Major North West social landlord to establish £6.48m legal services framework

Torus, the North West’s largest affordable housing provider, is to procure a multi-lot framework agreement for the provision of legal services.

The framework has been divided into the following lots:

1. Development and specialist property transactions
2. Sales and routine property transactions
3. Corporate and Finance
4. Employment and HR
5. Housing

The award criteria are quality (weighting: 60%) and cost (weighting: 40%).

The contract, which is estimated to be worth £6.48m, is expected to run from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2029, with a possible extension to 30 September 2033.

Torus has 40,000 homes in its portfolio.