Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Legal Services
Notice Description
Provision of Legal Services in connection with Employment & Pensions, Property & Estates and Commercial matters.
Lot Information
Provision of Legal Services - Property & Estates
The successful firm will provide advice in relation to all property matters including acquisitions, disposals, evictions, leases, licences, title enquiries, servitudes, wayleaves, landlord and tenant and development projects.. The contract will not be exclusive and UWS reserves the right to instruct other firms in relation to specialist matters falling within the same area, if the need arises. Stated contract value is indicative spend and UWS does not guarantee that any volume or value of business shall be awarded during the initial contract period or any extensions.
Renewal: 12 months
Provision of Legal Services - Employment and PensionsThe successful firm will provide advice and recommendations to the University on a range of employment related matters including individual and/or collective employee and/or industrial relations issues with the intention, where possible, of helping the University achieve our objectives and of avoiding tribunal claims and awards. Employment advice will cover all key areas including, but not limited to; absence management, discipline, TUPE transfer, working time, discrimination, flexible working, restrictive covenants, contracts, dismissals, redundancies and re-structuring. The successful firm will also provide representation both at Employment Tribunal proceedings and in relation to dealing with legal representatives of our current staff and those who have left our employment. The successful firm will provide advice on more complex discrimination, equal pay or transfer of undertakings issues and also advice on pension laws and the regulations applying to the schemes operated by the University; the Local Government Pension Scheme and the Scottish Teachers Superannuation Scheme.. The contract will not be exclusive and UWS reserves the right to instruct other firms in relation to specialist matters falling within the same area, if the need arises. Stated contract value is indicative spend and UWS does not guarantee that any volume or value of business shall be awarded during the initial contract period or any extensions.
Renewal: 12 months
Provision of Legal Services - CommercialThe successful firm will provide advice and recommendations on a range of commercial matters. It is expected that this will primarily include contractual and intellectual property related matters but may also relate to data protection, freedom of information, procurement, health and safety, Home Office regulations and guidelines and charity law matters. It would be beneficial if the appointed firm could provide dispute resolution advice which will cover advice in relation to all possible and pending claims and actions against or by the University and resolution of disputes including claims, court actions arbitrations or adjudications and mediations and including the preparation of pleadings, collating documents and appearance work (although this type or work is routinely dealt with via our insurers so would likely be minimal).. The contract will not be exclusive and UWS reserves the right to instruct other firms in relation to specialist matters falling within the same area, if the need arises. Stated contract value is indicative spend and UWS does not guarantee that any volume or value of business shall be awarded during the initial contract period or any extensions.
Renewal: 12 months
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000637631
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN417757
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
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
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £200,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £200,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £50,000 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Jun 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 8 Jan 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 10 Jun 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Apr 2021 - 31 Mar 2023 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- October 2023
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@uws.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1418483943
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PAISLEY
- Postcode
- PA1 2BE
- Post Town
- Paisley
- Country
- Scotland
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM33 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM83 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire
-
- Local Authority
- Renfrewshire
- Electoral Ward
- Paisley Northwest
- Westminster Constituency
- Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC401245&idx=4
9th December 2020 - ESPD Word Version -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC401245&idx=1
4th December 2020 - Submission Documents -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC401245&idx=3
4th December 2020 - Evaluation Criteria Scoring Guidance -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC401245
Provision of Legal Services - Provision of Legal Services in connection with Employment & Pensions, Property & Estates and Commercial matters. -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN417757
Provision of Legal Services - Provision of Legal Services in connection with Employment & Pensions, Property & Estates and Commercial matters.
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