The North West Legal Consortium Invitation to Tender (ITT) For the Provision of Legal Services by So...

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (Sefton) as lead contracting authority for the North West Legal Consortium(NWLC) wishes to procure a framework contract to provide external legal services from firms of solicitorsto support the in-house provision of its member organisations. References in the tender documents to theConsortium mean, where the context so requires, Sefton as lead authority for the Consortium, and/or theConsortium acting through Sefton and/or each and every member of the Consortium.
The Consortium currently has 43 members drawn from the public sector in the North West of England as listedon the Consortium website. There is the possibility of membership extending during the course of the frameworkto other organisations including local authorities, police and fire authorities, central and local government arm’slength bodies, agencies and controlled companies, non-departmental bodies, education providers and NHSbodies, primarily but not exclusively from across the North West of England and North Wales.

The contract is expected to be worth up to £10 million over the duration of the 4 year framework. This figureis an estimate only and may be exceeded. However, no guarantee is given as to any level of business to beawarded through the framework.
The work will be offered across five lots as follows:
Lot 1 - Civil Litigation, Prosecutions and Regulatory
To include construction litigation, negligence proceedings, possession proceedings Licensing appeals andEmployment advice and litigation.
Lot 2- Property, Planning and Environment
To include all conveyancing, regeneration and highways advice
Lot 3 - Corporate Governance, Ethical Standards and Information Law
To include organisational governance issues data protection advice including advice on use of social media byCouncil/ councillors or third parties involving the Council/ council officers
Lot 4 - Projects, Procurement and Commercial
To include all commercial contracts and company law
Lot 5 - Adult Social Care and Education
Bidders may bid for all or any of these lots.There is an additional potential award of partner status to eligiblebidders explained later in the ITT document.
This procurement is being undertaken in accordance with Section 7 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015,also know as the 'Light Touch' regime under the EU Procurement Directives.