This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

24 Oct 2023 at 11:11

TenderUpdate

12 Jun 2023 at 17:00

Tender

25 May 2023 at 08:55

Planning

22 Feb 2023 at 15:08

Summary of the contracting process

The City of Edinburgh Council has awarded the contract for the CT2945 Legal Services Framework to multiple law firms for various lots, including Commercial, Property and Planning, Litigation, Employment, Major Projects and Investigations, and Debt Recovery. The total value of these active contracts amounts to approximately £25.3 million. The procurement process for these legal services involved open procedures and attracted bids from multiple suppliers, creating opportunities for law firms specialised in legal services to compete and grow their businesses.

This tender by The City of Edinburgh Council offers opportunities for law firms to provide legal services across a range of areas for the Council and other Scottish local authorities. Businesses with expertise in public law, corporate law, commercial contracts, property law, litigation, and employment matters would be well-suited to compete. The Council has set quality as the main award criterion, with a focus on service quality and expertise. The procurement process aims to ensure prompt payment to sub-contractors and requires bidders to demonstrate awareness of climate change issues as part of their responses.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Title

CT2945 Legal Services Framework

Notice Description

The City of Edinburgh Council's in-house legal team provides advice and support on all legal matters relating to the Council. The team instructs external firms where it has insufficient capacity or where particular specialist advice is required. The Council wishes to appoint a number of suitably qualified and experienced law firms ("Service Providers") to a six lot Framework Agreement to carry out legal services for the City of Edinburgh Council and other named Scottish local authorities. The type and volume of advice required may fluctuate during the period of the Contract.

Lot Information

Commercial

Lot 1: Commercial The Council expects the following services from Service Providers to include but is not limited to: Public law, Corporate law, Commercial contracts, Finance law and financial services law, Intellectual property, IT, Procurement, FOISA, Data protection, RIPSA and RIPA, Commercial and Pensions.

Property and Planning

Lot 2: Property and Planning The Council expects the following services from Service Providers to include but is not limited to: Property law, Construction law, Environmental law, Planning law, Transportation law and Litigation support for all of the above.

Litigation

Lot 3: Litigation The Council expects the following services from Service Providers to include but is not limited to: Childcare law, Education law, Litigation, Licensing law.

Employment

Lot 4: Employment Law The Council expects the following services from Service Providers to include but is not limited to: Providing legal advice in relation to local government employment law matters, Providing support in the furtherance of positive employee relations, Providing legal advice in relation to litigated employment matters, Providing front-line expert support to complex high risk HR case management, Providing advice and support on the development of employment policies and practices, Providing advice on major projects in relation to employment matters and Advocacy (including solicitor-advocacy if possible).

Major Projects and Investigations

Lot 5: Major Projects and Investigations The Council expects the following services from Service Providers to include but is not limited to: The provision of strategic and multi-disciplinary advice in respect of major, high value and/or complex matters requiring expertise in excess of that which would ordinarily fall within Lots 1 to 4 of the Contract; and The provision of complex multi-disciplinary investigatory advice in respect of major, high value and/ or complex matters requiring investigatory expertise in excess of that which would ordinarily fall within Lots 1 to 4 of the Contract.

Debt Recovery

Lot 6: Debt Recovery The Council expects the following services from Service Providers to include but is not limited to the three categories of debt to be recovered: (1) council tax & non-domestic rates (NDR), (2) sundry debt, including not limited to parking penalty charges and statutory repairs debt and (3) heritage court - rent arrears.

Residential Property

Lot 7: Residential Property

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a78e
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031310-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

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
£22,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£26,314,000 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Oct 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
26 Jun 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
17 Apr 2023Expired
Award Date
11 Oct 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Within 4 years

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled, Planned
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
The City of Edinburgh Council
Additional Buyers

Aberdeen City Council

Aberdeenshire Council

Angus Council

Dumfries and Galloway Council

East Dunbartonshire Council

East Lothian Council

Falkirk Council

Inverclyde Council

Midlothian Council

North Lanarkshire Council

Orkney Islands Council

Renfrewshire Council

Shetland Islands Council

South Ayrshire Council

South Lanarkshire Council

Stirling Council

The Highland Council

West Lothian Council

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
ABERDEEN
Postcode
EH8 8BG
Postcode Area
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM13 City of Edinburgh
Delivery Location
TLM75 City of Edinburgh

Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
8
Supplier Names

Anderson Strathern LLP

Brodies

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

Clyde & Co (Scotland) LLP

DWF LLP

Harper Macleod LLP

Morton Fraser

Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Further Information

Notice URLs

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