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Legal Services support for academisations

Liverpool City Council

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Liverpool City Council

Buyer Address: Cunard Building, Water Street, Liverpool, L3 1DS, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Kevin Fletcher

Contact Email: kevin.fletcher@liverpool.gov.uk

Contact Telephone: +44 1512333000

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
120000.0 GBP
Published
10 Jul 2025, 09:51
Deadline
23 Dec 2024, 12:00
Contract Start
10 Jan 2025, 00:00
Contract End
31 Dec 2025, 23:59
Category
services
CPV
79100000 - Legal services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

Description

All LA maintained schools can voluntarily apply to become an academy. RI schools that are not deemed to be making sufficient progress can become subject of a DfE Academy Order. Once the decision is made to progress with an academisation, the Department for Education will issue the City Council with an instruction to commence and engage with the process. It is a statutory duty to comply. The specific areas the Council must undertake are listed below: 1. Guidance on all matters relating to the conversion process 2. Undertake all works associated with the completion of the Commercial Transfer Agreement, ensuring the statutory duties of Liverpool City Council are discharged 3. Undertake all works associated with the completion of the Land Registry (TP1), ensuring the statutory duties of Liverpool City Council are discharged 4. Any other legal work to ensure the successful and timely completion of the conversion process Legal Services within the City Council does not have the resources to undertake the legal work associated with academy conversions.

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