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title: "Wheatley Group Legal & Associated Services Framework LEG001"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000696850"
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# Wheatley Group Legal & Associated Services Framework LEG001

Buyer: THE WHEATLEY HOUSING GROUP LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000696850

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## Summary

The Wheatley Housing Group Limited is actively procuring a multi-lot Framework Agreement titled "Wheatley Group Legal & Associated Services Framework LEG001" for legal services in Glasgow, UK. This procurement, initiated as a tender process, includes six distinct lots covering areas such as Commercial Contracts, Legal Governance & Charities, Legal Employment & General Civil Litigation, Financing, Sheriff Officer Services, and Property Searching & Reporting Services. The estimated value of this framework agreement is £3,400,000 and the tender submission deadline is set for 29 July 2022, following which the award period will commence on the same day.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses operating within the legal services sector, particularly those specialising in commercial law, governance, employment law, and financial services. Businesses with expertise in providing legal support, sheriff officer services, and property-related legal transactions will be particularly well-suited to participate. Furthermore, the open procurement procedure allows a diverse range of service providers to compete for the contracts, potentially leading to beneficial partnerships and community engagement initiatives as outlined in the associated community benefits programme.

## 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 6 lots covering Lot 1 Commercial Contracts Lot 2 Legal Governance & Charities Lot 3 Legal Employment & General Civil Litigation Lot 4 Financing Lot 5 - Sheriff Officer Services 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 5 - Sheriff Officer Services. Lot 6 - Property Searching & Reporting Services.

### Lot Information

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.

Renewal: Option to extend by a further period of 12 months at the sole discretion of the Wheatley Group

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.

Renewal: Option to extend by a further period of 12 months at the sole discretion of the Wheatley Group.

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.

Renewal: Option to extend for a further 12 months at the sole discretion of the Wheatley Group.

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.

Renewal: Option to extend by a further period of 12 months at the sole discretion of the Wheatley Group.

Sheriff Officer Services

Sheriff Officer services which will be required 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.

Renewal: Option to extend by a further period of 12 months at the sole discretion of the Wheatley Group.

Property Searching & Reporting

The Wheatley Group expects successful Service Providers for this Lot to provide services related to property transactions where Wheatley Housing Group entities are the sellers of, or granters of subordinate rights in, the land, including, but not limited to: Legal Reports Plans Reports Companies/Mutual Societies searches Register of Community Interests in Land searches Property Enquiry Certificates Coal Mining Reports Extracts/copies of title deeds Ownership searches, particularly Register of Sasines Ownership plans (site assembly)

Renewal: Option to extend for a further 12 months at the sole discretion of the Wheatley Group.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN452693 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 30 Jun 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 29 Jul 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Jun 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £3,400,000 |
| Lots value | £95,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Cancelled |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Unsuccessful |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## 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 |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 70331000 - Residential property services
- 70332200 - Commercial property management services
- 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

- 30 Jun 2022 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN452693
- 27 Jun 2022 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN452313

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN452313&idx=6
  27th June 2022 - Lot 1 - Commercial Contracts - Documents
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN452313&idx=7
  27th June 2022 - Lot 2 - Legal Governance & Charities - Documents
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN452313&idx=8
  27th June 2022 - Lot 3 - Legal Employment & General Civil Litigation - Documents
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN452313&idx=9
  27th June 2022 - Lot 4 - Financing - Documents
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN452313&idx=10
  27th June 2022 - Lot 5 - Sheriff Officers - Documents
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN452313&idx=11
  27th June 2022 - Lot 6 - Property Searching and Reporting - Documents
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN452313&idx=1
  27th June 2022 - Appendix 1 - LEG001 Instructions to Tenderers
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN452313&idx=2
  27th June 2022 - Appendix 5 - Lot Details
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN452313&idx=3
  27th June 2022 - Appendix 6 - LEG001 Terms and Conditions
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN452313&idx=4
  27th June 2022 - Appendix 9 - LEG001 - WHG Community Benefits
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN452313&idx=5
  27th June 2022 - Appendix 10 - LEG001 Call-off Documentation
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN452313
  Wheatley Group Legal & Associated Services Framework LEG001 - The Wheatley Group intends to establish a multi-lot Framework Agreement for the provision of Legal & Associated Services. The Framework will be divided into 6 lots covering Lot 1 Commercial Contracts Lot 2 Legal Governance & Charities Lot 3 Legal Employment & General Civil Litigation Lot 4 Financing Lot 5 - Sheriff Officer Services 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 5 - Sheriff Officer Services. Lot 6 - Property Searching & Reporting Services.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN452693
  Wheatley Group Legal & Associated Services Framework LEG001 - The Wheatley Group intends to establish a multi-lot Framework Agreement for the provision of Legal & Associated Services. The Framework will be divided into 6 lots covering Lot 1 Commercial Contracts Lot 2 Legal Governance & Charities Lot 3 Legal Employment & General Civil Litigation Lot 4 Financing Lot 5 - Sheriff Officer Services 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 5 - Sheriff Officer Services. Lot 6 - Property Searching & Reporting Services.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.wheatley-group.com
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000696850
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

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