Southern Housing Group names 12 to £6m legal services framework

Southern Housing Group has appointed 12 firms to a legal services framework agreement worth an estimated £6m over a four-year period.

The Group, one of the largest housing associations in the South of England, received 35 offers across eight lots. The successful firms were:

• Ashfords
• Bevan Brittan
• Coffin Mew
• Cripps Harries Hall
• Devonshires
• Housing Law Services
• Lewis Silkin
• PDT Solicitors
• Pennningtons
• Squire Sanders & Dempsey
• Trowers & Hamlins
• Winckworth Sherwood

The award was based on the most economically advantageous tender in terms of price (weighting: 50), quality – tender (weighting: 25) and quality – interview (weighting 25).

The eight lots covered: housing management; sales and leasehold; development; commercial property; employment; care homes; governance; and treasury and funding.