LLG Southern Branch names 22 providers to £6m legal services framework

The framework was divided into the following lots:

1. Planning;
2. Property;
3. Employment;
4. Commercial;
5. Civil and Criminal Litigation;
6. Adult Services;
7. Childcare Services;
8. General Local Government Matters;
9. 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.