The Supply of a National Framework for Legal Services to Police Forces, Police and Crime Commissioners

The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) as the contracting authority (known as The Authority) is re-procuring a national framework for the supply of legal services to a range of public bodies including the GLA functional bodies, Police Forces, Police and Crime Commissioners, and other public bodies ("Participating Bodies").

The scope of the National Legal Services Framework Agreement will be to provide legal advice and assistance to Participating Bodies and the contract term will be 48 months in Lots as identified below with an estimated lifetime expenditure across the entirety of the Framework Agreement of up to £35,000,000:

Lot 1A - Procurement, Contract and Commercial, Governance - complex projects and disputes

Lot 1B - Procurement, Contract and Commercial, Governance - business as usual

Lot 2 - Civil Litigation, Personal Injury and Debt Recovery

Lot 3 - Inquests and Public Inquiries

Lot 4 - Employment

Lot 5 - Misconduct & Regulatory

Lot 6 - Property - Residential, Commercial and PFI

The Framework will be used to provide a substantial range and quantity of varied legal services to the Participating Bodies. The Framework Agreement is intended to benefit all Participating Bodies by securing transparent rates and fixed prices and to award contracts to legal firms whom can demonstrate the ability to provide good quality specialist legal services as they may be required to handle high profile legal cases.