How to win: HALA Legal Services Framework

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Modification Notice Original description: The HALA Members have come together in a shared procurement exercise and wish to appoint a panel of Solicitors upon whose advisory services the individual members can call. The contract is divided into the following lots: Lot 1: Corporate Governance and Finance, Lot 2: Housing & Asset Management, Lot 3 - Development, Lot 4: Property Description of the modifications The modification involves a change in the published contract value. The Total value of the Procurement, in the Contract Award Notice published on 26 August 2022, was £30,000,000 (excluding VAT). The modified Total value of the Procurement (excluding VAT) is £45,000,000 (excluding VAT). Approximately £10m of the anticipated additional spend is expected to be through Lot 2: Housing and Asset Management. Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a change of contractor: The reasons for the modification are: a) the HALA members have spent more through the framework than was anticipated and b) the HALA membership has grown beyond what was anticipated, also increasing the overall spend. A f

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