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Regenda, a social landlord that owns or manages around 13,000 properties across the North West, has appointed 12 firms to a £13m legal services framework.

Details: 12.Oct.2020

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The organisation, which operates in more than 30 local authority areas, divided the framework into the following lots:

Corporate, Governance, Financial and Securitisation (estimated value: £5.38m).
Housing Management and Commercial (estimated value: £3.64m).
Property, Development and Construction (estimated value: £4.04m).
HR (estimated value: £404,000).

The successful firms were:

Brabners (1, 2, 3, 4)
Capsticks (1, 2, 3)
Clarke Willmott (2)
Devonshires (1, 2, 3, 4)
Forbes (1, 2, 3, 4)
Glazer Delmar (2)
Knights (1, 2, 3, 4)
MSB Solicitors (2, 3)
PricewaterhouseCoopers (4)
Roythornes (2, 3)
Shakespeare Martineau (2, 3)
Weightmans (2, 3, 4)

The contract, which is to run until 12 October 2024, was awarded on the basis of experience (weighting: 35), contract management (weighting: 10), social value (weighting: 15) and price (weighting: 40).