Notice Information
Notice Title
Legal Support for Landscape Recovery
Notice Description
The Customer wishes to engage external legal support during the PDP for the following services: 1. Implementation Phase Agreements: a. Advise on the appropriate terms for a template public funding agreement for the project implementation phase (PIP) (e.g. grant or contract) and draft template; this may involve utilising the Cabinet Office model grant agreement or model services contract, depending on bespoke funding arrangements agreed with the projects; b. Draft, advise during negotiations and assist in the execution of the bespoke PIP agreements (based on the template) with up to 22 projects, and ensure that they dovetail with any private finance arrangements (referred to in paragraph 3 below) and land assembly / ownership / collaboration arrangements (referred to in paragraph 4 below); c. Provide legal advice in relation to any risks in relation to the bespoke PIP agreements (including (without limitation) regarding the structure and governance of any entity or consortium set up by a project to receive public funding and execute the PIP agreement); and d. Provide legal project management services, including maintaining a holistic view of all negotiations to ensure fair and equal treatment of all PDP projects as they move into the PIP. 2. Private Finance: a. Advise on the legal structures for private finance funding and whether the Authority / the delivery partners should be party to these agreements; b. Advise during any negotiation as required with any private funders who will provide additional funding to the projects in the PIP, with a view to maintaining value for money and protecting the integrity of public funds; c. Negotiate associated legal agreements (NB: the Authority assumes the legal advisors to the private funders will have primary drafting responsibility for any private finance agreements, and that private finance will be subject to separate legal agreements (i.e. not incorporated into the public PIP agreements under paragraph 2 above). Please assume a minimum of 2 private finance agreements per project, noting that in some cases it may be more); and d. Advise as required in relation to the risks of any private funding structures, such as: i. Ownership of outcomes between buyers, sellers and investment groups in order to avoid disputes; ii. Financial liability in the event of project underperformance or if a project partner gets into financial difficulties; iii. Ensuring an appropriate allocation of risk to the parties involved; and iv. Managing any potential imbalances in decision making and any recourse between project stakeholders. 3. Property / Land Law a. Provide legal risk advice regarding any property or land law issues as necessary, including for example: i. The proposed ownership structure of the land in each project together with any collaboration arrangements, and whether they satisfy the requirement for 'management control' of the land (including responding to any ad hoc queries regarding tax
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-6c2ca905-10a1-4b87-a3a1-e3cc62f3f7db
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2605c4c3-a238-403a-ab93-872834b65c26
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79100000 - Legal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £321,622 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £321,622 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Feb 20233 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 16 Sep 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 10 Oct 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- 12 Oct 2022 - 12 Oct 2024 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL
- Contact Name
- Samantha Lee
- Contact Email
- samantha.lee1@defra.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- 07799434596
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 3JR
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2605c4c3-a238-403a-ab93-872834b65c26
10th February 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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