Published date: 17 July 2019
This notice was replaced on 14 February 2020
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Awarded contract (published 14 February 2020, last edited 14 February 2020)
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Contract summary
Industry
Legal services - 79100000
Legal advisory and representation services - 79110000
Legal documentation and certification services - 79130000
Legal advisory and information services - 79140000
Location of contract
London, South East
Value of contract
£55,000,000
Procurement reference
tender_209085/782219
Published date
17 July 2019
Closing date
16 August 2019
Contract start date
1 January 2020
Contract end date
31 December 2023
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
London Boroughs' Legal Alliance ("LBLA") is made up of: the City of London Corporation; the London Boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Bromley, Camden, Ealing, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Newham, Redbridge, Waltham Forest and Westminster; and the London Fire Brigade. LBLA wishes to re-procure a framework of expert and experienced legal advisers for specialist advocacy and related legal services.
The City of London Corporation will act as the contracting authority on behalf of itself and the other LBLA members and will execute a Framework Agreement with each economic operator appointed. The Framework Agreement replaces an existing framework arrangement and will also be available to other local authorities in London and South East England.
The Framework Agreement will run for a period of 3 years commencing on 01 January 2020, with an option to extend for a further year. The participating authorities in this procurement are: the City of London Corporation, the London Boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Bromley, Camden, Ealing, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Newham, Redbridge, Waltham Forest and Westminster; and London Fire Brigade. Other local authorities in London and the South East of England (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex) will also be eligible to access the Framework. It is intended that Framework places will be awarded by reference to eight different Lots:
Lot 1 - Adult Social Services
Lot 2 - Children's Services
Lot 3 - Governance & Public Law
Lot 4 - Criminal Litigation & Prosecutions
Lot 5 - Housing
Lot 6 - Planning
Lot 7 - Property
Lot 8 - Civil Litigation
The estimated total value of the Framework Agreement is stated in this notice and is for the entire duration, including the optional 12-month extension, together with the Call-Off Contracts.
Please note that the contract requirements will be subject to available financial resources, chamber(s) performance and flexibility to meet changing demands.
There will be no form of exclusivity or volume that is guaranteed under the resultant Framework Agreement and the contracting authority and other participating authorities will be entitled to enter into other contracts and arrangements with other suppliers for the provision of any, or all, of the requirements which are the same as, or similar to those specified under the established Framework Agreement.
More information
Additional text
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This procurement will be run electronically through the capitalEsourcing portal where organisations interested in providing services under this procurement, project reference: prj_COL_13699 must register an interest and submit the required tender documents.
For further information on this opportunity, including guidelines on how to register please use the following URL: https://www.capitalesourcing.com
The procurement is being run as a one stage process, resembling the open procedure and its main features - which includes the core elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ). Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system and submit a Tender submission no later than 12:00 Noon on 16.08.2019 in order to participate and registration is free. Tender submissions cannot be uploaded after the return deadline.
The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award Framework Agreement or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights then it will not be responsible for, or pay the expenses or losses, which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Economic operators are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their Tender submissions and all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by the economic operators.
The services advertised in this notice and the OJEU Contract Notice (reference: 2019/S 136-335408) fall under the services listed in Annex XIV to Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and the contracting authority is not obliged to follow The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in full. The procurement that will apply to the services is specified in the procurement documents accordingly.
About the buyer
Contact name
Matthew Jones, Senior Category Manager, City Procurement
Address
PO BOX 270
London
EC2P 2EJ
England
matthew.jones@cityoflondon.gov.uk
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