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# Provision of Defence Personal Injury Legal Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-defence-personal-injury-legal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05a79c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** 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. Published submission portal: etendersni.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [the Education Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-education-authority-GB-PPON-PPHJ-6982-JPXY)
- **Published Value:** £2,200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 March 2026 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Legal advisory and representation services, Legal advisory services, Legal representation services, Legal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £2,200,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-defence-personal-injury-legal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05a79c#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05a79c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-defence-personal-injury-legal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05a79c#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [etendersni.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetendersni.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-defence-personal-injury-legal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05a79c#participate

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79000000, 79100000, 79110000, 79111000, 79112000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £2,200,000

- **Contract Period:** 30/06/2026 to 30/06/2030

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** BSP 25 013 Provision of Defence and Personal Injury Services (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **DAC BEACHCROFT (N.IRELAND) LLP, KEOGHS NORTHERN IRELAND LLP, NAPIER & SONS SOLICITORS LTD (+2 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PQRM-8457-NMHQ`, `GB-PPON:PYXV-8863-JBGJ`, `GB-PPON:PDXC-3161-QVTJ`, `GB-FTS-160697`
  - Value: £2,200,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 15/06/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** BSP 25 013 Provision of Defence and Personal Injury Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,200,000
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016632-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-30T11:02:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T00:54:49.502Z
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