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Transport body appoints five law firms to professional services framework

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Transport for Greater Manchester has appointed five law firms to the legal services lot of its 2025 professional services framework.

Ten tenders were received and the successful firms were:

  • Addleshaw Goddard
  • DLA Piper
  • Pinsent Masons
  • Ward Hadaway
  • Weightmans

The total value of the procurement of the 16-lot framework was estimated to be £120m.

The framework is expected to run for four years.

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