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title: "Supply of Legal Services - Railway Development Consent Orders"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "BURGES SALMON LLP"
published: "2022-10-07"
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# Supply of Legal Services - Railway Development Consent Orders

Buyer: BURGES SALMON LLP  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-32721320-32a1-4990-a51e-d1f24be82e70

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## Summary

The public procurement contracting process involves the award of a contract for the supply of legal services related to railway development consent orders. The buying organisation, Burges Salmon LLP, based in Bristol, United Kingdom, is seeking a sub-contractor with extensive experience in delivering legal services in large-scale railway development projects. The procurement method is "Other - Private Sector Procurement," and the contract period is from September 1, 2022, to February 21, 2026. The tender deadline was August 24, 2022.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses with expertise in consenting and real estate legal services for complex railway schemes to collaborate with Burges Salmon. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with the required certifications and capabilities for leadership, organisational skills, and stakeholder engagement are well-suited to compete in this process. The collaboration aims to establish a fair competitive process while meeting the legal services requirements of Burges Salmon under the Crown Commercial Service Legal Services Panel RM6204.

## Notice

Burges Salmon wishes to appoint a non-exclusive key sub-contractor (subject to CCS approval) to support and enhance its delivery of legal services relating to large scale railway development consent order work under Burges Salmon's appointment to the Crown Commercial Service Legal Services Panel RM6204. Burges Salmon will work collaboratively with the successful bidder in the preparation of certain tenders and opportunities (at Burges Salmon's discretion) under the Legal Services Panel (RM6204) and deliver resultant appointments on such basis as may be determined on project by project basis. Our aim is to establish a fair and open competitive process for bidders in order to identify the solution that most closely meets our requirements. Burges Salmon requires the bidder to demonstrate and evidence on no more than 2 sides of A4: * extensive experience, knowledge and understanding of delivering consenting (and related rail regulatory) and real estate legal services relating to the promotion of large scale and complex development consent order railway schemes , including route selection, in the last 5 years; * the ability to bring in additional support for resilience if required; * strong leadership, organisational skills and ability to work flexibly and collaboratively and in line with Burges Salmon's values and culture; and * experience in building relationships including examples of developing and maintaining the confidence of senior stakeholders and relevant government policy makers. The appointed bidder is expected to hold ISO 9001 (QMS), ISO 22301:2019 (Business Continuity), ISO/IEC 27001 (Information Security Management Systems), ISO/IEC 27002:2013 (IT), ISO/IEC 27031:2011 (IT) and ISO 22313:2020 (Security) certification or equivalents, and Cyber Essentials Plus. The appointed bidder will be required to contract with Burges Salmon on a full flow-down of the terms of Burges Salmon's RM6204 CCS Framework Contract including specific terms applicable to each Call-Off Contract for which the bidder supports Burges Salmon. This shall include delivering services on such rates and discounts as Burges Salmon may agree from time to time with CCS, supporting its social value commitments to CCS and promptly providing all relevant management information. Any appointment by Burges Salmon is subject to final approval by CCS.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8ebaf5c2-8eed-48a0-b7c5-a1205dd36572 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - Private Sector Procurement |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Oct 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 24 Aug 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Sep 2022 |
| Contract period | 31 Aug 2022 - 21 Feb 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BURGES SALMON LLP |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Post town | Bristol |
| Postcode | BS2 0ZX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England |
| ITL 3 | TLK51 Bristol, City of |
| Local authority | Bristol, City of |
| Electoral ward | Lawrence Hill |
| Westminster constituency | Bristol East |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | DLA PIPER |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79100000 - Legal services

## Release History

- 7 Oct 2022 at 19:09 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8ebaf5c2-8eed-48a0-b7c5-a1205dd36572
- 18 Aug 2022 at 12:10 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2b1516e9-c8d6-4ac1-aeb9-064a0b77c1e6

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8ebaf5c2-8eed-48a0-b7c5-a1205dd36572
  7th October 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2b1516e9-c8d6-4ac1-aeb9-064a0b77c1e6
  18th August 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

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