North East authorities fire gun on procurement of £60m legal services panel

The North East Purchasing Organisation (NEPO) has launched the procurement of a multiple lot framework for legal services worth an estimated £60m over four years.

The participating authorities are:

• Newcastle City Council (lead authority)
• Darlington Borough Council
• Durham Council
• Gateshead Council
• Hartlepool Borough Council
• Middlesbrough Council
• North Tyneside Council
• Northumberland County Council
• Redcar and Cleveland Council
• South Tyneside Council
• Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

The framework has been divided into the following lots:

1. General Requirements.
2. Conveyancing.
3. Housing.
4. Family.
5. Education.
6. Prosecutions.
7. Licensing.
8. Litigation.
9. Insolvency.
10. Debt recovery.
11. Highways.
12. Employment Law.

NEPO said it envisaged a maximum number of 30 participants to the framework agreement.