South of England councils name 48 providers to £40m legal services framework

The framework has been procured by Surrey County Council. The other contracting authorities are East Sussex County Council, Brighton & Hove City Council and West Sussex County Council. Their associated districts and boroughs will have access to the framework.

The contract has been divided into the following lots:

• Lot 1: Adult Social Care
• Lot 2: Pensions
• Lot 3: SEN Tribunals & Education
• Lot 4: Commercial Law, Contracts & Procurement, Telecoms & IT Law, Construction Law
• Lot 5a: FOI GDPR Information Law
• Lot 5b: Monitoring Officer, Local Government Law
• Lot 6a: Highways, Planning and Environment
• Lot 6b: Property and Housing
• Lot 7a: Employment
• Lot 7b: Civil, Criminal, Environmental Health, Licencing & Housing, and Contentious Construction
• Lot 8: Legal Counsel/Advocacy Services for Lots 1-7
• Lot 9a: Children’s Social Care - Part A - Transactional Case Work
• Lot 9b: Children’s Social Care - Part B - Counsel/Advocacy
• Lot 10: Costs Lawyer
• Lot 11: Loss Adjusters

The successful providers were:

• 1 Crown Office Row (8, 9b)
• 1GC (9b)
• 4 Brick Court Chambers (9b)
• 5 Pump Court Chambers (9b)
• 11 KBW (8)
• 12CP Barristers (8)
• 39 Essex Chambers (8)
• 42 Bedford Row Chambers (8, 9b)
• Anthony Collins (5b)
• The Barrister Group (9b)
• Bevan Brittan (1, 2, 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 9a, 10)
• Bird & Bird (4)
• Birketts (3, 4, 5a, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b)
• Blake Morgan (1, 2, 4, 5a, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b)
• Browne Jacobson (1, 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8, 10)
• Burges Salmon (2)
• Capital Law (5a, 6b, 7a)
• Capsticks Solicitors (1, 4, 5a, 6a, 6b, 7a)
• Clyde & Co (4, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b)
• CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang (2)
• Cornerstone Barristers (8)
• Creighton and Partners Solicitors (9a)
• DAC Beachcroft (2, 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 10)
• Davies Group (7a, 11)
• Davitt Jones Bould (6a, 6b)
• DLA Piper (4)
• DWF (1, 2, 4, 5a, 5b, 6a, 7b, 9a, 10, 11)
• Eversheds Sutherland (International) (2)
• Field Court Chambers (1, 8, 9a, 9b)
• Francis Taylor Building (8)
• Freeths (4, 5a, 6a, 6b, 7a)
• Gowling WLG (4)
• HNK Litigation (5a)
• Hugh James (1, 7b, 9a)
• Invicta Law (1, 7a, 7b, 9a)
• Irwin Mitchell (4, 6a, 6b, 7b, 10)
• Landmark Chambers (8)
• New Court Chambers (9b)
• No 5 Chambers (8)
• Pallant Chambers (6a, 6b, 7a, 8, 9b)
• Sharpe Pritchard (4, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b)
• Sharratts (London) (6b)
• TLT (2, 4, 5a, 6a, 6b, 7a)
• Tozers (6a)
• Venters Solicitors (9a)
• VWV (3, 5a, 5b, 6a, 7a)
• Weightmans (1, 2, 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 9a, 10)
• Womble Bond Dickinson (4, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a)

The term of the agreement is three years plus a one-year optional extension.