London Boroughs Legal Alliance seeking bids for £60m barristers framework

Those selected for the framework will be the preferred suppliers of specialist advocacy and a broad range of legal services.

The LBLA is comprised of the London Boroughs of Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Lambeth, Newham, Redbridge, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, the Royal Borough of Greenwich, the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, the City of London Corporation, Westminster City Council, the London Fire and Planning Authority and Slough Borough Council.

The contract will be divided into the following eleven lots:

1. Adult Social Services (Estimated value: £3.3m)
2. Children's Services (Estimated value: £26.3m)
3. Governance & Public Law (Estimated value: £4.4m)
4. Criminal Litigation & Prosecutions (Estimated value: £1.8m)
5. Housing (Estimated value: £7.4m)
6. Planning (£10.4m)
7. Property (Estimated value: £2.1m)
8. Civil Litigation (Estimated value: £700,000)
9. Employment (Estimated value: £1.9m)
10. Education (Estimated value: £700,000)
11. Licensing (Estimated value: £1m)

The framework agreement will also be available to other local authorities within Greater London and South-East England (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex), whether or not they are also a member of the LBLA.

It is intended that the framework will be available to any ABS or other such company that is local authority owned, the notice says.

The London Borough of Ealing is acting as the central purchasing body.

Applications to participate must be made by 23 June 2023.

In February 2020 the LBLA appointed 26 barristers’ chambers to its current framework, which was estimated at the time to be worth £55m over four years.

Adam Carey