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LLG Southern Branch names 22 providers to £6m legal services framework
The Southern Branch of Lawyers in Local Government (LLG) has named 22 legal services providers – including council legal teams – to its latest legal services framework worth between £4m and £6m.
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The framework was divided into the following lots:
- Planning;
- Property;
- Employment;
- Commercial;
- Civil and Criminal Litigation;
- Adult Services;
- Childcare Services;
- General Local Government Matters;
- Monitoring Officer Support.
The successful firms were:
- Ashfords (lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9)
- Bennett Williams (5)
- Bevan Brittan (3, 4, 5, 6, 9)
- Blake Morgan (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8)
- BLM (5, 8)
- Bond Dickinson (5)
- Bristol City Council (6, 7)
- Clarke Willmott (2, 3)
- Croftons (2)
- DAC Beachcroft (4, 8, 9)
- Davitt Jones Bould (1, 2)
- Essex Legal Services (6, 9)
- Freeths (1, 2, 3, 4)
- Hampshire Legal Services (6, 7)
- Henriques Griffiths (7)
- Howarth Goodman (2)
- Hulse Yazdi (3, 8)
- Invicta Law (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- Sharpe Pritchard (1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9)
- Shoosmiths (1)
- VWV (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9)
- Weightmans (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
The lots were awarded on the basis of quality (weighting: 40) and price (weighting: 60).
The procurement was led by Wiltshire Council.
Assistant Director - Legal & Governance
£72,686 - £81,742 per annum
Lawyer (Sabbatical)
£50,788 per annum
Head of Legal Shared Service
Up to £89,000 per annum
Head of Information Governance
£52,805 - £57,175 per annum
Director of Legal and Governance (Monitoring Officer)
£88,185 per annum
Senior Lawyer - Advocate
£46,731 - £49,764 per annum
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