{"id":1354,"date":"2019-08-27T15:43:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T14:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=1354"},"modified":"2019-08-27T16:04:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T15:04:56","slug":"award-of-new-legal-services-framework-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/27\/award-of-new-legal-services-framework-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Award of new Legal Services framework agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The recent procurement exercise for the relet of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/legal-services-framework-2019-to-2023\/\">Legal Services<\/a> framework has now concluded. This collaborative framework went live on 1 August 2019 for a four year period, until 31 July 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good for society<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A total of 11 suppliers were appointed to the framework agreement. Four of these suppliers are Scottish SMEs.<\/p>\n<p>All framework suppliers were asked to provide details of their proposals to help us meet Scottish Government\u2019s Sustainability Development and Corporate Social Responsibility policies. The responses proposed a number of different benefits including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Living Wage accreditation achieved by seven suppliers<\/li>\n<li>IIP and IIYP accreditation<\/li>\n<li>Signatories to the Business Pledge for eight suppliers<\/li>\n<li>No inappropriate use of zero hours contracts<\/li>\n<li>In-house training academies and programmes<\/li>\n<li>Apprenticeships, including Modern Apprentices<\/li>\n<li>School work experience opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Support of work\/life balance policies<\/li>\n<li>Mental Health first aiders<\/li>\n<li>Employee bonus, reward and recognition schemes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please share this information with any interested parties and potential framework users within your organisation or sector.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about the frameworks please contact <a href=\"mailto:kathleen.cowan@gov.scot\">Kathleen Cowan<\/a>, Senior Portfolio Specialist (0141 242 0129) or <a href=\"mailto:maria.mcgrorry@gov.scot\">Maria McGrorry<\/a>, Portfolio Specialist (0141 242 0125).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The framework has positive outcomes for society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":450,"featured_media":1359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,147,267,320,10,55,27],"tags":[62,265,374,43,97,178],"class_list":["post-1354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-benefits","category-framework-agreements","category-living-wage","category-modern-apprenticeships","category-procurement-news","category-scottish-procurement","category-smes","tag-framework-agreements","tag-living-wage","tag-mental-health","tag-modern-apprenticeships","tag-scottish-public-sector","tag-smes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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