Notice Information
Notice Title
The provision of External Legal Services by Solicitors for the North West Legal Consortium
Notice 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 PS25 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 Information
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.
Property, Planning and EnvironmentTo include, but shall not be limited to all environmental, conveyancing, planning, housing law, regeneration, and highways advice.
Corporate Governance, Ethical Standards and Information LawTo 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.
Projects, Procurement, Commercial and ConstructionTo 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.).
Social Care and EducationTo include but shall not be limited to Adult and Children's Social Care, SEND and Education.
Partner StatusAn 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.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04166a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022643-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79100000 - Legal services
79110000 - Legal advisory and representation services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 Jul 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 8 Dec 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 Jun 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SEFTON COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Mr Mark Woodward
- Contact Email
- mark.woodward@sefton.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1519343484
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BOOTLE
- Postcode
- L20 3NJ
- Post Town
- Liverpool
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD7 Merseyside
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD73 Sefton
- Delivery Location
- TLD North West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Sefton
- Electoral Ward
- Derby
- Westminster Constituency
- Bootle
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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