28 law firms provide legal services under the Legal Services Panel. Each firm offers specific legal services.
Agencies may only approach a firm if it covers the required Area of Law.
All Areas of Law include litigation, dispute resolution and secondments relating to the Area.
Government and Administrative
Administrative Law Area
- Legislation/Regulation/Policy development
- Judicial and Administrative Review
- Public law matters - including public governance
- Freedom of Information (FOI), privacy and data protection
Employment, Industrial Relations and Equal Opportunity Area
- Collective employment and bargaining
- General employment law
- Occupational Health and Safety Equal opportunity (includes work in areas other than employment)
Prosecutions Area
Commercial
Construction, Infrastructure and Major Projects Area
- Construction, infrastructure projects, including maintenance
- Delivering Major Projects across the full life cycle of the project
Commercial and Contracts Area
- Commercial transactions
- Contracts and procurement (includes contract management)
- Corporations law
- Competition law
- Data protection and privacy
Intellectual Property, Information Technology Area
- E-commerce
- Information technology (IT) procurement, licences and contracts
- Telecoms procurement, contracts and licences
- Convergent technologies
- Intellectual property rights
- Data protection and privacy
Property, Planning and Environment
Property Area
- Acquisitions and disposals
- Leases, licences and conveyancing
- Landlord and tenant matters
- Site re-development, property development
- Sub-divisions
- Compulsory purchases
- Social housing
- Crown Land
Planning & Environment Area
- Heritage
- Statutory planning
- Judicial and administrative review of planning or environmental decisions
General Litigation, Public Enquiries, Personal Injuries and Coronial Inquiries
General Litigation Area
- Common law including Tort and Contract
- Equity
- Miscellaneous (does not cover litigation arising from other Areas of Law)
Public Inquiries Area
Personal Injuries Area
Coronial Inquiries Area
Reviewed 29 July 2022
Buying for Victoria
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- State purchase contracts & registers
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- Browse goods and services contracts
- Amazon web services contract
- Banking and financial services
- Citrix Systems Asia Pacific
- Document mail exchange
- Electricity contract - small sites
- Electricity contract - large sites
- End user computing equipment
- Energy performance contracting
- eProcurement platform
- Fleet disposals
- Fuel and associated products
- Geospatial data and analytics
- IBM Software Enterprise Agreement
- Intra-government secured network
- Legal services panel
- Mail and Delivery Services
- Master Agency Media Services (MAMS)
- Microsoft Enterprise Agreement
- Microsoft licensing solution provider
- Motor vehicles
- Multifunction devices and printers
- Natural gas - small sites
- Natural gas - large sites
- Oracle Systems
- Print management services
- Rapid antigen test kit
- Salesforce
- Security services
- Staffing services
- Stationery and workplace consumables
- Telecommunications services
- Travel management services
- Victorian office telephony services
- Find social benefit suppliers
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- Policies
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- Construction procurement
- Law, policy and construction
- Construction mandated agencies
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- Construction procurement rules
- Purpose of the Direction (Construction Direction 1.1)
- Guiding Principles (Construction Direction 1.2)
- Application of the Directions and Instructions (Construction Direction 1.3)
- Exemptions (Construction Direction and Instruction 1.4)
- Complying with international agreements (Construction Direction 2.1 and Instructions 2.1 and 2.2)
- Complying with International Agreements (Attachments 1 and 2 to Construction Instruction 2.1)
- Tender preparation and planning (Construction Direction and Instruction 3.1)
- Competition and contestability (Construction Direction and Instruction 3.2)
- Promoting efficiency in the tender process (Construction Direction and Instruction 3.3)
- Tender notices (Construction Direction and Instruction 3.4)
- Tender open times (Construction Direction 3.5)
- Tender documentation (Construction Direction and Instruction 3.6)
- Evaluation criteria (Construction Direction and Instruction 3.7)
- Mandatory evaluation criteria for occupational health and safety management (Attachment 1 to Construction Instruction 3.7)
- Mandatory evaluation criteria for industrial relations management (Attachment 2 to Construction Instruction 3.7)
- Probity requirements (Construction Direction and Instruction 4.1)
- Managing probity in public construction (Construction Direction and Instruction 4.2)
- Forward notices (Construction Direction and Instruction 5.1)
