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title: "Corporate Legal Services (Outsourced Legal Support)"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000650767"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SCOTTISH NATIONAL INVESTMENT BANK"
published: "2021-07-23"
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# Corporate Legal Services (Outsourced Legal Support)

Buyer: SCOTTISH NATIONAL INVESTMENT BANK  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000650767

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## Summary

The Scottish National Investment Bank is seeking to appoint a law firm to provide Corporate Legal Services for an estimated duration of 2 to 3 years. This procurement process is currently at the Tender stage, with applications having been submitted electronically by potential suppliers. The tender was published on April 16, 2021, with a submission deadline on May 19, 2021. This initiative falls under the Services category and focuses on legal advice in areas like Employment Law, Corporate Governance, and FCA regulations, among others, with the main operational base situated in Edinburgh, UK.

This tender presents an excellent opportunity for law firms specialising in Corporate Legal Services to expand their client base by collaborating with a prominent public entity. Businesses with a strong track record in public and private sector legal advisory roles, as well as those familiar with the intricacies of corporate law, compliance, and contract matters, would be well-positioned to compete. Interested firms must demonstrate relevant experience and sufficient qualification to support the Bank's legal requirements effectively.

## 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).. 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 | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL421982 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award 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 | 23 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 | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| 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 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL421982
- 16 Apr 2021 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR412252

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=APR412252&idx=4
  5th May 2021 - Scottish National Investment Bank - Responses to all clarification questions at 5th May
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=APR412252&idx=3
  21st April 2021 - Scottish National Investment Bank - Responses to Clarification Questions received at 21st April
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=APR412252&idx=1
  16th April 2021 - Scottish National Investment Bank-Corporate Legal Services-Info to Request to Participate in Tender
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=APR412252&idx=2
  16th April 2021 - Scottish National Investment Bank-Corporate Legal Services-SPD Document to Request to Participate
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR412252
  Corporate Legal Services (Outsourced Legal Support) - 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.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL421982
  Corporate Legal Services (Outsourced Legal Support) - 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.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/authority/noticecreate/Question602.aspx?ID=650767
- http://www.thebank.scot
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000650767
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/authority/noticecreate/Question21.aspx?ID=650767
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx

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