Housing association names eight law firms to legal services panel

March 19, 2015

Wulvern Housing, a Crewe-based housing association, has named eight law firms to a legal services framework agreement.

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.