North West university to appoint up to three firms to £2m legal services framework
Manchester Metropolitan University is to procure a framework “of appropriately experienced legal firms” to support its legal team in all aspects of their work.
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The scope of the legal services required will include the following areas, which all firms must be able to advise upon as a minimum:
- Construction, Property and Estates
- Data protection
- Litigation
- Health and Safety
- Employment
- Contract Law
- Intellectual property
- Corporate Matters
- IT
- Procurement.
In addition, there may be ad-hoc support required across the following areas, but it is not essential that firms can provide advice across these areas:
- International projects
- Regulatory law
- Consumer law
- Judicial review
- Finance
- Student Matters
- Higher Education.
There will be up to three firms appointed in total.
The estimated value of the framework, which is expected to last for 48 months, is £2m.