Project Sand legal services award to Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP

Tender information last checkedLast checked 8 Oct 2026, 16:28.

Opportunity overview

Legal Services Project Sand BPC utilised the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) RM6360 Legal Panel for Government Lot 3 Finance and High Risk / Innovation.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP

Matched by exact name

Published award value: £30k
Awarded: 9 Sept 2026
Award ID: ocds-b5fd17-1ee73634-8f45-420f-9918-baec0d80012a-1
Status: active

Classification

CPV79100000 — Legal services

Documents and notices

Awarded contract notice on Contracts FinderOpen source ↗
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Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: BIP1072804746
Status: complete
Procurement Method Details: Other - Not Disclosed
Main Procurement Category: services

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 79100000
Description: Legal services

Tender Period

Ends: 13 Sept 2026, 00:00

Contract period

Starts: 14 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends: 14 Dec 2026, 23:59

Suitability

Sme: No
Vcse: No

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Country Name: United Kingdom

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Id: GB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/8u5J6V4e
Name: BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Identifier

Legal Name: BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Scheme: GB-SRS
Id: sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/8u5J6V4e

Address

Street Address: Steel City House, West Street
Locality: Sheffield
Postal Code: S1 2GQ
Country Name: UK

Contact

Name: Procurement
Email: Procurement@british-business-bank.co.uk
Telephone: 01142127862

Roles

buyer

Organisation 2

Id: GB-CFS-337832
Name: Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP

Identifier

Legal Name: Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP

Address

Street Address: Fruit & Wool Exchange 1 Duval Square London E1 6PW

Details

Scale: large

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: ocds-b5fd17-1ee73634-8f45-420f-9918-baec0d80012a-1
Status: active
Date: 10 Sept 2026, 00:00
Published: 8 Oct 2026, 15:16

Value

Amount: 29,988
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-CFS-337832
Name: Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP

Contract period

Starts: 14 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends: 14 Dec 2026, 23:59

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 1
Document Type: awardNotice
Description: Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Url: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/10efacc5-683a-4474-8e0f-af1513ec65ff ↗
Published: 8 Oct 2026, 15:16
Format: text/html
Language: en

Entry 2

Id: 2
Document Type: tenderNotice
Description: Please follow this link to view the notice.
Url: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/respondToList.html?noticeId=1072804746 ↗

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Sheffield · S1 2GQ · UK
Delivery location · Yorkshire and the Humber · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

10efacc5-683a-4474-8e0f-af1513ec65ff-917084Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder · 8 Oct 2026, 15:16

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED published an active award record for Project Sand, covering legal services under Government Commercial Agency RM6360 Lot 3. The named supplier is ASHURST PERKINS COIE UK LLP. The published award value is £29,988 and the stated delivery period is 14 September to 14 December 2026.

Published outcome signals

Notice statusAwarded contract notice; source record status completeEvidence: The process is labelled "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder" with display status "awarded" and tender status "complete".
Award statusActive award recordEvidence: Award ocds-b5fd17-1ee73634-8f45-420f-9918-baec0d80012a-1 has status "active".
Contract conclusionUnknown; the supplied award record does not explicitly state that a contract was signedEvidence: The source provides an award and contract-period fields, but no signature or conclusion statement.

94% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice reference: 10efacc5-683a-4474-8e0f-af1513ec65ff-917084
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1ee73634-8f45-420f-9918-baec0d80012a
First published: 8 Oct 2026
Last checked: 8 Oct 2026, 16:28
Notice versions reviewed: 1

View Contracts Finder notice ↗

HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 11 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award is recorded to ASHURST PERKINS COIE UK LLP.

Market significance

A small, short-duration legal-services award using a government legal panel route.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

ASHURST PERKINS COIE UK LLP

99% confidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-1ee73634-8f45-420f-9918-baec0d80012a-1 · Lots Lot 3 Finance and High Risk / Innovation (framework panel reference) · 29988 GBP · active award

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The award names Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP as supplier. Supplier verification identifies the legal entity as ASHURST PERKINS COIE UK LLP (company number OC330252).

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice status

99% confidence

Awarded contract notice; source record status complete

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The process is labelled "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder" with display status "awarded" and tender status "complete".

Award status

99% confidence

Active award record

View supporting evidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-1ee73634-8f45-420f-9918-baec0d80012a-1 has status "active".

