Call-Off Agreement to Support Legal Advice in relation to Thames Tideway Tunnel

Contract summary

Industry

• Legal services - 79100000

Location of contract

West Midlands, London

Value of contract

£0 to £72,000

Procurement reference

PROC.01.0529

Published date

2 June 2017

Closing date

19 January 2017

Contract start date

28 February 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

To support the Client in its overall objective of ensuring that the Thames Tideway Tunnel is delivered at best value for Thames Water's customers by providing robust legal advice to enable Ofwat to understand and engage with the commercial and contractual elements governing the Project and to minimise the risks of a judicial review in respect of any decision by Ofwat in relation to the Thames Tideway Project.

The scope of work is expert legal advisory services to the Client's legal and policy teams in relation to the TTT project. The Solicitor will be required to take the lead on various commercial and contractual issues that may arise. We therefore require lawyers with commercial, contractual and regulatory expertise in particular in relation to the delivery of a large construction project.
In order to achieve the overall objectives, the Client expects that the following tasks maybe required to be undertaken:

(i) advising on the exercise of Ofwat's regulatory functions under the Project Licence (including on the implementation of the revenue provisions set out in Appendix 1 to the Project Licence);
(ii) advising on the exercise of various roles allocated to Ofwat under the Liaison Agreement (including approving certain variations to either Tideway's or Thames Water's scope of works);
(iii) advising on proposed changes to statutory notices (including the Specification Notice);
(iv) advising on the implementation of the incentives on all the parties, including Thames Water, to deliver their obligations to ensure the successful delivery of the Project as a whole;
(v) reviewing papers submitted to quarterly liaison meetings involving key stakeholders;
(vi) the interpretation of a suite of contractual documents governing the project and advising on any proposed changes to those documents;
(vii) advising on issues coming out of regular joint risk meetings between stakeholders;
(viii) reviewing papers for, and attending, the TTT Committee;
(ix) assisting in responding to external communications received by Ofwat from stakeholders who oppose the TTT (including Freedom of Information requests);
(x) defending any judicial reviews which may be brought against Ofwat at any point by people who oppose the TTT project;
(xi) advising on issues raised by the Independent Technical Assessor (ITA); and
(xii) advising on applications by Tideway for a waiver of its procurement obligations under the SIP Regulations.

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More information

Attachments

• R PROC 01.0529 signed by both parties.pdf
• Signed contract
• Contract

Additional text

Please note that this is a call-off contract so it is difficult to quantify exact spend.

The contract award date cannot be the same as contract start date on the portal, so the contract award date is dated a day earlier than it actually is.

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Award information

Awarded date

27 February 2017

Contract start date

28 February 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2018

Total value of contract

£72,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

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About the buyer

Address

Ofwat
Centre City Tower
Birmingham
B5 4UA
England

Email

procurement@ofwat.gsi.gov.uk

Website

www.ofwat.gov.uk