Published date: 5 April 2017

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 20 December 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal services - 79100000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£250,000

Procurement reference

TOWER001-DN228687-99049772

Published date

5 April 2017

Closing date

20 December 2016

Contract start date

24 December 2016

Contract end date

24 December 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Contract Award for the provision of specialist legal services to support and supplement the Council's in-house legal team, who will lead on the project. Set out below is an indicative scope of the Primary and Secondary services the chosen firm will be required to provide legal services work in relation to. Primary Services - Appointment of the main building contractor The Council is appointing directly the main building contractor (stage 3, or possibly stage 4, in the programme) using a standard form construction contract (likely JCT). The services required at this stage may include: 1. Advice on the procurement process under a competitive procedure with negotiation (Reg 29 PCR 2015); 2. Advice and support in relation to the drafting of contract documentation; 3. Review of the procurement documents, including OJEU notice, selection questionnaire (or equivalent) and Invitation to Tender; 4. Review of and advice in relation to evaluation criteria; 5. At negotiation stage of the procurement and where the Council decides not to award based on the initial tenders, to attend and support a limited number of negotiation meetings; 6. Advice and support in relation to the call for final tenders and fine tuning of contract documentation post final bids; 7. Advice in relation to standstill and alcatel; and 8. Any other related matters. Secondary Services The Council may also require additional legal support in respect to the project, as and when required, to complement the capacity and expertise of the Council's in-house teams in the following areas: 1. Planning; 2. Property; 3. Commercial; 4. Contract and procurement; and 5. Local government and other areas of law pertinent to the project. Bidders should note that staff to be deployed on the contract and named in tender submissions cannot be removed from the project unless with the consent of the Council (not to be unreasonably withheld). We envisage appointing the chosen bidder at the end of December 2016 and retaining the bidder until the earlier of (i) the expiry of a 4 year term (December 2020); or (i) the spend under the contract reaching the advertised spend threshold of £250,000

Award information

Awarded date

30 January 2017

Contract start date

31 January 2017

Contract end date

30 January 2021

Total value of contract

£250,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Sharpe Pritchard LLP

Address

Elizabeth House, Fulwood Place, London, WC1V 6HG

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Andrew Shorter

Address

Mulberry Place
London
E14 2BG
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 2073644099

Email

procurement@towerhamlets.gov.uk

Website

http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk