Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of legal services
Notice Description
Legal panel services providing such advice, support and drafting that the Byer may require in relation to regulatory services carried out by the Buyer.
Lot Information
General Legal Services
Legal panel services providing such advice, support and drafting that the Byer may require in relation to regulatory services carried out by the Buyer. This will include, but not be limited to, provided tailored modelling and updates in areas of interest to the Buyer and separately flag up/send alerts on relevant changes/proposed changes in law, policy and regulation as and when they are announced, with brief comment on the effect/potential effect on the Buyer. Additional information: All values quoted are inclusive of VAT. This contract was sourced by using the direct awards option in the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) framework reference RM6179.
Renewal: The contract will run for 36 months with an option to extend for a further 12 months
Finance and Complex Legal ServicesLot 2 is for Finance and Complex Legal Advice and Services and covers external legal advice and full project support required by Central Government and its associated arm's length bodies, for transactions which are principally financial in nature and highly complex transactions including complex finance, capital markets, regulatory and high risk complex work, as well as the most innovative and/or strategically important projects for Central Government. Suppliers will deliver all the mandatory requirements that specifically relate to lot 2, as detailed in Framework Schedule 1 (Specification). Which includes the following mandatoryspecialisms: Corporate Finance; Rescue, restructuring and insolvency; Financial services, market and competition regulation; Investment and Commercial Banking; Insurance and Reinsurance; Investment and Asset management; Equity Capital Markets; Debt Capital Markets; Project and Asset Finance; High value or complex transactions and disputes; and High value or complex merger and acquisition activity; Projects of exceptional innovation and complexity. There are also 9 optional specialisms detailed in Framework Schedule 1 (Specification) which Suppliers will provide if qualified to do so. CCS reserved the right to award a framework to any bidder whose final score was within 1% of the last position. One supplier came within 1% of the last position and was awarded a place on the framework. Therefore, the total number of bidders awarded a place on Lot 2 framework was seven (7). Additional information: The procurement was conducted in two stages which was run consecutively. Full details are available in the ITT. II.2.7 - is the maximum duration of the Framework Agreement. The Framework Agreement will be established for 36 months, with the option to extend for a further 12 months at the discretion of CCS.
Renewal: The contract will run for 36 months with the option to extend for a further 12 months.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02b27d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024697-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79100000 - Legal services
79110000 - Legal advisory and representation services
79111000 - Legal advisory services
79112000 - Legal representation services
79130000 - Legal documentation and certification services
79140000 - Legal advisory and information services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £430,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- £430,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £446,281,664 £100M-£1B
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Aug 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 21 Jun 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 1 Dec 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- OFQUAL
- Additional Buyers
THE MINISTER FOR THE CABINET OFFICE ACTING THROUGH CROWN COMMERCIAL SERVICE
- Contact Name
- David Thomas
- Contact Email
- david.thomas@ofqual.gov.uk, opsandinfrastructure.commercial@education.gov.uk, supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 3150103503, +44 7946672370
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LIVERPOOL
- Postcode
- L3 9PP
- Post Town
- Liverpool
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG33 Coventry
- Delivery Location
- TLG33 Coventry
-
- Local Authority
- Coventry
- Electoral Ward
- St Michael's
- Westminster Constituency
- Coventry South
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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