Notice Information
Notice Title
FWK1159 - Planning Legal Services
Notice Description
The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons and The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords acting jointly, require the services of Town Legal LLP to provide legal services in the field of planning law for building projects/ programmes on or which affect the Parliamentary Estate.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons and The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords acting jointly, require the services of Town Legal LLP to provide legal services in the field of planning law for building projects/ programmes on or which affect the Parliamentary Estate. The largest of the programmes is Restoration and Renewal which includes the restoration of the Palace of Westminster as well as the provision of temporary accommodation for the House of Lords, both of which are being delivered by Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority Limited and the temporary accommodation for the House of Commons, the proposals for which are being progressed by the Authority's Strategic Estates team. The Delivery Authority was established pursuant to the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019 and has duties under the Act in relation to the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster and the delivery of the Parliamentary building works (as defined in the Act) as part of the Restoration and Renewal (R&R) Programme.
Procurement Information
Planning legal services fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, meaning that they are governed by the light touch regime. As of 1 January 2024, the threshold for the light touch regime is PS663,540 (inclusive of VAT), which means this proposed Framework Agreement is sub-threshold.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-045290
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012307-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- 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
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Apr 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 3 Apr 20241 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
- THE CORPORATE OFFICER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THE CORPORATE OFFICER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS (ACTING JOINTLY)
- Contact Name
- Sean Ryan
- Contact Email
- ryans@parliament.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2072193960
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1A 0PW
- 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
- TLI London
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice URLs
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