Published date: 8 December 2017

This notice was replaced on 11 December 2017

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Opportunity (published 11 December 2017)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal services - 79100000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£140,000

Procurement reference

MRTN001-DN310485-09688078

Published date

8 December 2017

Closing date

19 January 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

SLLP is seeking to enter a number of non-exclusive relationships with external legal advisors. This relationship will not be exclusive and there would be no guarantee of work, however as an indication last year the external spend on legal services for these areas, save for major project work. It is intended that the successful firms appointed will be the firms of choice for the Property and Commercial Team and the 3 Litigation, Housing and Planning teams. Given the potential value of major projects work, any requirement for external legal advice on these shall be addressed outside of the scope of these appointments.


About the buyer

Contact name

Rupert Wilson

Address

Gifford House
Morden
SM4 6HY
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 2085454788

Email

rupert.wilson@merton.gov.uk

Website

http://www.merton.gov.uk/