Market Benchmark (CPV 79)
Based on 13,031 published procedures
Median Winning Discount
9.17%
Award reduction below published budget
Typical Bids Received
4 bidders
Median competitive participation in sector
Typical Evaluation Window
64 days
Median time between deadline and award
Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 79)
Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
SupplierAwards won in sectorTotal awarded valueAvg. winning discount
KPMG LLPCRN: OC301540
49 contracts£157,191,280,561-9.7% below budget
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPCRN: OC303525
36 contracts£78,121,082,603-6.3% below budget
HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITEDCRN: 00975677
36 contracts£57,303,208,486At ceiling / not disclosed
STHREE PARTNERSHIP LLPCRN: OC387148
34 contracts£13,244,279,400At ceiling / not disclosed
DELOITTE LLPCRN: OC303675
30 contracts£104,328,670,062-37% below budget
Ernst & Young LLPCRN: OC300001
28 contracts£54,840,655,892At ceiling / not disclosed
G2V RECRUITMENT GROUP LIMITEDCRN: 08067630
28 contracts£5,576,393At ceiling / not disclosed
TILE HILL INTERIM & EXECUTIVE LIMITEDCRN: 10484468
27 contracts£304,062,138At ceiling / not disclosed
Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK LimitedCRN: 01679046
27 contracts£3,662,531At ceiling / not disclosed
JISC SERVICES LIMITEDCRN: 02881024
25 contracts£22,142,230At ceiling / not disclosed
Evidence coverage
5/12 core inputs published
Standard procedure facts
Comparable published opportunities
Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They are research comparables, not expected competitors or a price forecast.
No sufficiently evidenced comparable record has been calculated yet.
Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Values and dates are retained OCDS facts; missing source data remains unknown.
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: the Education Authority: "Provision of Defence Personal Injury Legal Services". Published status: complete. Published value: £2,200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Mar 2026, 15:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting Authoritythe Education AuthorityScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
27 Mar 2026, 15:00 GMT
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£2,200,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: the Education Authority
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for the Education Authority. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
5.5Bids / Report (median)
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 62 active published awards; 4 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting Authoritythe Education Authority
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published30 Jun 2026, 12:02 BST
Last source update30 Jun 2026, 12:02 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05a79c
What is being bought
The Education Authority seek to establish a Contract with up to 4 firms of solicitors for the Provision of Defence Personal Injury Legal Services (i.e. defence of actual or anticipated High Court or County Court personal injury proceedings served upon the Education Authority, Libraries NI, a Board of Governors of a controlled school or a Board of Governors of an Irish Medium School or the Trustees / Board of Governors of a Catholic Maintained School - and if necessary the undertaking of a separate initial claims investigation function- as well as the defence or prosecution of an appeal from any court decision given in any such proceedings and/or the bringing of third party proceedings or associated contribution proceedings); the conduct of all such proceedings or investigative function to be carried out in accordance with the Contractual Arrangements. This contract will be used on an as-and-when-required basis. EA does not make any commitment regarding the frequency or value of work to be allocated. Contractors shall understand that the workload is indeterminate. Accordingly, no form of exclusivity is conferred, nor is any volume guarantee granted by EA in relation to the provision of work to the Contractors. Although the majority of work will be allocated on a rotational basis, EA reserves the right at its absolute discretion to allocate all or any work under this contract to the Education Authority Solicitors or another legal services provider instead of allocating the work to either of the Contractors.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    30 Jun 2026, 12:02 BST
  2. tender value changed
    18 Jun 2026, 16:18 BST
  3. Status changed to complete
    18 Jun 2026, 16:18 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    18 Jun 2026, 16:18 BST
  5. Submission deadline changed to published date
    18 Jun 2026, 16:18 BST
  6. Published value updated to £2,200,000
    24 Feb 2026, 16:23 GMT
  7. Status changed to active
    24 Feb 2026, 16:23 GMT
  8. Official notice release published
    24 Feb 2026, 16:23 GMT
  9. Submission deadline changed to 27 Mar 2026, 15:00 GMT
    24 Feb 2026, 16:23 GMT
  10. Status changed to planning
    3 Oct 2025, 10:40 BST
  11. Official notice release published
    3 Oct 2025, 10:40 BST
  12. Buyer information updated
    3 Oct 2025, 10:40 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    30 Jun 2026, 12:02 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    27 Mar 2026, 15:00 GMT
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Contract active
    Signed 30 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · £2,200,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
DAC BEACHCROFT (N.IRELAND) LLP, KEOGHS NORTHERN IRELAND LLP, NAPIER & SONS SOLICITORS LTD, Tughans LLP
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
BSP 25 013 Provision of Defence and Personal Injury Services
£2,200,000 · signed 30 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Contract period: 1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST — 30 Jun 2030, 23:59 BST
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

the Education Authority

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PPHJ-6982-JPXY
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  • the Education Authority
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PPHJ-6982-JPXY
    1 Academy Street, BELFAST, UKN06, BT1 2NQ, GB
    [email protected]

  • DAC BEACHCROFT (N.IRELAND) LLP
    supplier

    GB-PPON: PQRM-8457-NMHQ
    7th Floor Montgomery House, Belfast, UKN06, BT1 4NX, GB
    [email protected]

  • KEOGHS NORTHERN IRELAND LLP
    supplier

    GB-PPON: PYXV-8863-JBGJ
    7th Floor City Exchange, 11-13 Gloucester Street, Belfast, UKN06, BT1 4LS, GB
    [email protected]

  • NAPIER & SONS SOLICITORS LTD
    supplier

    GB-PPON: PDXC-3161-QVTJ
    1-9 Castle Arcade High Street, Belfast, UKN06, BT1 5DF, GB
    [email protected]

  • TUGHANS LLP
    supplier

    GB-PPON: PQDY-5657-BBMW
    The Ewart, 3 Bedford Square, Belfast, UKN06, BT2 7EP, GB
    [email protected]
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied

  • Not published

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