Home Office awards Orgreave Inquiry legal services to DAC BEACHCROFT LLP

Tender information last checkedLast checked 8 Oct 2026, 17:03.

Opportunity overview

To act as Solicitors to the Inquiry and full legal service provision to the Inquiry; providing end-to-end legal and litigation support services required to enable the Chair, Panel and Counsel to the Inquiry to discharge their functions efficiently, fairly and transparently.

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.

DAC Beachcroft LLP

Matched by exact name

Published award value: £1.5m
Awarded: 22 Sept 2026
Award ID: ocds-b5fd17-ca22a91d-2e4e-4fce-910e-676db8bd3b57-1
Status: active

Classification

CPV79110000 — Legal advisory and representation services

Documents and notices

Awarded contract notice on Contracts FinderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: tender_529886/1618434
Status: complete
Procurement Method: selective
Procurement Method Details: Call-off from a framework agreement
Main Procurement Category: services

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 79110000
Description: Legal advisory and representation services

Tender Period

Ends: 10 Aug 2026, 14:00

Contract period

Starts: 1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Aug 2028, 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-CFS-148108
Name: Home Office

Identifier

Legal Name: Home Office

Address

Street Address: 2 Marsham Street
Locality: London
Postal Code: SW1P 4DF
Country Name: England

Contact

Name: Orgreave Inquiry Legal Services Provision
Email: malcolm.allan@homeoffice.gov.uk

Roles

buyer

Organisation 2

Id: GB-CFS-339028
Name: DAC Beachcroft LLP

Identifier

Legal Name: DAC Beachcroft LLP

Address

Street Address: Woolgate, 25 Basinghall Street, London, EC2V 5HA

Details

Scale: large
Vcse: No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: ocds-b5fd17-ca22a91d-2e4e-4fce-910e-676db8bd3b57-1
Status: active
Date: 23 Sept 2026, 00:00
Published: 8 Oct 2026, 15:45

Value

Amount: 1,473,755
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-CFS-339028
Name: DAC Beachcroft LLP

Contract period

Starts: 1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Aug 2028, 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/43582517-d11a-4cef-98e8-d4e94617c424 ↗
Published: 8 Oct 2026, 15:45
Format: text/html
Language: en

Recorded locations

Buyer location · London · SW1P 4DF · England
Delivery location · Yorkshire and the Humber · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

43582517-d11a-4cef-98e8-d4e94617c424-917141Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder · 8 Oct 2026, 15:45

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

Home Office has published an award notice naming DAC BEACHCROFT LLP for legal and litigation support to the Orgreave Inquiry.

Published outcome signals

Notice stageAward publishedEvidence: Process stage is 'award'; notice type is 'Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder', published 8 October 2026.
Award statusActiveEvidence: The sole award record has status 'active'.
Award decision date23 September 2026Evidence: Award record date is 2026-09-23.

96% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice reference: 43582517-d11a-4cef-98e8-d4e94617c424-917141
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ca22a91d-2e4e-4fce-910e-676db8bd3b57
First published: 8 Oct 2026
Last checked: 8 Oct 2026, 17:03
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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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

Home Office has published an award notice naming DAC BEACHCROFT LLP for legal and litigation support to the Orgreave Inquiry.

Published outcome

One active award is recorded, valued at £1,473,755, with an award date of 23 September 2026.

Market significance

The award covers specialist legal advisory and representation services for a public inquiry, procured through a framework call-off.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

DAC BEACHCROFT LLP

99% confidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-ca22a91d-2e4e-4fce-910e-676db8bd3b57-1 · 1473755 GBP · Active award

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Award record names DAC Beachcroft LLP as supplier; verified company identity is DAC BEACHCROFT LLP (company number OC317852). The £1,473,755 value is attached to this sole award.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice stage

99% confidence

Award published

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Process stage is 'award'; notice type is 'Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder', published 8 October 2026.

Award status

99% confidence

Active

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The sole award record has status 'active'.

Award decision date

99% confidence

23 September 2026

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Award record date is 2026-09-23.

Contract period recorded

99% confidence

1 September 2026 to 31 August 2028

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Award and tender contractPeriod specify these dates.

VALUES

Published values explained

Award value

99% confidence

£1,473,755

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The active award value is 1,473,755 GBP.

