Published date: 7 February 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 6 March 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal services - 79100000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £10,000,000

Procurement reference

ITT 60357 'Civil Litigation Arbitration Mediation in Pharmaceutics LTR Framework'

Published date

7 February 2017

Closing date

6 March 2017

Contract start date

10 April 2017

Contract end date

9 April 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Department of Health intends to conduct a procurement under the Light Touch Regime to establish a panel
of law firms pursuant to a multi-supplier pseudo framework agreement to act for, and provide advice to, the
Department of Health in connection with Civil Litigation Arbitration and Mediation against companies in the
pharmaceutical industry.
The requirement will be for the provision of exploratory legal and professional advice, market structure analysis
(incorporating financial analysis) and representation within civil proceedings. The scope of civil proceedings may
include but shall not be limited to investigation into deceit, anti-competitive agreements, patent infringement and
the abuse of dominant market positions by companies. Invitation to Tender documentation is available via the
Department of Health's online tendering portal BMS, details of how to obtain the tender documents are provided
in section VI.3 of this notice.
The procurement will relate to legal services within the meaning of Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts
Regulations 2015.
Given that the procurement process will relate to 'social and other specific services' only, it will be subject to
limited regulation and accordingly will be conducted in accordance with Regulations 74 to 76 of the Public
Contracts Regulations 2015. Any references to fully regulated processes or requirements are for ease of
reference only and should not be taken as recognition or acceptance that the same apply to the procurement.

More information

Additional text

This procurement exercise will be conducted via the DH's e-Tendering portal. We call this system BMS (Business Management System). Applicants wishing to be considered for The Civil Litigation Arbitration and Mediation in Pharmaceutics must register their details and download and complete the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documents and submit their response via BMS. The following link will take you to the guidance documentation for using the BMS i.e. to register and download instructions on how to respond.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-ealth/about/procurement
If you require assistance, please contact the Supplier Helpdesk on +44 1132545777 or
supplier.helpdesk@dh.gsi.gov.uk This helpdesk is available 10:00 to 16:00, Monday to Friday excluding Bank Holidays.
Registration is a simple 1-step process; supplier must register as a company/organisation; then each employee who may undertake a tendering exercise must then register as an individual. Once this stage is completed, it is then possible to register an expression of interest for this tender. Note: Standard BMS functionality will only acknowledge one recipient per supplier for each individual tender. If you require the tender to be seen by multiple users we suggest using a centralised e-mail address (dhtenders@example.com).
Log on instructions are as follows:
Stage 1 - Registration (New suppliers):

Those who have not previously contracted with DH will first need to ensure that their company details are
registered in the system:
a) Go to the link above;
b) Click on 'New Supplier';
c) Complete and send the details in the automated e-mail that appears;
d) Within 3 working days, you will receive an e-mail with your login information; a unique username and password.

Note: Standard BMS functionality requires the registered e-mail address to function as individual's username.
Stage 2 - Post Registration (those already registered):
Once registered, candidates must express interest as follows:
a) Go to the link above;
b) Select 'Login into e-Tendering System';
c) Select sourcing home page and enter Invitation to Tender (ITT) number (ITT 60357 'CLAMP') in search field provided.

If you are not already registered on BMS, whilst you do so, you will be able to download all the Invitation to
Tender (ITT) documents from Contracts Finder, by copy and paste into your browser or clicking on the following
link: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search

About the buyer

Contact name

Garry Raisbeck

Address

The Department of Health
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NS
England

Email

supplier.helpdesk@dh.gsi.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health/about/