Group of East Midlands authorities names six chambers for £8.8m child care law panel

The procurement was led by Derbyshire County Council. The other members of the consortium are Nottinghamshire County Council, Derby City Council (pending approval) and Nottingham City Council (pending approval).

The successful sets were:

• Bank House Chambers
• Cornwall Street Barristers
• KCH Garden Square
• Spire Barristers
• St John's Buildings
• St. Mary's Family Law Chambers

The contract is to run from 1 April 2019 for an initial two-year period with options to extend for up to three times one-year periods.

The contract was awarded on the basis of quality, which was given a weighting of 100. There was no weighting for price.