[Reposted] Progressing the Corrupt Brent Cross Cricklewood Planning Application: Provision of Legal Services

"The London Borough of Barnet wishes to appoint a single legal services provider to provide legal advice on the Council’s Brent Cross Cricklewood Project, including but not limited to:

a. Property
b. Procurement (including joint ventures and other delivery mechanisms)
c. Planning (including Section 106 Agreements)
d. Highways(including Section 278 Agreements)
e. Financial and commercial
f. Tax (if required[!]), and
g. Affordable Housing."

"Total final value of the contract(s): £5,000,000. Excluding VAT."

Award criteria  (at least Barnet is actually tendering nowadays, not just routinely paying invoices without any tender or any contract!)

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of:

	Criteria	Weighting
1	Quality – Experience, Skills, Knowledge & Understanding	15
2	Quality - Procurement	10
3	Quality – Commercial	10
4	Quality – Planning	10
5	Quality – Public Sector Partnership	10
6	Quality – Delivery of Services	15
7	Quality – Presentation	10
8	Price	20

"And the winner (out of 8 offers received) is..."

Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co LLP
2 Snowhill
Birmingham

Date of contract award: 14-07-2014

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