# Contract for the Provision of Legal Services

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Wandsworth Borough Council](/buyers/wandsworth-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Ashfords LLP](/contract-winners/ashfords/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £5,911,333
- Tender value: £6,800,000
- Award date: 30 November 2015
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 1 April 2016
- Contract end: 31 March 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: e1eb1cbd-2769-4fb8-8e5e-088a68173bc0-83946
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2a8b636a-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

In June 2015, Wandsworth Borough Council sought expressions of interest from suitably experienced and competent contractors for the provision of legal services on behalf of itself and London Borough of Richmond upon Thames as follows: 1\.Lot 1 - Litigation related services 2\.Lot 2 - Planning, Highways, Contracts and General \(PHCG\) The term of the proposed contract is five years \(sixty months\) to commence in April 2016, with option to extend for a further period or periods of up to three years \(thirty-six months\) subject to mutual agreement of both parties\. The estimated range in value of the contract over the initial term of five years and potential extension period of three years was GBP 6 800 000\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e1eb1cbd-2769-4fb8-8e5e-088a68173bc0-83946)