Contracts Finder · Historical
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office
COVID Inquiry Support
Historical: no longer open for bids.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £3,782,400Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- Wed 31 Aug 2022, 12:00 BSTA deadline does not apply to this historical notice. The source records Wed 31 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST, which is not an open deadline.
- Published
- 20 Oct 2022
- Region
- Any region
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
In order to manage the FCDO's response to the Covid 19 Inquiry, external legal support is required, in particular to conduct large scale document review for disclsoures to the Inquiry. As the Covid-19 inquiry has been established as a statutory Inquiry, it has the power to request evidence from FCDO, and the FCDO is legal obliged to respond by the given deadline. This contract is a direct award using the RM6179 legal services panel, and panel pricing is at a significant discount compared to the general market.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 79100000 79111000
- 79000000 79100000 79110000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 20 Oct 2022Contract notice
Contract notice published 20 October 2022.
Release 8d6a786a-0141-44c9-84de-fc36eb5b4dca
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- Only one release is held, so there is no change history.
06/ Questions
About this notice
08/ Related
Where to go next
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- Reference
- 8d6a786a-0141-44c9-84de-fc36eb5b4dca
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Stage
- contract · Contract
- Last verified
- Thu 9 Apr 2026, 23:21 BST
- Read at
- Fri 23 Oct 2026, 08:14 BST
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