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Agency Legal Services
Current Tender Advertisements | Request for Tender | Current Contracts Arranged | Disposal Schedule
The Northern Territory Government obtains its legal services in civil matters in part through the statutory office of the Solicitor for the Northern Territory (SFNT) and legal officers in other agencies and in part through outsourcing matters to local legal service providers under the supervision of a case manager from the SFNT.
The SFNT (through Agency Legal Services) initiates and oversees certain aspects of the outsourcing of legal services by facilitating, coordinating and managing a transparent, accountable and defensible tendering process.
Agency Legal Services takes an active role in managing the process by which legal services are provided to government by:
- Issuing and assessing tenders;
- Issuing the originating instructions for new matters;
- Case management;
- Scrutinising billing;
- Monitoring service quality through the conduct of performance reviews; and
- Collecting and reporting on statistical information.
Current Tender Advertisements
The Department of Corporate and Information Services advertises tenders on behalf of all agencies in the Northern Territory News and/or selected regional newspapers. Details providing a brief outline of the services required are also available on their web site www.nt.gov.au/tenders where the Requests for Tender can be downloaded.
Department of Justice - Request for Tender and Tender Form
These documents are currently being updated, new documents will soon be available.
Current Contracts Arranged
Current Contracts Arranged shows the law firms providing legal service to each particular Northern Territory Government client agency, the rates charged by the law firm and the term of the contract.
Disposal Schedule
Pursuant to the requirements of the Information Act 2003, law firms providing legal service to the Northern Territory Government are required to comply with the authorised Disposal Schedule for Records of the Attorney-General’s Department No. 2000/7 (AG) for Legal Services. If you have any questions in relation to the Disposal Schedule, please contact the Records Manager on 8999 6323.
