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        "title": "Provision of Legal Services",
        "description": "The Association wishes to enter into a Term Contract with a single supplier who are suitably qualified and experienced in the provision of Legal Services for the Service Areas detailed below. The contractfor Legal Services will be for a 3-year period with the option to extend for 2 x single 1-year periods solely at the Association discretion. 1: General Legal, Contractual, Procurement, Construction, Acquisitions & Property Conveyancing 2: Arrears Recovery (Rent & Factoring) 3: Housing and Estate Management which includes Factoring 4: Governance, Financial Management and Charity 5: Employment Law A single supplier with the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) for providing all the service listed above will be awarded to provide all the service provision listed above.",
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                "title": "Provision of Legal Services",
                "description": "The Association wishes to enter into a Term Contract with a single supplier who are suitably qualified and experienced in the provision of Legal Services for the Service Areas detailed below. The contractfor Legal Services will be for a 3-year period with the option to extend for 2 x single 1-year periods solely at the Association discretion. 1: General Legal, Contractual, Procurement, Construction, Acquisitions & Property Conveyancing 2: Arrears Recovery (Rent & Factoring) 3: Housing and Estate Management which includes Factoring 4: Governance, Financial Management and Charity 5: Employment Law A single supplier with the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) for providing all the service listed above will be awarded to provide all the service provision listed above.",
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                    "description": "As stated in the attached Dunbritton HA - Provision of Legal Services ITT - Final Section A relates to suitability to pursue the professional activity. For this procurement, the Association require that Suppliers are authorised to provide legal advice in accordance with the requirements of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980. Consequently, question 4A.2 should be answered. Evidence must be provided with the SPD"
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                    "description": "As stated in the attached Dunbritton HA - Provision of Legal Services ITT - Final Section B relates to Suppliers' economic and financial standing. Suppliers should only provide information in their response where the selection criteria concerned have been required by the Association in the Contract Notice. Consequently, bidders should complete the following boxes: Suppliers must be able to confirm that they hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: Evidence must be provided with the SPD",
                    "minimum": "Employer's Liability Insurance with a limit of at least 10,000,000 GBP (ten million pounds sterling) per claim. Public Liability Insurance policy with a limit of at least 5,000,000 GBP (five million pounds sterling) per claim; Professional Indemnity Insurance policy with a limit of at least 10,000,000 GBP (ten million pounds sterling) per claim. This will be on a Pass or Fail basis."
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    "description": "NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=829109. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: See ITT (SC Ref:829109) Download the copy of the online SPD document here (to be completed online through postbox submission): https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=829109",
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