Twenty law firms make it on to £60m Welsh public sector legal services framework

The framework was divided into the following lots:

1. Adult Social Services
2. Child Social Services
3. Civil Litigation
4. Corporate Governance and Ethical Standards
5. Criminal Litigation
6. Education Law
7. Employment Law
8. Major IT and Commercial Contracts
9. Planning and Environmental Law
10. Property
11. Public Administration Law
12. Specialist Welsh & UK Higher Education Advice for the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW)
13. Central Government Advice (Welsh Government)
14. Mutual Investment Model (MIM) Advice – Major Projects Legal Advice
15. Mutual Investment Model (MIM) Advice – Participating Organisations Advice.

The successful firms were:

• Acuity Legal (Lots 3, 10)
• Berry Smith (3, 7, 9, 10)
• Bevan Brittan (1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10)
• Blake Morgan (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15)
• Browne Jacobson (1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13)
• Capital Law (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15)
• Darwin Gray (7, 10)
• DJM Law (3, 10)
• DLA Piper (14, 15)
• Dolmans (3)
• DWF (3, 4, 7, 9, 10)
• Eversheds (7)
• Fletcher Law (2)
• Geldards (3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15)
• Harrison Clark Rickerbys (7, 9)
• Hugh James (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15)
• Morgan LaRoche (1, 5)
• Red Kite Law (3, 7)
• TLT (4, 9, 14)
• Weightmans (1, 4, 6, 9)

The NPS said Lot 8: Major IT & Commercial Contracts was still being evaluated and an award decision would follow in due course.