Notice Information
Notice Title
Recovery Strategy Unit (RSU) Legal Support Services Framework
Notice Description
The Recovery Strategy Unit (RSU) part of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is looking to establish a single lot framework for the supply of Legal Support Services via a call-off basis. The framework term will be four years. <br/><br/>It is envisaged between one and seven Lawyers/ Suppliers will be appointed to the single lot framework.<br/><br/>The required services for this procurement are legal services falling within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended by the Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 No 1319) (PCR 2015). Schedule 3 services are not subject to the full regime of PCR 2015 but are instead governed by the Light-Touch Regime (LTR) Chapter 3, Section 7, Regulations 74 to 77 of PCR 2015.<br/><br/>Neither the inclusion of a tenderer selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the PRC 2015, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by the Contracting Authorities ('Open', 'Restricted', 'Competitive Procedure with Negotiation', 'Competitive Dialogue', 'Innovation Partnership' or any other description), nor any other indication, shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authorities intends to hold itself bound by PCR 2015, save by the provisions applicable to services coming within the scope of Schedule 3 of PCR 2015.<br/><br/>The Contracting Authority will run a transparent tender process, treating all tenderers equally and will follow the basic principles of the Open Procedure (Regulation 27 of PCR 2015) to test the capacity, capability, technical and financial competence of tenderers.<br/><br/>Before accessing this tender documentation, it will be required by the Lawyers/ Supplier to complete a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) regarding this documentation and the process. Only those Suppliers/ Lawyers who have completed the NDA document and demonstrated compliance will be able to access the full suite of documents and be able to participate in this tender process. The tender deadline allows for up to 8 days for return of this documentation. DLUHC/ RSU will not extend the tender response deadline for any Lawyer/ Supplier who fails to review and return the NDA within this timeframe.
Lot Information
Lot 1: Recovery Strategy Unit (RSU) Legal Support Services
It is envisaged between one and seven Lawyers/ Suppliers will be appointed to the single lot framework. Full details are within the associated tender documentation.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03d382
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015767-2023
- 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
-
- CPV Codes
79100000 - Legal services
79110000 - Legal advisory and representation services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £5,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Jun 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 11 Jul 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT OF LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
- Contact Name
- Georgina Renn
- Contact Email
- commercialtenders@levellingup.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 4DF
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- TLI32 Westminster
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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