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The North East Purchasing Organisation (NEPO) has launched the procurement of a multiple lot framework for legal services worth an estimated £60m over four years.

The participating authorities are:

  • Newcastle City Council (lead authority)
  • Darlington Borough Council
  • Durham Council
  • Gateshead Council
  • Hartlepool Borough Council
  • Middlesbrough Council
  • North Tyneside Council
  • Northumberland County Council
  • Redcar and Cleveland Council
  • South Tyneside Council
  • Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

The framework has been divided into the following lots:

  1. General Requirements.
  2. Conveyancing.
  3. Housing.
  4. Family.
  5. Education.
  6. Prosecutions.
  7. Licensing.
  8. Litigation.
  9. Insolvency.
  10. Debt recovery.
  11. Highways.
  12. Employment Law.

NEPO said it envisaged a maximum number of 30 participants to the framework agreement.