Contract conclusion

96% confidence

Unknown; the supplied award record does not explicitly state that a contract was signed

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The source provides an award and contract-period fields, but no signature or conclusion statement.

VALUES

Published values explained

Published award value

99% confidence

£29,988 GBP

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The award value and tender value are both recorded as 29988 GBP.

Value allocation

97% confidence

Allocated to the single published award and supplier

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The source contains one award and names one supplier.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Award date

99% confidence

10 September 2026

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Award date: 2026-09-10T00:00:00+01:00.

Stated contract period

99% confidence

14 September 2026 to 14 December 2026

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The tender and award contractPeriod fields specify these start and end dates.

Award notice publication

99% confidence

8 October 2026

View supporting evidence

Award notice datePublished: 2026-10-08T15:16:41+01:00.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

99% confidence

Legal services for Project Sand

View supporting evidence

The title is "GB-Sheffield: Project Sand" and the description states "Legal Services Project Sand".

Classification

99% confidence

CPV 79100000 — Legal services

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Primary classification is CPV 79100000.

Framework/panel reference

98% confidence

Government Commercial Agency RM6360 Legal Panel for Government, Lot 3 Finance and High Risk / Innovation

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Stated in the published description.

Delivery region

95% confidence

Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom

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The tender item lists this delivery address region.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Published procurement-method detail

99% confidence

Other - Not Disclosed

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procurementMethodDetails is recorded as "Other - Not Disclosed".

Competition information

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information on bidders, bid counts, evaluation and scores was not supplied in the published notice.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Stated duration

97% confidence

Approximately three months

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The stated period runs from 14 September to 14 December 2026.

SME/VCSE suitability flags

98% confidence

SME: no; VCSE: no

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The tender suitability fields record sme false and vcse false.

Extension, renewal and pricing terms

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Route to market

98% confidence

The requirement was described as using the GCA RM6360 legal panel, Lot 3.

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Published description explicitly identifies the panel and lot reference.

Commercial scale

99% confidence

Published award value is £29,988 for the stated period.

View supporting evidence

The single award is valued at 29988 GBP.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

94%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-b5fd17-1ee73634-8f45-420f-9918-baec0d80012a
Analysed: 11 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Published buyer

99% confidence

BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED

View supporting evidence

The buyer party is named BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED.

Buyer location

98% confidence

Sheffield, UK

View supporting evidence

The buyer address is Steel City House, West Street, Sheffield, S1 2GQ.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Verified legal supplier

99% confidence

ASHURST PERKINS COIE UK LLP (company number OC330252)

View supporting evidence

Supplier verification returned an exact-name match, verified company name ASHURST PERKINS COIE UK LLP, company number OC330252, and active company status.

Source supplier name

99% confidence

Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP

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This is the supplier name in the source award and parties data.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated end-of-term point

99% confidence

14 December 2026

View supporting evidence

This is the explicit stated contract end date. It is an end-date estimate, not a procurement or renewal forecast.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Chronology inconsistency

99% confidence

The award date precedes the published submission deadline

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Award date is 10 September 2026, while tenderPeriod endDate is 13 September 2026. The source does not explain this sequence.

Publication timing

99% confidence

The award notice was published after the stated start date

View supporting evidence

The stated start date is 14 September 2026 and the notice was published on 8 October 2026.

Award versus signed contract

96% confidence

The active award record and stated period do not independently evidence signature or execution

View supporting evidence

No signed-contract date or explicit execution statement is supplied.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The source dates are internally unusual: the recorded award date is before the published submission deadline; no explanation is supplied.
The award notice was published after the stated contract start date.
No explicit signed-contract or execution evidence is supplied, so the record should not be described as a confirmed signed contract.
Information on bids, evaluation, award rationale, individual pricing, extension options and renewal terms was not supplied in the published notice.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who was named as supplier for Project Sand?

ASHURST PERKINS COIE UK LLP was named as the supplier.

What is the published award value?

The published award value is £29,988 GBP.

Was a signed contract confirmed?

No. The supplied notice records an active award and a contract period, but does not explicitly confirm signature.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

GB-Sheffield: Project Sand

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP

Classification

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Classification

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Suitability

Items and delivery

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Buyer, suppliers and contacts

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Contact

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Award information

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Notice and amendment history

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Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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