Published date: 20 July 2017
Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.
Contract summary
Industry
Legal services - 79100000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£30,000,000
Procurement reference
NOTTSCC001-DN247128-12557970
Published date
20 July 2017
Closing date
21 August 2017
Contract start date
1 April 2018
Contract end date
31 March 2022
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Restricted procedure
A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
E.M. LawShare is a consortium of public bodies (the Consortium). As at 3 May 2017 it had 121
members made up of;
• 8 County Councils;
• 16 Unitary Councils;
• 7 Metropolitan Councils;
• 60 District Councils;
• 6 Fire & Rescue Authorities;
• 1 Police Authority;
• 7 Town/Parish Councils;
• 3 NHS Trusts;
• 2 Arm's Length Housing Organisations (ALMO'S);
• 3 specialist subsidiary companies;
• 1 Coal Authority;
• 1 National Park authority;
• 1 Children's Trust;
• 1 University;
• 1 Drainage Authority; and
• 1 wholly owned local authority law firm.
A full list of current members is included at Appendix A to this document.
Other contracting authorities (as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2015) in England & Wales will be free to join the Consortium either before or during the course of the new contract.
When the first EM Lawshare framework contract was let in April 2006 the Consortium had 13 members & four partner firms were appointed. By 2010, when the contract was let again, the membership had grown to forty five and five private law firms were appointed. In 2014, when there were sixty nine members, six private law firms were appointed. This contract ends on 31 March 2018.
The new contract will be a framework agreement for four years and run from 1 April 2018. The aim is to appoint up to 8 private law firms to the new contract.
The contract will not bind any of the Consortium Members to use the appointed firms nor will any guarantee be given as to the minimum levels of work which will be awarded under the contract.
The ten areas of work covered by the contract are:-
Administrative & Corporate Governance
Adult Services
Civil Litigation (including personal injury)
Contract/Commercial/Procurement
Conveyancing/Property
Criminal Litigation
Education
Employment
Housing
Planning/Highways/Environmental
About the buyer
Contact name
corporate procurement
Address
County Hall
West Bridgford
Nottingham
NG2 7QP
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 1159773131
corporate.procurement@nottscc.gov.uk
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