- Publishing details of procurement undertaken (Construction Direction and Instruction 5.2)
- Disclosure of contracts and variations to contracts (Attachment 1 to Construction Instruction 5.2)
- Use of registers and supplier panels (Construction Direction and Instruction 6.1)
- Contracting requirements (Construction Direction and Instruction 7.1)
- Contractual terms and conditions (Construction Direction and Instruction 7.2)
- Compliance with policy requirements (Attachment 2 to Construction Instruction 7.2)
- Debrief for tender participants (Construction Direction and Instruction 8.1)
- Supplier performance and shared reporting regime (Construction Direction and Instruction 8.2)
- Complaints (Construction Direction and Instruction 8.3)
- Public Construction Procurement Committee (Construction Direction 8.4)
- Standards for public construction (Construction Direction and Instruction 9.1)
- Responsibilities of the Accountable Officer (Construction Direction 10.1)
- Delegation (Construction Direction 10.2)
- Authorising provisions (Construction Direction 11)
- Construction matters nominated by the Secretary
- Definitions for public construction procurement
- Government pre-qualification registers for construction
- Public Construction Procurement Committee
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- Construction procurement guidance
- Guiding principles (Construction Guidance 1.2)
- Promoting efficiency in the tender process (Construction Guidance 3.3)
- Application of the Directions and Instructions (Construction Guidance 1.3a)
- Defining public construction (Construction Guidance 1.3b)
- Exemptions (Construction Guidance 1.4)
- Tender preparation and planning (Construction Guidance 3.1)
- Competition and contestability (Construction Guidance 3.2.1)
- Limited Tenders (Construction Guidance 3.2.2)
- Tender Notices (Construction Guidance 3.4)
- Tender open times (Construction Guidance 3.5)
- Tender Documentation (Construction Guidance 3.6)
- Evaluation criteria (Construction Guidance 3.7)
- Probity – apply public sector values (Construction Guidance 4.1.1)
- Probity – treat tender participants fairly and equally (Construction Guidance 4.1.2)
- Probity – maintain confidentiality of tender participants’ confidential information (Construction Guidance 4.1.3)
- Probity – auditable, accountable and transparent tender and contract management processes (Construction Guidance 4.1.4)
- Probity – identify and manage conflicts of interest (Construction Guidance 4.1.5a)
- Probity – commitment from tender participants (Construction Guidance 4.1.5b)
- Managing probity in Public Construction Procurement (Construction Guidance 4.2)
- Forward notices (Construction Guidance 5.1)
- Publishing details of procurements undertaken (Construction Guidance 5.2)
- Use of Registers and Supplier Panels (Construction Guidance 6.1)
- Contracting requirements (Construction Guidance 7.1)
- Compliance with legislative and policy requirements Contracting requirements (Construction Guidance 7.2.1)
- Non-Standard Commercial Arrangements (Construction Guidance 7.2.2)
- Debrief for tender participants (Construction Guidance 8.1)
- Supplier performance and shared reporting regime (Construction Guidance 8.2)
- Complaints (Construction Guidance 8.3)
- Responsibilities of the Accountable Officer (Construction Guidance 10.1)
- Delegation (Construction Guidance 10.2)
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- Goods and services procurement
- Goods and services procurement legislation
- Goods and services mandated agencies
- Goods and services supply policies
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- Governance – goods and services policy and guides
- Governance policy
- Identifying procurement categories
- Complaints management
- Contract management planning strategy
- Innovation and the procurement process
- Managing an unsolicited proposal
- Environmental impact in procurement
- Probity in procurement
- Preparing a supplier engagement plan
- Developing a procurement activity plan
- Developing a procurement strategy
- Emergency procurement plan
- Achieving value for money
- Improving access to government business for SMEs
- Prequalified supplier arrangements
- Information security
- Early market engagement
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- Market analysis and review – goods and services policy and guides
- Market analysis and review policy
- Governance of State Purchase Contracts & VGPB’s engagement model
- Creating a business case
- Understanding the supply chain
- Market analysis and review guide
- Government procurement under international agreements guide
- Aggregated purchasing guide
- Victorian government paper procurement guide
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- Market approach – goods and services policy and guides
- Market approach policy
- Probity in procurement guide
- Supplier feedback guide
