Legal Services Framework

This tender is being undertaken as a light touch procedure, in accordance with Regulations 74 – 77 of the UK statutory instrument Public Contracts Regulations 2015/102. The purpose is the creation of a framework for the provision of legal services.

The approach used will be an adapted open procedure to include for a reduction of bids invited for interview based on cost and quality of written submissions. Cartrefi Conwy is tendering to create a Legal Services Framework with lots covering the following categories: Lot 1 Corporate Lot 2 Funding Lot 3 Housing Management Lot 4 HR & Employment Lot 5 Property, Land & Development Lo6 6 Fixed annual service The estimated value of expenditure through the proposed Agreement during the 48 month period is between £600,000 and £1,200,000 excluding VAT.

Current expenditure on legal services is approximately £200,000 per annum, however this comes in peaks and troughs with limited predictability. Over the duration of this proposed framework Cartrefi Conwy is seeking to expand the organisation via variety of methods and this may contribute to further spikes in expenditure on legal services. The provided estimates of framework expenditure is for information only, and no guarantees are given, nor are implied as to the value of business that will be placed with successful Suppliers participating in the resulting framework agreement.