Tender value field

99% confidence

£100,000

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The tender object contains a value of 100,000 GBP, which differs from the award value.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Submission deadline

99% confidence

10 August 2026, 14:00 BST

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Tender period endDate is 2026-08-10T14:00:00+01:00.

Recorded contract start

99% confidence

1 September 2026

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Award contractPeriod startDate is 2026-09-01.

Award date

99% confidence

23 September 2026

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Award date is 2026-09-23.

Award notice publication

99% confidence

8 October 2026

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Award notice datePublished is 2026-10-08T15:45:07+01:00.

Recorded contract end

99% confidence

31 August 2028

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Award contractPeriod endDate is 2028-08-31T23:59:59+01:00.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

98% confidence

Solicitor and end-to-end legal and litigation support services for the Orgreave Inquiry

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Published description says the provider will support the Chair, Panel and Counsel to discharge the Inquiry's functions efficiently, fairly and transparently.

Primary classification

99% confidence

CPV 79110000 — Legal advisory and representation services

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Primary classification record.

Delivery region

98% confidence

Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom

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Tender item delivery address specifies this region.

Lots

99% confidence

No lots published

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No lot records or award lot identifiers are supplied.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Selective procedure

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Tender procurementMethod is 'selective'.

Route to market

99% confidence

Call-off from a framework agreement

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Tender procurementMethodDetails states this route.

Competition information

99% confidence

Not published

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No bidder count, tenderer list, evaluation scores or ranking is supplied.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Recorded duration

98% confidence

Approximately 24 months

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Recorded period runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2028.

Extension or renewal terms

99% confidence

Not published

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No extension or renewal provision is supplied.

SME suitability

99% confidence

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Tender suitability.sme is false.

VCSE suitability

99% confidence

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Tender suitability.vcse is false.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial route

98% confidence

Framework call-off for inquiry legal services

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The notice describes a framework call-off and the scope concerns legal and litigation support for the Orgreave Inquiry.

Value interpretation

93% confidence

The published award value should be used in preference to the conflicting tender value field for post-award analysis

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The award-specific value is £1,473,755, while the tender object states £100,000.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

96%overall confidence

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

Reference: ocds-b5fd17-ca22a91d-2e4e-4fce-910e-676db8bd3b57
Analysed: 11 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Home Office

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Process buyer_name and buyer party identify Home Office.

Buyer location

99% confidence

London, England

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Buyer address is 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF, England.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Verified legal supplier

99% confidence

DAC BEACHCROFT LLP

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Supplier verification returned an exact-name match to active company number OC317852.

Supplier size

98% confidence

Large

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Supplier party details record scale as large.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated re-procurement horizon

80% confidence

Around August 2028, subject to any unpublished changes

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This is an estimate based solely on the recorded contract end date of 31 August 2028; no renewal terms are published.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Conflicting values

99% confidence

Tender value (£100,000) conflicts with the award value (£1,473,755)

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Both values appear in the supplied notice data. This analysis reports them separately and does not treat the tender value as the final award amount.

Contract execution evidence

99% confidence

Not supplied

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The notice reports an active award and a contract period, but does not explicitly state that a contract has been signed.

Unpublished competition and evaluation detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

View supporting evidence

No bids, scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown or bidder identities beyond the awardee are provided.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The published tender value (£100,000) conflicts with the award value (£1,473,755); the source does not explain the difference.
The notice does not explicitly evidence contract signature or execution.
No lot structure, individual pricing, bid count, evaluation results, award rationale, extension terms or renewal option is published.
The recorded start date precedes the award decision date; the source provides no explanation.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who was awarded the Orgreave Inquiry legal services work?

DAC BEACHCROFT LLP is the verified legal supplier named on the sole active award.

What is the published award value?

The award record states £1,473,755. The source also contains a conflicting tender value field of £100,000.

When does the recorded contract period end?

The published award record gives 31 August 2028 as the end date.

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.

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Opportunity overview

Awarded to

DAC Beachcroft LLP

Classification

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Classification

Tender Period

Contract period

Suitability

Items and delivery

Delivery locations

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Identifier

Address

Details

Roles

Award information

Value

Suppliers

Contract period

Documents

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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