- Evaluation negotiation and selection
- Insurance provisions
- Specification writing
- Develop an offer template
- Market approach guide
- Procurement auctions
- Pre-commercial procurement
- State purchase contracts and registers for goods and services
- Call Centre Code
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- Fair Jobs Code - Departments and Agencies
- Fair Jobs Code
- Procurement and Fair Jobs Code - what is required by Agencies
- Fair Jobs Code - Procurement Guidelines for Departments and Agencies
- Grants and Fair Jobs Code - what is required by Agencies
- Fair Jobs Code - Grants Guidelines for Departments and Agencies
- Fair Jobs Code Pre-Assessment Certificate Register
- Complaints under Fair Jobs Code
- Fair Jobs Code tools and templates - Agencies
- Internal shared service provider
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- International agreements
- Covered entities - international agreements
- Measures implementing procurement requirements of international agreements
- Relevant jurisdictions for domestic dispute resolution – international agreements
- Arbitrators available for dispute resolution under international agreements
- Local Jobs First
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- Social procurement framework and guides
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- Social procurement framework
- Social procurement messages from Ministers
- Introduction to social procurement framework
- Victorian Government’s social and sustainable procurement objectives
- Social procurement - Victorian Government approach
- Sustainable procurement
- Social Procurement Framework requirements and expectations
- Embedding social procurement
- Social procurement planning and tactics
- Implementing and reporting social procurement
- Social procurement – relevant Government policy, legislation and initiatives
- Social procurement – terms and definitions
- Understanding social procurement
- Social procurement in context
- Scope of the Social Procurement Framework
- Social procurement objectives and outcomes and key focus areas
- Social procurement - determining the value of individual procurement activities
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- Social procurement – individual procurement activity requirements and detailed guides
- Social procurement – individual procurement activity requirements
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for Victorian Aboriginal people
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for Victorians with disability
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for women’s equality and safety
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for disadvantaged Victorians
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for supporting safe and fair workplaces
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for sustainable Victorian social enterprise and Aboriginal business sectors
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for sustainable Victorian regions
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for environmentally sustainable outputs
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for environmentally sustainable business practices
- Detailed guidance for opportunities for implementation of climate change policy objectives
- Social procurement – evaluating social outcomes in procurement
- Social procurement – guide to contract management
- Social procurement - assurance function
- Social procurement – Department and agency reporting requirements
- Social procurement toolkit
- Social procurement document library
- Vehicle policy
- Toolkit & library
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- Supplying to government
- How government buys
- Purchasing process
- How to get known
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- Policies suppliers need to know about
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- Fair Jobs Code for suppliers and businesses
- Fair Jobs Code
- Fair Jobs Code guidelines for suppliers and businesses
- Apply for a Fair Jobs Code Pre-Assessment Certificate
- Fair Jobs Code Pre-Assessment Certificate - Guidelines for supplier and businesses
- Prepare a Fair Jobs Code Plan
- Fair Jobs Code Plan - Guidelines for suppliers and businesses
- Complaints under Fair Jobs Code
- Fair Jobs Code tools and templates - suppliers and businesses
- Local Jobs First Policy
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- Social Procurement Framework for suppliers
- About social procurement - suppliers
- Planning for social and sustainable outcomes - suppliers
- Support for suppliers
- Invitations to supply and social procurement - suppliers
- Responding to social procurement objectives - suppliers
- Measuring and reporting social outcomes - suppliers
- Uniforms and personal protective equipment - suppliers
- Victorian Government Purchasing Board expansion
- Submit a tender or quote
- Manage your contract as a supplier