Legal services

Tender description

The Participating Authorities are seeking to enter into framework agreements (‘Contracts’) with a number of external legal providers, and are inviting tenders from organisations interested in being selected for the external provision of legal services under call-off arrangements for one or more of the following areas of work (‘Lots’): Lot 1 - Planning; Lot 2 - Property; Lot 3 - Employment; Lot 4 - Commercial; Lot 5 - Civil and Criminal Litigation; Lot 6 - Adult Services; Lot 7 - Childcare Services; Lot 8 - General Local Government Matters; Lot 9 - Monitoring Officer Support. The objective of entering into such framework agreements is to support the Participating Authorities existing in-house legal teams. Following evaluation of the tenders and approval of the outcome the Participating Authorities intend to appoint a maximum of 8 Suppliers for each Lot. Lot 1: Planning: (i) General Advice; (ii) Section 106 Agreements; (iii) Other planning casework (e.g. Enforcement, certificates of lawful use, revocations of permission); (iv) Planning Inquiries and appeals. Lot 2: Property: (i) General advice; (ii) Sales; (iii) Rights to buy; (iv) Purchases; (v) Leases; (vi) Shared ownership leases; (vii) Miscellaneous transactions (e.g. licences, easements, agreements, encroachments, adverse possession); (viii) CPOs. Lot 3: Employment: (i) General advice; (ii) Preparation of case; (iii) Conduct of hearing/trial. Lot 4: Commercial: (i) General advice; (ii) Agreements; (iii) Public Procurement and State Aid; (iv) Construction. Lot 5: Civil and Criminal Litigation: (i) General advice; (ii) Preparation of case; (iii) Conduct of hearing/trial; (iv) Housing possessions; (v) Debt collection; (vi) Licensing appeals; (vii) Parking enforcement; (viii) Prosecutions to include, but not limited to; benefit, trading standards, education, libraries. Lot 6: Adult Services: (i) General Advice; (ii) Conduct of hearings. Lot 7: Childcare Services: (i) General advice; (ii) Appeals; (iii) Child protection; (iv) Case preparation; (v) Conduct of hearings. Lot 8: General Local Government Matters: (i) General advice; (ii) Highways (iii) Housing (iv) Attending Committees; (v) Byelaws; (vi) Information law; (vii) Data protection. Lot 9: Monitoring Officer Support: (i) General advice; (ii) Conduct of investigations; (iii) Attendance at Committee and/or hearings.