Published date: 16 October 2023

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.


Closing: 17 November 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal services - 79100000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£750,000

Procurement reference

WCHG001-DN694737-81496165

Published date

16 October 2023

Closing date

17 November 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 January 2024

Contract end date

31 December 2027

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

Wythenshawe is 8 miles south from Manchester City Centre and is home to c79,000 residents with 45% of these people in Wythenshawe being housed by Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG). There are many positive aspects to Wythenshawe which for many years has been improving as a place to live and work. WCHG owns and managed circa 14,000 homes across Wythenshawe

WCHG currently spends around £750k per annum on a variety of legal services across the Group. WCHG does not have an internal legal function and require external legal expertise and flexible resources to provide commercial legal services as part of the contract notice.

As part of this re-tender of legal services, the Group will also be reviewing internal decision-making processes to ensure greater value for money across our legal spend.

The FPS will run for 4 years and the lotting structure can be found below:

1 Property Litigation and Asset Management
2 Development
3 Conveyancing
4 Corporate Governance, Compliance and Regulatory
5 Employment
6 Commercial
7 Housing Management
8 Finance and Tax

About the buyer

Contact name

James Hunter

Address

8 Poundswick Ln
Wythenshawe
Manchester
M22 9TA
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 3001110000

Email

james.hunter@wchg.org.uk

Website

https://www.wchg.org.uk/