University names 11 providers to £63m legal services framework

The University of Essex has selected 11 law firms for a seven-lot legal services framework worth an estimated £63m.

The framework is divided into the following lots:

1. One Stop Shop
2. Human Resources, Pensions and People
3. Academy Conversion and Post Conversion Services
4. Property
5. Commercial – Contracts, Procurement Governance and related matters
6. Dispute Resolution and Litigation
7. Education (including Universities and Higher Education)

The successful firms were:

• Bevan Brittan (lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
• Davitt Jones Bould (4)
• Eversheds Sutherland (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
• JG Poole & Co (1, 4, 5)
• Forbes Solicitors (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
• Freeths (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7)
• HCR Legal (7)
• JG Poole & Co (1, 5, 6, 7)
• Shakespeare Martineau (7)
• Stone King (3, 7)
• Weightmans (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

The framework will be open for use by all contracting authorities across the public sector throughout the UK.