LBLA Legal Services Framework

Description

The London Boroughs' Legal Alliance (the LBLA) is looking to appoint a number of legal advisers with the objective of achieving enhanced service delivery, value for money and efficient management of matters outsourced to external solicitors. The requirement is divided in 5 Lots. The Authority intends to appoint: 8 suppliers to Lot 1: Regeneration, 8 suppliers to Lot 2: Full Range of Legal Services, 6 suppliers to Lot 3: Housing Management, 6 suppliers to Lot 4: Property & Planning, 4 suppliers to Lot 5: Employment The London Boroughs' Legal Alliance (the "LBLA"), comprises of the London Boroughs of Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, City of London Corporation, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Havering, HB Public Law (Harrow, Barnet, and Hounslow, Aylesbury Vale District Council, and Slough), Hillingdon, Islington, Bi-Borough (Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster City Council), Lewisham, Lambeth, One Source (Newham and Havering), Redbridge, SLLP (South London Legal Partnership - Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton, Wandsworth), Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, London Fire and Planning Authority, Royal Borough of Greenwich (together the "Authorities"). The following local authorities which also currently access the LBLA Solicitors Framework and are not participating in this procurement, although the right is reserved for them to subsequently access the framework: Buckinghamshire, Brentwood, Kent, Mid Kent Legal (Maidstone, Swale Borough, and Tunbridge Wells), Reading, and South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils. The framework agreement will also be available to other local authorities within Greater London and South-East England (Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex), whether or not they are a member of the LBLA. Tenderers may submit bids for one or more Lots, in accordance with their expertise and service offering. The Authority reserves the right to award one or more lots to the same Tenderer.