Legal Services Panel Tender

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is tendering the Whole of Victorian Government Legal Services Panel.

The new Panel will commence on 1 July 2023 for a fixed term of 3 years plus one option to extend for a further period of 3 years.

The current Panel contract expires 30 June 2023 for all 12 Areas of Law (AoL) under the arrangements. DJCS is seeking to appoint a panel of experienced and capable law firms through an open market tender to:

• provide high-quality, cost-effective, fit-for-purpose legal services:

• advice;

• dispute resolution; and

• representation;

in all AoL, which are as follows:

• Construction, Infrastructure & Major Projects;

• Administrative Law;

• Commercial & Contracts;

• General Litigation (the current Prosecutions AoL will be subsumed into the General Litigation AoL);

• Employment, Industrial Relations & Equal Opportunity;

• Public Inquiries;

• Property;

• Personal Injuries;

• Planning & Environment;

• Coronial Inquiries; 

• Intellectual Property & Information Technology; and

• Legal Support Services.

Pre-tender industry briefing online session

Date: Tuesday 24 January 2023

Time: 11am - 12pm

Access to the online session via Microsoft Teams  (External link)

Request for Tender documents

Release date: Wednesday 25 January 2023 on Buying for Victoria Tenders Portal (External link)

Responses due date: 2pm Thursday 16 February 2023

For more information, the advanced tender notice is available at Buying for Victoria Tenders Portal (External link)