Twenty law firms make it on to £60m Welsh public sector legal services framework
The National Procurement Service of the Welsh Government has selected 20 law firms for its £60m framework for the provision of solicitors’ services to the Welsh public sector.
The framework was divided into the following lots:
- Adult Social Services
- Child Social Services
- Civil Litigation
- Corporate Governance and Ethical Standards
- Criminal Litigation
- Education Law
- Employment Law
- Major IT and Commercial Contracts
- Planning and Environmental Law
- Property
- Public Administration Law
- Specialist Welsh & UK Higher Education Advice for the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW)
- Central Government Advice (Welsh Government)
- Mutual Investment Model (MIM) Advice – Major Projects Legal Advice
- Mutual Investment Model (MIM) Advice – Participating Organisations Advice.
The successful firms were:
- Acuity Legal (Lots 3, 10)
- Berry Smith (3, 7, 9, 10)
- Bevan Brittan (1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10)
- Blake Morgan (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15)
- Browne Jacobson (1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13)
- Capital Law (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15)
- Darwin Gray (7, 10)
- DJM Law (3, 10)
- DLA Piper (14, 15)
- Dolmans (3)
- DWF (3, 4, 7, 9, 10)
- Eversheds (7)
- Fletcher Law (2)
- Geldards (3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15)
- Harrison Clark Rickerbys (7, 9)
- Hugh James (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15)
- Morgan LaRoche (1, 5)
- Red Kite Law (3, 7)
- TLT (4, 9, 14)
- Weightmans (1, 4, 6, 9)
The NPS said Lot 8: Major IT & Commercial Contracts was still being evaluated and an award decision would follow in due course.