Published date: 29 September 2020
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Legal services - 79100000
Location of contract
RG6 6UR
Value of contract
£500,000 to £1,000,000
Procurement reference
UOR-PRO-20-012 Lot 2 - AWARD
Published date
29 September 2020
Closing date
16 January 2020
Closing time
4pm
Contract start date
1 April 2020
Contract end date
31 March 2024
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Restricted procedure
A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The University of Reading is seeking to appoint law firms to establish a framework across four lots to provide external legal expertise to complement its in-house department. This will include flexible resource that may be utilised to address gaps in expertise, lack of capacity, short terms demand peaks and projects and periods of absence. The University's Legal Services Department supports the University and its subsidiaries with a large and diverse range of projects, collaborations an contractual activity in the UK and beyond.
The framework will be divided into the following Lots.
Lot 1- Commercial, Corporate and Employment Legal Services
Lot 1 also contains an optional Sub-Lot (1A) for Intellectual Property, Searching, Registration and Portfolio Management Services. The University is seeking to appoint one firm to Sub-Lot 1A from the panel members appointed to Lot 1, who can provide all of the services listed in the Specification.
Lot 2 - Student and Higher Education Legal Services
Lot 3 - Governance, Trust, Public and Charity Legal Services
Lot 4 - Property and Estate Legal Services
This procurement relates to Legal Services which are listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as a specific service, known as the Light Touch Regime. It will be conducted in accordance with regulations 74 to 76 PCR 2015.
Please refer to the full specification as detailed in the Invitation to tender (Schedule 2).
Please note that Bidders will not be appointed to more than 3 Lots.
All procurement documents are available from www.in-tendhost.co.uk/theuniversityofreading. After registering access will be given to view the full documents.
Award information
Awarded date
18 March 2020
Contract start date
1 April 2020
Contract end date
31 March 2024
Total value of contract
£0
This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.
Eversheds LLP
Address
One Wood Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2V 7WS
Reference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Pinsent Masons LLP
Address
30 Aylesbury Street, London, United Kingdom, EC1R 0ER
Reference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Joanne Jennings
Address
Whiteknights Campus
Reading
Berkshire
RG6 6UR
United Kingdom
Telephone
0118 378 7574
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