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title: "Project 20543 - ITT 1900 Legal Panel for Government for the Orgreave Inquiry (OI)"
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# Project 20543 - ITT 1900 Legal Panel for Government for the Orgreave Inquiry (OI)

Buyer: Home Office  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ca22a91d-2e4e-4fce-910e-676db8bd3b57

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## Summary

The Home Office commissioned solicitors to provide end-to-end legal services for the Orgreave Inquiry. The work covers advising and representing the Inquiry and providing legal and litigation support to help its Chair, Panel and Counsel carry out their functions efficiently, fairly and transparently. This is a specialist legal services requirement, focused on supporting a public inquiry rather than general legal advice. Delivery is associated with Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom.

The procurement is complete and DAC Beachcroft LLP was selected for the contract. The award was made on 23 September 2026, for £1,473,755, covering 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2028. The original estimated procurement value was £100,000. The Home Office used a selective process to call off from a framework agreement. The tender deadline was 10 August 2026 at 14:00. The requirement was treated as legal services and was not identified as suitable for SMEs or voluntary, community and social enterprises. No evaluation criteria or lot structure are reported.

This award demonstrates demand from the Home Office for substantial, end-to-end legal and litigation support to a public inquiry. A credible competitor for a comparable future requirement would need the capacity to act as inquiry solicitors and sustain a broad service covering legal advice, representation and litigation support for the Chair, panel and counsel. The work requires the ability to support an inquiry’s functions efficiently, fairly and transparently, so relevant experience in complex inquiry proceedings and dependable delivery across multiple legal workstreams would be important. The successful provider was a large law firm, and the buyer used a framework call-off route; firms seeking similar work should therefore be positioned to meet the scale of the requirement and compete through an appropriate framework.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/43582517-d11a-4cef-98e8-d4e94617c424 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 Sep 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £100,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,473,755 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Home Office |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 4DF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | DAC Beachcroft LLP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79110000 - Legal advisory and representation services

## Release History

- 8 Oct 2026 at 15:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/43582517-d11a-4cef-98e8-d4e94617c424

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/43582517-d11a-4cef-98e8-d4e94617c424
  8th October 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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