Major North of England housing association names five firms to £3.8m legal services panel

One of the largest housing associations in the North of England has appointed five law firms to a legal services framework worth an estimated £3.8m.

Together Housing Association, which is based in Halifax, manages more than 36,000 homes across Yorkshire and Lancashire.

The successful firms were:

• Bevan Brittan.
• Brabners
• Devonshires
• Forbes Solicitors
• Ward Hadaway

Together said that suppliers appointed to the framework would be required to provide a comprehensive set of legal services and advice across a range of defined work streams. “Each supplier will be required to provide a minimum of 95 % of all elements defined within the scope of all work streams.”

The contract was awarded on the basis of quality (weighting: 70) and pricing (weighting: 30).