Closing Date: Tuesday 21 September 2021 - Closed
The Contract shall be a schedule of rates contract for a for a five (5) year period.
Richmond Valley Council intends to appoint a panel of suitably qualified legal firms, organisations or individuals, to provide all of, or components of, the services outlined in this Section.
Richmond Valley Council operates various services provided by the organisation, Council deals with a wide range of legal matters that are administered under various statutes and legislation.
Richmond Valley Council requires legal services generally, but not limited to, the following areas of law and general practice:
- Local Government Act 1993 and associated Regulations;
- Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 and associated Regulations;
- Land and Environment Court appeals as well as civil enforcement matters and prosecutions;
Local Government prosecutions and specifically, but not limited to, those relating to the Regulations under the Local Government Act 1993; the Companion Animals Act; the Food Act; - the Roads Act; the Protection of the Environment Operations Act;
- Provision of legal advice on procurement issues;
- Government Information (Public Access) Act and the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act;
- Employment, Industrial, and Work Health and Safety matters;
- Real Property Act, Just Terms Compensation Act and any other legislation relating to the sale and purchase, leasing, licensing and resumption of property;
- Debt recovery (excluding matters dealt with by Council’s nominated debt recovery agency/s);and
- General, including common law, contracting, joint-venture arrangements, etc.
Tenders Submitted
| Tender Name | Tender Amount |
| Sparke Helmore lawyers | Confidential |
| CMJ Legal | Confidential |
| Coutts lawyers and Conveyancers | Confidential |
| Dane Jones | Confidential |
| Dentons Australia Limited | Confidential |
| Holding Redlich | Confidential |
| Keighran Legal & Advisory | Confidential |
| Lindsay Taylor lawers | Confidential |
| Local Government Legal | Confidential |
| Marsdens Law Group | Confidential |
| Mitchelle Playford & Radburn | Confidential |
| Moray & Agenew | Confidential |
| Parker & Kissane Solicitors | Confidential |
| Pikes & Verekers Lawyers | Confidential |
| Pomona Legal | Confidential |
| Redenbach Legal | Confidential |
| RMB Lawyers | Confidential |
| Shaw Reynolds Lawyers | Confidential |
| Swaab | Confidential |
| Wilshire Webb Staunton Beattie | Confidential |