Legal services

Tender description

The London Boroughs' Legal Alliance (the ‘LBLA’), comprised of the London Boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Newham, Redbridge, Waltham Forest, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, the City of London Corporation, Westminster City Council and the London Fire and Planning Authority. Tenders are welcome from organisations that can provide high quality and cost effective legal advisory services for one or both of the following Lots: Lot 1-Regeneration and Lot 2–Full Range of Legal Services. The Framework Agreement will run for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for a further 1 year. It will be open for use by other local authorities in Greater London and South-East England (please refer to localgovernmentexecutive.co.uk). The London Borough of Hackney is acting as the Central Purchasing Body and Kennedy Cater is acting as the advisers on behalf of the LBLA. The Scope of this Lot (maximum of 8 suppliers), whilst not guaranteed includes (without limitation) advice and assistance with respect to the following areas of law: The organisations appointed shall: Provide legal advisory services to the Authorities in relation to Regeneration related work for which the Authorities require legal input including but not limited to: — Development agreements; — Joint ventures; — Large scale portfolio work; — Mixed use development; — Construction and regeneration; — Public procurement advice and tendering (including competitive dialogue); — Planning inquiries; — Complex planning agreements; — Site assembly; — Review of construction contract terms and conditions; — Review of warranties to sub-contractors and sub-consultants; — Agreement of contract terms and conditions for construction contracts with any successful contractor; — Environmental matters; — Related state aid; — Any dispute or litigation closely connected with a regeneration project. The Scope of this Lot (maximum of 8 suppliers), shall provide legal advisory services to the Authorities in relation to the Full Range of Legal Services for which the Authorities require legal input including but not limited to the following four categories: 1. Litigation including but not limited to: — Housing; — Employment; — General civil including complex debt collection; — Construction. 2. Commercial including but not limited to: — Contracts; — EU Procurement & General Procurement; — PPP/PFI; — Education Projects. 3. Property including but not limited to: — General Planning; — Highway agreements; — Landlord and Tenant (including Housing); — Compulsory Purchase Orders; — Sales and Leasehold; — Small scale development projects. 4. Other Miscellaneous Local Government work including and not limited to: — Freedom of information law, data protection and governance; — Licensing; — Pensions; — Elections.