The provision of External Legal Services by Solicitors for the North West Legal Consortium

Tender description

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (Sefton) as lead contracting authority for the North West Legal Consortium(NWLC) wishes to procure a framework contract to provide external legal services from firms of solicitors to support the in-house provision of its member organisations. The estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement is expected to be worth up to £25 million. This figure is an estimate only and may be exceeded. However, no guarantee is given as to any level of business to be awarded through the framework. Lot 1: Civil Litigation, Prosecutions and Regulatory To include, but shall not be limited to general civil litigation, judicial review, construction litigation, negligence proceedings, possession proceedings, licensing appeals and employment advice and litigation. Lot 2: Property, Planning and Environment To include, but shall not be limited to all environmental, conveyancing, planning, housing law, regeneration, and highways advice. Lot 3: Corporate Governance, Ethical Standards and Information Law To include, but shall not be limited to organisational governance issues, member code of conduct, local authority decision making, local authority powers and duties, data protection advice including advice on use of social media by councillor’s or third parties involving the Council/council officers. Lot 4: Projects, Procurement, Commercial and Construction To include, but shall not be limited to, all commercial contracts and company law, transport regulation including light rail/tram, heavy rail and bus, ticketing, concessionary fares, state aid/subsidy control, competition law, telecommunications, information technology, digital infrastructure and communications, smart technology, construction contracts (NEC and JCT etc.). Lot 5: Social Care and Education To include but shall not be limited to Adult and Children’s Social Care, SEND and Education. Lot 6: Partner Status An eligible bidder for Partner Status is a bidder who both a) expresses an interest in Partner Status and submits its offering for that and b) is successfully appointed to at least 3 out of the five lots indicated earlier.