GLD Vacancies

Commercial Services Group owned by Kent County Council to procure £250m national framework of legal services providers

Kent County Council’s wholly-owned Commercial Services Group is to set up a national framework of legal service providers worth up to £250m over four years.

Ian Day, Head of Procurement at Commercial Services, said the framework would be fully accessible to all publicly bodies and/or organisations designated as having to abide by UK Public Regulations, including the county council.

He confirmed that the arrangements do not impact on Kent’s contract with Invicta Law, which was entered into in 2017 and runs for 10 years.

The framework agreement will cover the provision and ability to provide a full range of legal services, including, but not limited to, the following;

  • Adult Social Care Law
  • Asylum (UASC) Law
  • Business Law and Acquisition
  • Charity Law
  • Child Protection
  • Civil Litigation Law
  • Commercial Property Law
  • Community Care Law
  • Construction Law
  • Data Protection and Freedom of Information
  • Dispute Resolution and Litigation
  • Education Law
  • Employment Law
  • Energy, Waste and Sustainability
  • Finance Services
  • Food, Rural, Environmental, Natural Resources
  • Health and Healthcare
  • Health and Safety
  • Human Resources
  • Human Rights Law
  • Intellectual Property Rights and Licensing
  • International Law
  • Planning and Highways Law
  • Primary Care Law
  • Procurement and Contract Services
  • Property and Land Law

The closing date is 7 June 2022 (2pm). The contract is expected to start on 1 July 2022 and run until 30 June 2026.