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A housing association in Liverpool is to procure a legal services framework worth an estimated £1.4m over four years, with one provider set to handle the lion’s share of that work.

Details: 07.Mar.2022

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Cobalt Housing manages and maintains around 6,000 affordable homes in the Fazakerley & Sparrow Hall, Croxteth and Norris Green areas of North Liverpool.

The Legal Services 2022-26 Framework will be divided into the following lots:

Preferred provider: this lot will be awarded to the highest ranked tenderer. The selected provider will have the capabilities to deliver the full scope of services, namely Corporate, Governance & Regulation, Housing & Asset Management, Property, Development & Regeneration, Commercial, Contract & Procurement, Finance, and HR. Cobalt said it would look to issue roughly 85%-90% of its total legal services to this provider.
Legal framework: this will be a framework consisting of the next four highest ranked tenderers. Cobalt said it was anticipated that Lot 2 would mainly be utilised for quoted project work, however it has reserved the right to issue any work to Lot 2 providers.

The contract/framework agreement will be for four years commencing 1 July 2022.