Notice Information
Notice Title
The Provision of Legal Services
Notice Description
The Authority are seeking Contractor(s) for the provision of specialist Legal Services for the further and higher education sector in Scotland. The Authority are seeking to obtain, through this tendering process, price normalisation for all institutions regardless of size and demand. A maximum of seven Contractors will be appointed to the framework contract.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The scope of this agreement is the provision of legal services to the further and higher education sector in Scotland including all of the following specialisms *Commercial-Business incorporating but not limited to the following: Procurement & other contract law Debt collection Commercial corporate governance Joint ventures Banking, finance, insurance and taxation Company formation Corporate finance Bond Issuance, mergers and acquisitions Academic research (including grants) & research originated knowledge transfer Competition law Freedom of Information General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Intellectual Property Technology Law including Software Licensing Agreements Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Software Licensing Agreements *Property & Estates incorporating but not limited to the following: Conveyancing Landlord and tenant law General estate management issues Planning law Major building projects Student accommodation Construction and Engineering Environmental law Property litigation and dispute resolution *People / HR Matters incorporating but not limited to the following: Employment dispute resolution including tribunals Employment relations Employment contracts and policies UK Visas & Immigration matters Equality and diversity Organisational change Health and safety TUPE Pension law and advice Student support and regulatory matters Data protection Freedom of Information Fair Working Practices *Charity incorporating but not limited to the following: Charity law Fundraising and sponsorship Constitutional and parliamentary issues (including bulls, charters and statutes) *Charity corporate governance International incorporating but not limited to the following: Public International Law Law of the Sea International Criminal Law International ventures International Humanitarian Law International Human Rights Law Refugee Law Private International Law Supranational Law Institutions shall be entitled to appoint a single firm to advise and/or represent on all matters of law, which may include some or all of the specialist areas in technical expertise described above. This may involve the provision of a full legal advice service to an Institution or may involve working in partnership with an in-house legal resource, providing supplementary legal resource or expertise from time to time as caseload requires across more than one of the specialisms. Contractors must be able to provide a service which encompasses all of the above specialisms as a minimum. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations in 2015
Renewal: The Authority reserves the right to extend the Framework Agreement for a period of up to 24 months in multiple extensions subject to satisfactory performance and continued Institutions' requirements
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02c1f3
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014975-2021
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- 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
- £3,400,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Jul 20215 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Aug 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- 48 months
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- APUC Limited
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- STIRLING
- Postcode
- FK8 2DZ
- Postcode Area
- Falkirk and Stirling
- Country
- Scotland
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM0 Eastern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM02 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
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- Local Authority
- Stirling
- Electoral Ward
- Stirling East
- Westminster Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan
Further Information
Notice URLs
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