--- title: "Request for Information for Legal Services" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02a342" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-02a342" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02a342.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02a342.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY" published: "2021-04-07" --- # Request for Information for Legal Services Buyer: LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02a342 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-02a342) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02a342.json) ## Summary Liverpool John Moores University is initiating a procurement process for "Request for Information for Legal Services" focused on the delivery of legal service assistance to complement its existing in-house legal function. The procurement is currently in the planning stage, with a value of £250,000, and is classified under the legal services category. The university is located in Liverpool, UK, with a future notice date set for 31st July 2021. This tender aims to explore innovative solutions, potentially incorporating AI, to enhance efficiency in handling routine legal workflows. This tender presents significant opportunities for legal service providers and firms with expertise in employment, commercial, and property law, as well as data protection matters. Businesses that can offer innovative and cost-effective legal solutions, complementing the existing capabilities of the university's legal team, are particularly well-suited to compete. By engaging with LJMU, successful bidders may not only grow their service offerings but also strengthen their reputation within the higher education sector. ## Notice LJMU has a small established in house legal function which consists of 6 solicitors (which includes the University Secretary) and a personal assistant ("Legal Team"). The Legal Team is managed on a day to day basis by the Head of Legal and Deputy General Counsel (who is a practising solicitor) with oversight from the University Secretary and General Counsel. The Legal Team is instructed on a variety of topics which consist of the following: 1. Employment law (advice on HR casework processes (discipline, grievance etc), TUPE, whistleblowing, discrimination, trade union issues, redundancy, policy and contract reviews, Employment Tribunal claims, settlement agreements) 2. Commercial law (this includes research contracts, collaboration agreements, non disclosure agreements, SaaS, PaaS, apprenticeship contracts, licence agreements, assignments of intellectual property, franchise contracts, funding agreements, sub contractor agreements, general terms and conditions, marketing) 3. Litigation (consumer complaints, business to business complaints) 4. Property (drafting and negotiating sale, purchase and lease documentation, deeds of variation, filing requirements with Land Registry, reviewing title documents and advising on the same, including restrictive covenants, drafting and negotiating property licence agreements, advising on forfeiture of leases, planning law advice) 5. Student governance and regulatory advice 6. Data protection matters (in conjunction with the Data Protection Officer, including responses to data subject access requests and Freedom of Information Act requests). At present the Legal Team are using a SharePoint site as a document management system which is currently being refined to add in some case management functionality. The Legal Team are looking to test the market in terms of an innovative solution which would allow the Legal Team to focus on strategic high value high complexity matters by freeing up their time spent on routine low cost and low complexity matters. The proposed solution could include both AI and human resource or one or the other. The Legal Team have a basic set of precedents and would like to work towards a playbook or knowledge management system to assist the Legal Team and their colleagues in other departments. The overall objective of the proposed solution is that it would deliver faster turnaround times for routine legal workflows, improve self-service capabilities for colleagues both inside and outside of the Legal Team, and enhance data management capabilities. We are looking to create a framework of Legal Providers who can assist with our workload. Therefore are inviting companies to complete a Request for Information to enable us to perform market research prior to embarking on a tender exercise ### Lot Information Lot 1 Legal Service assistance to compliment the LJMU Team. Additional information: Any queries please submit via Correspondence on In-tend ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007121-2021 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 7 Apr 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 30 Jul 2021 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £250,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY | | Locality | LIVERPOOL | | Post town | Liverpool | | Postcode | L2 2QP | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside | | ITL 3 | TLD72 Liverpool | | Local authority | Liverpool | | Electoral ward | City Centre North | | Westminster constituency | Liverpool Riverside | | Delivery location | TLD North West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79100000 - Legal services ## Release History - 7 Apr 2021 at 14:02 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007121-2021 ## Notice URLs - http://www.ljmu.ac.uk - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ljmu ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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