DLA PIPER UK LLP awarded British Business Bank GGS legal support contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 20 Oct 2026, 12:47.

Opportunity overview

The contract will provide legal and transaction support for implementation of amendments to the Growth Guarantee Scheme. The supplier will work with the Buyer's legal team to establish and operate a HighQ portal; support preparation, population and upload of template guarantee, amendment and restatement agreements and lending limit letters; apply agreed Buyer signatures when instructed; issue standard communications and DocuSign envelopes to participating lenders; monitor responses and send reminders; refer substantive legal queries to the Buyer; correct and reissue documents where lender details change; and check that completed documents have been duly executed. The requirement was called off from the Crown Commercial Service Legal Panel for Government framework (RM6360), using the relevant lot and framework call-off procedure, and this Contracts Finder notice records the proposed award of the resulting call-off contract.

Awarded to

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DLA Piper UK LLP

Matched by number

Published award value: £25k
Awarded: 23 Aug 2026
Award ID: ocds-b5fd17-7d725c34-70d2-4176-a927-bed713ba6b0d-1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH OC307847

Classification

CPV79100000 — Legal services

Documents and notices

Awarded contract notice on Contracts FinderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: P-3820
Status: complete
Procurement Method: selective
Procurement Method Details: Call-off from a framework agreement
Main Procurement Category: services

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 79100000
Description: Legal services

Tender Period

Ends: 14 Aug 2026, 23:59

Contract period

Starts: 1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends: 30 Nov 2026, 23:59

Suitability

Sme: Yes
Vcse: No

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Country Name: United Kingdom

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Id: GB-GOR-OT1148
Name: BRITISH BUSINESS BANK PLC

Identifier

Legal Name: BRITISH BUSINESS BANK PLC
Scheme: GB-GOR
Id: OT1148

Address

Street Address: Steel City House
Locality: SHEFFIELD
Postal Code: S38NH
Country Name: England

Contact

Email: procurement@british-business-bank.co.uk

Roles

buyer

Organisation 2

Id: GB-COH-OC307847
Name: DLA Piper UK LLP

Identifier

Legal Name: DLA Piper UK LLP
Scheme: GB-COH
Id: OC307847

Address

Street Address: 160 Aldersgate, London EC1A 4HT

Details

Scale: large
Vcse: No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: ocds-b5fd17-7d725c34-70d2-4176-a927-bed713ba6b0d-1
Status: active
Date: 24 Aug 2026, 00:00
Published: 20 Oct 2026, 10:54

Value

Amount: 25,000
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-OC307847
Name: DLA Piper UK LLP

Contract period

Starts: 1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends: 30 Nov 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/ee18310a-bf83-4e78-91ed-cace0c3e22f6 ↗
Published: 20 Oct 2026, 10:54
Format: text/html
Language: en

Recorded locations

Buyer location · SHEFFIELD · S38NH · England
Delivery location · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

ee18310a-bf83-4e78-91ed-cace0c3e22f6-918350Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder · 20 Oct 2026, 10:54

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

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ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

British Business Bank PLC awarded a £25,000 legal-services call-off to DLA PIPER UK LLP for support implementing amendments to the 2026 Growth Guarantee Scheme.

Published outcome signals

Notice statusAwarded contract notice; source status completeEvidence: Notice type is “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”; process stage is award and source status is complete.
Award statusActive awardEvidence: Award ocds-b5fd17-7d725c34-70d2-4176-a927-bed713ba6b0d-1 has status “active”.
Contract conclusionNot explicitly confirmed as signedEvidence: The record describes a proposed award of the resulting call-off contract and supplies no signature or contract-conclusion field.

97% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice reference: ee18310a-bf83-4e78-91ed-cace0c3e22f6-918350
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7d725c34-70d2-4176-a927-bed713ba6b0d
First published: 20 Oct 2026
Last checked: 20 Oct 2026, 12:47
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 20 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

British Business Bank PLC awarded a £25,000 legal-services call-off to DLA PIPER UK LLP for support implementing amendments to the 2026 Growth Guarantee Scheme.

Published outcome

The published record identifies one active award to DLA PIPER UK LLP, dated 24 August 2026. It is an award notice; the supplied data does not explicitly confirm contract signature.

Market significance

This is a small, short-duration specialist legal-services engagement procured through the Crown Commercial Service Legal Panel for Government framework (RM6360).

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

DLA PIPER UK LLP

99% confidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-7d725c34-70d2-4176-a927-bed713ba6b0d-1 · 25000 GBP · Active award

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The award names DLA Piper UK LLP; supplier verification identifies the legal supplier name as DLA PIPER UK LLP, company number OC307847.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice status

99% confidence

Awarded contract notice; source status complete

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Notice type is “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”; process stage is award and source status is complete.

