Legal Services Panel

⁠⁠⁠Overview

Ku-ring-gai Council is seeking submissions from suitably qualified legal service providers for appointment to its Legal Services Panel for a term of up to four (4) years. The panel will support Council in managing a diverse range of legal matters arising from its statutory responsibilities and the delivery of services to the community.

About

Ku-ring-gai Council is a Local Government Area in the North Shore region of Sydney. The Ku-ring-gai Council area includes the suburbs of East Killara, East Lindfield, Gordon, Killara, Lindfield, North Turramurra, North Wahroonga, Pymble, Roseville (part), Roseville Chase, South Turramurra, St Ives, St Ives Chase, Turramurra, Wahroonga (part), Warrawee and West Pymble.

The Legal Services Panel is managed by Council's Corporate Lawyer and aims to establish collaborative partnerships with experienced legal providers capable of delivering high-quality, timely, and practical legal services across Council's operations.

Scope

Council is inviting organisations with expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Major capital projects
• Planning law
• Regulatory prosecutions
• Land dealings and property matters
• Industrial relations and employment law
• Administrative law
• Construction law
• Commercial contracts
• Court representation
• Insurance matters
• Urgent legal advice and written opinions

Contractor Requirements

• Suitably qualified legal service providers

Contract Terms and Conditions

• Panel appointment for a term of up to four (4) years

Instructions to Tenderers

Tender documents must be obtained after registration. To ensure that all information is received, the entity submitting the response must be registered with the etender portal and have downloaded the documentation specific to the particular Tender, EOI or RFQ they have responded to in the etender portal.

Completed responses can be submitted via the electronic tender box.

Council is not bound to accept the lowest priced Tender or all or any part of a Tender, and reserves the right to conduct the Request for Tender process and select the successful respondent(s) as it sees fit. Council staff are unable to respond to verbal enquiries in relation to the Tender.

Enquiries

Tender enquiries should be directed to the online forum.