Scottish housing association names two firms to £375k legal services framework

Details: 30.Oct.2019

A housing association in the Scottish Borders has appointed two law firms to a legal services framework worth an estimated £375,000.

Eildon Housing Association divided the framework into the following lots:

Procurement, Construction, Acquisitions and Property Conveyancing
Housing and Estate Management which includes Factoring
Governance, Financial Management and Charity

The successful firms were:

Harper Macleod (lots 1 and 3).
TC Young Solicitors (lot 2).

The contract was awarded on the basis of quality (weighting: 70%) and cost of service (weighting: 30%).

The framework will last from 2019 to 2024.

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