1923 External Legal Services

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Buyers

Katy Reed

Value

£2,800,000

Classifications

Legal services

Tags

planning

Submission Deadline

1 month from now

Published

1 week ago

Description

De Montfort University currently has an established Legal Services Panel (ref.1198), used to support the sourcing of additional or specialist external legal advice as required; however, this arrangement will shortly conclude.  The University therefore requires a successor contract for the future sourcing of these services and we intend to go to market shortly.
The University wishes to establish a new panel of external legal expertise and flexible resources to support the in-house legal services team to address gaps in existing legal expertise, periods of absence, lack of internal capacity, and peak demand at short notice. It is intended that this panel will comprise of two or three suppliers.  
Alongside this contract, the University reserves the right to contract with other suppliers for specific requirements. Details of the *current* anticipated requirement are available at xxxx - however please note that these remain under review and may be subject to amendment in the final published specification for the procurement.

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