Planning

Family Law Specialist

MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Planning

25 Oct 2023 at 15:39

Market Engagement Notice
Planning

20 Oct 2023 at 14:45

Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is seeking a Family Law Specialist through a tender process. The procurement stage is currently in the planning phase. The engagement end date is set for 3rd November 2023. The procurement is classified under Financial and insurance services, with a specific focus on Legal advisory and information services. The procurement is located in London with postal code EC1N 2TD. The anticipated value of this requirement is £50k.

This tender presents an opportunity for legal firms specializing in family law to engage with MaPS on providing high-level legal guidance related to separation and divorce. Small and medium-sized legal service providers who have experience across all 3 jurisdictions (England & Wales, Scotland, and NI) would be well-suited to compete. Interested businesses should respond to the engagement notice by 3rd November and express their interest in bidding. The procurement aims to ensure the correct interpretation of key legal principles for financial guidance, requiring clear and concise responses using lay language.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Family Law Specialist

Notice Description

This is to inform you the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is looking for a Family law legal subject matter expert. Expertise is required to provide MaPS with the latest high-level legal guidance with experience in practicing across all 3 jurisdictions on Family law (England & Wales, Scotland and NI) or with coordination with other third parties in no more than a few sentences for roughly 50 specific points/questions linked to our guidance on separation and divorce, plus some additional hours for clarification discussions. The aim is to ensure we understand the key legal principles correctly as we link financial guidance to them, so legal guidance needs to be concise and clear, using lay language. The 50 questions are split into eight key areas: 1. Legal basics / principles to end relationships. 2. Legal basics / principles to protect home rights and keeping up payments when deciding to separate. 3. Legal basics / principles to protect immediate financial position when deciding to separate. 4.Legal basics / principles when the separating couple have children. 5. Legal and financial considerations when proceeding with divorce or separation. 6. Legal basics / principles for dividing assets and liabilities when reaching a financial settlement when divorcing. 7. Legal basics / principles for dividing assets or liabilities when separating as an unmarried, cohabiting couple. 8. Legal and financial considerations after divorce, dissolution or separation Examples of the types of questions we are interested in are below: *To protect the immediate financial position when deciding to separate/divorce, what actions should be considered to protect joint bank accounts, savings, investments, insurance and other assets when married or civil partners? *What are the options for financing legal costs and fees while proceedings are under way and/or when financial settlement is reached? *What are the legal remedies for non-payment or arrears of child maintenance? The anticipated value of this requirement is PS50k. If this is something you would be interested in, please provide your organisation name and email commerical@maps.org.uk by 16:00 by Friday 3 November quoting 23-098C Family Law Specialists. Additional information: We would also welcome you to attend our virtual briefing on a date TBC where we will give a brief walk through of the requirement. The invitation to this will be sent separately and will be conducted via MS Teams.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-8b4b9265-8ae6-462d-8fdd-207897251310
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/81b2797d-4dff-4f82-a753-97491572a337
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

66 - Financial and insurance services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

66000000 - Financial and insurance services

79140000 - Legal advisory and information services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
25 Oct 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
3 Nov 2023Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
EC1N 2TD
Post Town
Central London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI36 Camden
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Camden
Electoral Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden
Westminster Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras

Further Information

Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)

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