Award status

99% confidence

Active award

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Award ocds-b5fd17-7d725c34-70d2-4176-a927-bed713ba6b0d-1 has status “active”.

Contract conclusion

95% confidence

Not explicitly confirmed as signed

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The record describes a proposed award of the resulting call-off contract and supplies no signature or contract-conclusion field.

VALUES

Published values explained

Award value

99% confidence

£25,000

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The award value is 25,000 GBP.

Value allocation

96% confidence

Single award; no lot-level allocation published

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One award and one supplier are supplied; no lots are supplied.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Tender deadline

99% confidence

14 August 2026, 23:59 BST

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Tender period end date is 2026-08-14T23:59:00+01:00.

Award date

99% confidence

24 August 2026

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Award date is 2026-08-24T00:00:00+01:00.

Published date

99% confidence

20 October 2026

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Award notice datePublished is 2026-10-20T10:54:12+01:00.

Stated contract period

99% confidence

1 September 2026 to 30 November 2026

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The tender and award contract period runs from 2026-09-01 to 2026-11-30.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Service category

99% confidence

Legal services (CPV 79100000)

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Primary classification is CPV 79100000, Legal services.

Requirement

98% confidence

Legal and transaction support for Growth Guarantee Scheme amendments

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The description covers HighQ portal operation, preparation and issue of guarantee and amendment documentation, lender communications, document reissue and execution checks.

Delivery geography

95% confidence

United Kingdom

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The item delivery address country is United Kingdom.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Selective; framework call-off

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Procurement method is selective and details state “Call-off from a framework agreement”.

Framework

98% confidence

Crown Commercial Service Legal Panel for Government (RM6360)

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The description states that the requirement was called off from the Legal Panel for Government framework, RM6360.

Competition information

99% confidence

Not published

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Information on bidder numbers, tenderers, evaluation scores and selection rationale is not supplied.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Stated duration

98% confidence

Approximately three months

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The stated period runs from 1 September to 30 November 2026.

Extensions or renewals

99% confidence

Not published

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No extension, option or renewal terms are supplied.

SME suitability

95% confidence

Marked suitable for SMEs

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Tender suitability records SME as true.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial profile

97% confidence

Low-value, time-limited legal delivery support

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The award is valued at £25,000 and has a stated period of roughly three months.

Operational focus

97% confidence

Document execution workflow and lender communications

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The scope includes document preparation, upload, signatures, DocuSign communications, reminders, corrections and execution checks.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

97%overall confidence

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

Reference: ocds-b5fd17-7d725c34-70d2-4176-a927-bed713ba6b0d
Analysed: 20 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

BRITISH BUSINESS BANK PLC

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The buyer party is identified as BRITISH BUSINESS BANK PLC.

Buyer location

95% confidence

Sheffield, England

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Buyer address locality is SHEFFIELD, country England.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Legal supplier identity

99% confidence

DLA PIPER UK LLP (company number OC307847)

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Verified supplier data gives legal name DLA PIPER UK LLP and verified company number OC307847 via company-number match.

Supplier scale

95% confidence

Large

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Supplier party details classify its scale as large.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated end point

99% confidence

30 November 2026

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The explicit stated contract end date is 30 November 2026.

Renewal outlook

99% confidence

No renewal option published; end date is not a procurement forecast

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No extension or renewal terms are supplied.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Contract status interpretation

95% confidence

Award status is active, but signature is not evidenced

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The award is marked active, while the description calls it a proposed award and no signed-contract field is supplied.

Unpublished procurement detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice

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No bid count, scores, pricing breakdown, lot allocation, extension terms or award rationale is supplied.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The notice does not explicitly confirm that the call-off contract was signed or concluded.
Information on bid numbers, bidders, evaluation, award rationale and pricing breakdown is not supplied in the published notice.
No lot titles, lot allocation or individual lot values are published.
No extension or renewal options are published.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who received the award?

DLA PIPER UK LLP, verified against company number OC307847.

What is the award value?

£25,000.

What is the work for?

Legal and transaction support for implementing amendments to the 2026 Growth Guarantee Scheme.

Was this a framework call-off?

Yes. The notice states it was called off from the Crown Commercial Service Legal Panel for Government framework (RM6360).

Is a signed contract confirmed?

No. The supplied record is an active award notice 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.

2026 Growth Guarantee Scheme (GGS) Amendment Execution

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

DLA Piper UK LLP

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