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North West housing group to set up its first legal services framework
A housing association with 19,000 homes in the North West and Yorkshire is to tender for its first legal services framework, which is expected to be in place for four years.
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Great Places Housing Group, one of the fastest growing housing associations in the north of England, said: “The objective is to ensure the provision of complex and high quality legal advice and predefined services specifically for the social housing sector within a cost effective framework both for Great Places Housing Group and for other clients.”
The framework has been divided into the following lots:
- Development and Plumlife Sales
- Housing Service & Plumlife Management (Leasehold)
- Finance
- Human Resources
- Governance & Information Technology
- Procurement
The contract is scheduled to start on 3 December 2018 and run until 2 December 2022.
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