Legal Services 2022-26

The purpose of this tender process is to select providers based on the lot structure shown below that can offer the legal services required by Cobalt.

The contract/framework agreement will be for four years commencing 1st July 2022.

Lot 1 will be awarded to the highest ranked Tenderer according to the evaluation criteria set out in section 6 of this ITT. The Lot 1 Provider will have the capabilities to deliver the full scope of services shown in 'Appendix 1 - Service Level Agreement', and summarised here -

- Corporate, Governance & Regulation

- Housing & Asset Management

- Property, Development & Regeneration

- Commercial, Contract & Procurement

- Finance

- HR

Cobalt will look to issue roughly 85% - 90% of its total legal services to the Lot 1 Provider. This volume of work will then ensure that the Provider is able to maintain

Lot 2 will be a framework consisting of the next 4 highest ranked Tenderers that have indicated in 1.7 of Part A Response that they wish to be considered for Lot 2.

Lot 2 Providers will be required to offer the same scope of services as Lot 1, with full detail shown in 'Appendix 1 - Service Level Agreement'

It is anticipated that Lot 2 will mainly be utilized for quoted project work, however Cobalt reserves the right to issue any work to Lot 2 Providers. There will be no ranking applied to the framework, meaning that Cobalt is under no obligation to issue works to highest ranked or lowest priced.