Notice Information
Notice Title
Legal Services Framework - Lot 1 - Commercial, Corporate and Employment
Notice Description
The University of Reading is seeking to appoint law firms to establish a framework across four lots to provide external legal expertise to complement its in-house department. This will include flexible resource that may be utilised to address gaps in expertise, lack of capacity, short terms demand peaks and projects and periods of absence. The University's Legal Services Department supports the University and its subsidiaries with a large and diverse range of projects, collaborations an contractual activity in the UK and beyond. The framework will be divided into the following Lots. Lot 1- Commercial, Corporate and Employment Legal Services Lot 1 also contains an optional Sub-Lot (1A) for Intellectual Property, Searching, Registration and Portfolio Management Services. The University is seeking to appoint one firm to Sub-Lot 1A from the panel members appointed to Lot 1, who can provide all of the services listed in the Specification. Lot 2 - Student and Higher Education Legal Services Lot 3 - Governance, Trust, Public and Charity Legal Services Lot 4 - Property and Estate Legal Services This procurement relates to Legal Services which are listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as a specific service, know as the Light Touch Regime. It will be conducted in accordance with regulations 74 to 76 PCR 2015. Please refer to the full specification as detailed in the Invitation to tender (Schedule 2) . Please note that Bidders will not be appointed to more than 3 Lots. All procurement documents are available from www.in-tendhost.co.uk/theuniversityofreading . After registering access will be given to view the full documents. Additional information: Please go to www.in-tendhost.co.uk/theuniversityofreading and click on tenders and then express an interest. You will need to be logged in and then go to "My Tenders" to view the documents.. The anticipated value for the Legal Services framework (Lots 1-4) is in the range of PS2.5m to PS4m. This is cumulative across all Lots. This is a guide only and should not be interpreted as an undertaking to purchase any services to a particular value. Delivery Notes To be submitted through intend www.in-tendhost.co.uk/theuniversityofreading Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-b63c79f9-f4bb-4d51-a39a-3d8899715d38
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/14dc1dd6-4a46-427e-ae2f-d8cec39ba0e5
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
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
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 9 Jan 20206 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 16 Jan 2020Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2020 - 31 Mar 2024 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF READING
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BERKSHIRE
- Postcode
- RG6 6UR
- Post Town
- Reading
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ16 Berkshire West
- Delivery Location
- TLJ South East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Wokingham
- Electoral Ward
- Hillside
- Westminster Constituency
- Earley and Woodley
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/14dc1dd6-4a46-427e-ae2f-d8cec39ba0e5
9th January 2020 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/theuniversityofreading/aspx/
Additional information on how to apply for this contract
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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