Housing association names eight law firms to legal services panel

The successful firms for Lot 1 (governance, regulatory, treasury, employment and commercial) were:

• Anthony Collins;
• Forbes;
• Hyland Legal;
• Trowers & Hamlins.

The successful firms for Lot 2 (housing management and asset management) were:

• Capsticks;
• Simply Social Housing;
• Whiteheads;
• Croftons.

The successful firms for Lot 3 (property, development, construction and home ownership) were:

• Croftons;
• Forbes.

The contract was awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender in terms of quality/technical (weighting 70) and cost (weighting 30).

The estimated final value of the contract was £150,000.

Wulvern Housing manages more than 5,300 homes across Cheshire and Staffordshire. It plans to build 1,000 homes over the next four years.