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title: "Corporate Legal Services (Outsourced Legal Support)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02a6bb"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SCOTTISH NATIONAL INVESTMENT BANK"
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# Corporate Legal Services (Outsourced Legal Support)

Buyer: SCOTTISH NATIONAL INVESTMENT BANK  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02a6bb

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## Summary

The Scottish National Investment Bank is conducting a tender for Corporate Legal Services, aimed at appointing a law firm for an estimated period of 2 to 3 years. The procurement process is currently at the award stage, following the tender period that closed on 19 May 2021. This contract, valued at £300,000, focuses on providing comprehensive legal advice in areas such as Employment Law, Corporate Governance, and FCA regulations, within the United Kingdom, specifically Edinburgh. The selected firm will be expected to act as an extension of the Bank's in-house legal team, providing additional expertise and capacity as required.

This tender presents significant opportunities for established legal firms that have experience advising both private and public sector organisations. With around 100 days of outsourced legal support needed annually, businesses that can demonstrate a strong track record in corporate legal services, compliance with regulatory frameworks, and an ability to deliver collaborative, value-added support will be well-positioned to compete. Firms must also comply with specific operational criteria and insurance requirements, ensuring that participating candidates meet high professional standards.

## Notice

The Scottish National Investment Bank intends to select and appoint a law firm to provide Corporate Legal Services to the Bank for the next 2 - 3 years. The Bank wishes to appoint a firm to operate as 'an extension of our in-house Legal team', providing additional capacity, access to specialist expertise and added value support to the Bank. The scope includes legal advice and services to support the Bank and our General Counsel with/on; Employment Law, Corporate Governance, Commercial & Contract law, FCA regulations, GDPR, State Aid & Subsidy Control, Freedom on Information as well as General Legal matters and projects.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Scope of Services Required by the Bank The Bank intends to select and appoint a law firm to provide Corporate Legal Services to the Bank for the next 2 - 3 years. The Bank wishes to appoint a firm that will operate as 'an extension of our in-house Legal team', providing additional capacity, access to specialist expertise and added value support to the Bank. We anticipate that we will require around 100 days of outsourced legal support per annum (estimated). The scope includes legal advice and services to support the Bank and our General Counsel with/on: - General legal matters. - Employment law. - Corporate Governance. - Commercial matters and Contracts. - Interpretation and application of FCA regulations (but not the project for the Bank to seek/obtain FCA Authorisation) - State Aid and Subsidy Control. - GDPR - Freedom of Information. - Most other 'one-off, project-type' requirements (e.g. property related to Bank offices). Exclusions to the scope noted above. The Bank will retain the right to appoint other firms for specific matters where: - It wishes to use an alternative firm to provide particular specialist expertise. - Client conflicts may prevent the appointed firm from acting for the Bank. - By exception, it wishes to use an alternative firm(s) to provide services for a 'one-off project-type' requirement. Exclusions - more broadly, the scope of services does not include the provision of the legal services required by the Bank to support it's specific investments or potential investments (except to the extent included in the scope above). Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this tender if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Renewal: 24 month initial term with option to extend by 12 months.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017445-2021 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Jul 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 19 May 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 22 Jul 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £300,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £200,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SCOTTISH NATIONAL INVESTMENT BANK |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH1 3EG |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | City Centre |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SHEPHERD AND WEDDERBURN |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79100000 - Legal services

## Release History

- 23 Jul 2021 at 08:35 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017445-2021
- 16 Apr 2021 at 08:44 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008010-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/authority/noticecreate/Question602.aspx?ID=650767
- http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/edinburgh-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court
- http://www.thebank.scot
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/authority/noticecreate/Question21.aspx?ID=650767
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA30487
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx

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