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title: "Wheatley Group Legal & Associated Services Framework LEG001"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03b219"
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# Wheatley Group Legal & Associated Services Framework LEG001

Buyer: THE WHEATLEY HOUSING GROUP LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03b219

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## Summary

The Wheatley Housing Group Limited has completed a tender process for the establishment of a multi-lot Framework Agreement for Legal & Associated Services. The Framework covers various legal services categories such as Commercial Contracts, Legal Governance & Charities, Legal Employment & General Civil Litigation, Financing, Sheriff Officer Services, and Property Searching & Reporting Services. The procurement stage is 'complete', and key dates include the initiation on March 13, 2023. The Framework will run for 36 months with a possible 12-month extension.

This tender by The Wheatley Housing Group Limited offers opportunities for legal service providers to compete in different categories of legal services. Businesses in the legal industry, especially those experienced in commercial contracts, governance, employment law, civil litigation, financing, and sheriff officer services, would be well-suited to participate. The procurement method used is 'Open procedure', providing a transparent and competitive process for interested suppliers to engage with the buying organisation.

## Notice

The Wheatley Group intends to establish a multi-lot Framework Agreement for the provision of Legal & Associated Services. The Framework will be divided into 7 lots covering Lot 1 Commercial Contracts Lot 2 Legal Governance & Charities Lot 3 Legal Employment & General Civil Litigation Lot 4 Financing Lot 5a - Sheriff Officer Services (Central Scotland Region) Lot 5b - Sheriff Officer Services (Dumfries and Galloway Region) Lot 6 Property Searching & Reporting Services. The Framework will be for a period of 36 months with the option to extend for a further 12 months at the sole discretion of the Wheatley Group. Lot 1 - Commercial Contracts - including as a minimum procurement, construction, construction litigation, development, real estate, intellectual property, information technology and associated legal advice. Lot 2 - Legal Governance & Legal Charities - including as a minimum governance and business structures, data protection, charities advice including business structures and corporate matters and associated legal advice. Lot 3 - Legal Employment & General Civil Litigation - including as a minimum employment law, pensions advice and general civil litigation services. Lot 4 - Financing- including as a minimum capital markets and bank funding in relation to new and existing funding and relating to both Scottish and English law Lot 5a - Sheriff Officer Services (Central Scotland Region). Lot 5b - Sheriff Officer Services (Dumfries and Galloway Region). Lot 6 - Property Searching & Reporting Services.

### Lot Information

Lot 1 Commercial Contracts

Lot 1 Commercial Contracts covers the following areas as a minimum: procurement, construction, development, real estate, intellectual property, information technology, environmental and planning law, litigation support and associated legal advice.

Lot 2 Legal Governance & Charities

Lot 2 Legal Governance & Legal Charities including as a minimum governance and business structures, data protection, charities advice including legal structural business and corporate matters and associated legal advice.

Lot 3 Legal Employment & General Civil Litigation

Lot 3 Legal Employment & General Civil Litigation to cover as a minimum: employment law, pensions and court litigation services. Employment law advice to the Group's Human Resource (HR) department both on a rolling ad hoc basis and in relation to any specific projects affecting the employment status of the employees within the Group companies, keeping our HR department up to date on relevant changes in employment law, advice on compromise agreements, employment tribunal representation where required, TUPE and advice to the in-house legal team in relation to TUPE or other employment issues that may arise in relation to individual projects or third party contracts. Pension's advice is also included. Litigation primarily in relation to Court of Session cases, including Judicial Review. Advice and support may be required with housing related litigation including Anti-Social Behaviour Orders and actions for eviction, defence of reparation actions, and actions for Reduction, Suspension and Interdict, although this type of work is generally handled in-house.

Lot 4 Financing

Lot 4 providing legal services associated with the area of Financing as follows? Treasury (debt finance, listed securities, bonds); Banking and finance including the raising of new, and management of existing bank and capital markets funding; Issuance and hedging arrangements; Charging and security work; FCA and financial regulatory support; Mergers & acquisitions; Acquisitions and disposals; Joint ventures; Corporate finance; Financial services regulation; Corporate insolvency law; Constitutional issues; Corporate governance; New business opportunities; Amalgamations and restructuring; Stock transfers; Taxation advice; Co-operative & Community Benefit societies law; Grant applications e.g. Big Lottery funding.

Lot 5a Sheriff Officer Services - Central Scotland Region

Sheriff Officer services which will be required to cover the Central Scotland Region in relation to this lot arise from litigation in relation to rent arrears recovery, general debt recovery for former tenant arrears, litigation to recover factoring debt, anti-social evictions and anti-social behaviour orders. The Sheriff Officers must have experience in providing a wide range of Sheriff Officer services and dealing with a high volume of work. The Sheriff Officers must employ appropriate numbers of suitably qualified staff with a sufficiently broad range of expertise to meet our requirements.

Lot 5b Sheriff Officer Services - Dumfries and Galloway Region

Sheriff Officer services which will be required to cover the Dumfries and Galloway Region in relation to this lot arise from litigation in relation to rent arrears recovery, general debt recovery for former tenant arrears, litigation to recover factoring debt, anti-social evictions and anti-social behaviour orders. The Sheriff Officers must have experience in providing a wide range of Sheriff Officer services and dealing with a high volume of work. The Sheriff Officers must employ appropriate numbers of suitably qualified staff with a sufficiently broad range of expertise to meet our requirements.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007159-2023 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Mar 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 14 Nov 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £3,460,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE WHEATLEY HOUSING GROUP LIMITED |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G1 1HL |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM32 Glasgow City |
| Local authority | Glasgow City |
| Electoral ward | Anderston/City/Yorkhill |
| Westminster constituency | Glasgow East |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 9 |
| Supplier names | BRODIES; BURNESS PAULL; HARPER MACLEOD; MORTON FRASER; PINSENT MASONS; SHEPHERD AND WEDDERBURN; STIRLING PARK; THORNTONS LAW; WALKER LOVE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 75231100 - Law-courts-related administrative services
- 79100000 - Legal services
- 79110000 - Legal advisory and representation services
- 79111000 - Legal advisory services
- 79112000 - Legal representation services
- 79130000 - Legal documentation and certification services
- 79140000 - Legal advisory and information services
- 79940000 - Collection agency services

## Release History

- 13 Mar 2023 at 08:50 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007159-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10306
- http://www.wheatley-group.com
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000698796
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:191181-2022:TEXT:EN:HTML

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