AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
The Home Office awarded Independent Inquiry Legal Support Services to BURGES SALMON LLP. The notice records a £25,000 award for specialist legal support and advisory services for a statutory public inquiry, procured through a framework call-off.
Published outcomeOne active award is recorded for BURGES SALMON LLP. The published award record gives a contract period from 19 October 2026 to 19 October 2027.
Market significanceThis is a small, specialist legal-services award in the public-inquiry market, using a selective framework call-off route.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
BURGES SALMON LLP
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-be6d8976-97c8-4e38-b013-47ab93ed2ce9-1 · 25000 GBP · active
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Award names Burges Salmon LLP as supplier and has a value of GBP 25,000. Supplier verification identifies the legal company name as BURGES SALMON LLP, company number OC307212.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice stage
99% confidenceAward
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Process stage is "award" and the notice type is "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder".
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-be6d8976-97c8-4e38-b013-47ab93ed2ce9-1 has status "active".
Award decision date
98% confidence1 October 2026
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The award record date is 2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract period
99% confidence19 October 2026 to 19 October 2027
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The award and tender contractPeriod fields state these start and end dates.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£25,000
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The award value is GBP 25,000; the tender value is also stated as GBP 25,000.
Value allocation
97% confidenceAllocated to the single recorded award
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One award is published, with one named supplier and an award value of GBP 25,000.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender submission deadline
98% confidence1 October 2026, 12:00 BST
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The tenderPeriod endDate is 2026-10-01T12:00:00+01:00.
Award decision date
98% confidence1 October 2026
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The award date is 2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract period start
99% confidence19 October 2026
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The published contractPeriod startDate is 2026-10-19T00:00:00+01:00.
Award notice publication
99% confidence19 October 2026
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The award notice datePublished is 2026-10-19T19:35:16+01:00.
Contract period end
99% confidence19 October 2027
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The published contractPeriod endDate is 2027-10-19T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceSpecialist legal support and advisory services for the effective delivery of a statutory public inquiry
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Published tender description.
Category
99% confidenceServices
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mainProcurementCategory is "services".
CPV classification
99% confidence79110000 — Legal advisory and representation services
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The primary classification is CPV 79110000.
Published delivery coverage
97% confidenceUnited Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Europe, British Overseas Territories and Rest of the World
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The tender item lists these delivery countries/areas.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceSelective
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Published procurementMethod is "selective".
Procurement route
99% confidenceCall-off from a framework agreement
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Published procurementMethodDetails states "Call-off from a framework agreement".
SME and VCSE suitability flags
95% confidenceBoth marked suitable
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Tender suitability fields mark sme and vcse as true.
Competition information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bidder count, tenderer list, evaluation scores or ranking is provided.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Published term
99% confidence12 months
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The published period runs from 19 October 2026 to 19 October 2027.
Extensions or options
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No extension or option terms are included in the supplied record.
Pricing detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied beyond the £25,000 award value
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No rate card, pricing schedule or payment profile is included.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
98% confidenceFramework call-off for specialist inquiry-related legal support
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The notice describes specialist legal support for a statutory public inquiry and identifies the route as a framework call-off.
Award scale
99% confidence£25,000 published award value
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The single award value is GBP 25,000.
Supplier selection rationale
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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The notice contains no award rationale, evaluation results or qualitative assessment.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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The supplier was matched by company number OC307212 to verified company name BURGES SALMON LLP.
Notice completeness
97% confidenceCore award, value, supplier, procedure, scope and contract-period fields are published
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These fields appear in the supplied award notice data.
Unpublished competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, competing supplier names, scores, ranking or award rationale is supplied.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published notice does not state the number of bids, competing suppliers, evaluation methodology, scores, ranking, award rationale or savings.
- No extension, renewal option, pricing breakdown, rate card or payment-profile details are supplied.
- No lot structure, lot titles or individual lot allocations are published.
- The notice is an award notice and does not itself explicitly evidence signature or execution of a contract.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Home OfficeBURGES SALMON LLPIndependent Inquiry Legal Support Serviceslegal advisory servicespublic inquiryframework call-offContracts Finder£25,000
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Independent Inquiry Legal Support Services award?
BURGES SALMON LLP, verified against company number OC307212.
What is the published award value?
£25,000.
What procurement route was used?
A selective call-off from a framework agreement.
When is the published contract period?
19 October 2026 to 19 October 2027.
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