Legal Services Panel Re-tender (2024) – Whole of Australian Government
Tender ID: 544583
Tender Details
Tender Description
The Attorney-General’s Department is undertaking a re-tender of the Whole of Australian Government Legal Services Panel (SON3622041). The re-tender will be undertaken through an open approach to market to establish a coordinated procurement arrangement.
The Panel is for Legal Services in six broad Areas of Law, to encompass the breadth of the Commonwealth’s legal requirements. Legal Services Providers may be appointed to the Panel for one or a number of Areas of Law, each with an associated schedule of rates.
Area of Law 1 – Workplace, Industrial Relations and Compensation
Area of Law 2 – Public Law
Area of Law 3 – Corporate and Commercial (General)
Area of Law 4 – Corporate and Commercial (Specialist)
Area of Law 5 – Property and Environment
Area of Law 6 – Legal Support Services
Area of Law descriptors are provided in the RFT document at Attachment C - Schedule 2 of the Head Agreement.
Conditions for Participation:
Section 10 of the RFT documentation specifies a number of mandatory minimum requirements that the Respondents must meet before a Tender can be considered by the Attorney-General’s Department. These include (inter alia):
• agreeing to enter into enter into a Head Agreement on the terms and conditions provided
• being a legal practitioner or practice, engaging in practice in Australia, in accordance with Australian State and Territory laws governing the legal profession
• being a legal entity or a partnership
• holding a Valid and Satisfactory Statement of Tax Record or a receipt that the Statement has been requested from the Australian Taxation Office
Timeframe for Delivery:
The re-tendered Legal Services Panel will be in effect from 1 July 2024.