23039 Greater Cambridge Partnership Legal Support - Further Competition under CCS Framework RM6240 Public Sector Legal Services Lot 1a

Description

The Greater Cambridge Partnership is the local delivery body for a City Deal with central Government, bringing powers and investment, worth up to £1billion over 15 years, to vital improvements in infrastructure, supporting and accelerating the creation of 44,000 new jobs, 33,500 new homes and 420 additional apprenticeships.
GCP is set to deliver major transport projects across the area over the next 7 years and requires legal support to be appointed to support these schemes. The objective of this work is to provide legal support to the GCP Programme of works that need to be delivered over the next 4 years (with a potential extension of 1 year)  
The legal firm would need to have specialist skills in Transport and Words Act Orders, Compulsory Purchase Order, Rights of Way Orders, Planning and Procurement to provide the support required. As set out there is a level of uncertainty about the amount of work that is required. Therefore a range of £500,000- £5,000,000 will be placed on this contract.