City council names three firms to £300k claims handling legal services framework
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Sunderland City Council has appointed three law firms to a claims handling legal services framework worth an estimated £300,000.
The successful firms were:
- Forbes
- Kennedys Law
- Weightmans
The award criteria were quality (weighting: 57.5%), quality pass/fail (weighting: 0), social value - accept/reject (weighting: 0), price (weighting: 37.5%) and social value monetary value (weighting: 5%).
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