Published date: 11 March 2022

Last edited date: 4 April 2022

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: 22 April 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal services - 79100000

Location of contract

L11 2SF

Value of contract

£1,000,000 to £1,650,000

Procurement reference

IT-365-62-P0062

Published date

11 March 2022

Closing date

22 April 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 July 2022

Contract end date

30 June 2026

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?

Yes

Description

The purpose of this tender process is to select providers based on the lot structure shown below that can offer the legal services required by Cobalt.
The contract/framework agreement will be for four years commencing 1st July 2022.

Lot 1 will be awarded to the highest ranked Tenderer according to the evaluation criteria set out in section 6 of this ITT. The Lot 1 Provider will have the capabilities to deliver the full scope of services shown in 'Appendix 1 - Service Level Agreement', and summarised here -
- Corporate, Governance & Regulation
- Housing & Asset Management
- Property, Development & Regeneration
- Commercial, Contract & Procurement
- Finance
- HR
Cobalt will look to issue roughly 85% - 90% of its total legal services to the Lot 1 Provider. This volume of work will then ensure that the Provider is able to maintain

Lot 2 will be a framework consisting of the next 4 highest ranked Tenderers that have indicated in 1.7 of Part A Response that they wish to be considered for Lot 2.
Lot 2 Providers will be required to offer the same scope of services as Lot 1, with full detail shown in 'Appendix 1 - Service Level Agreement'
It is anticipated that Lot 2 will mainly be utilized for quoted project work, however Cobalt reserves the right to issue any work to Lot 2 Providers. There will be no ranking applied to the framework, meaning that Cobalt is under no obligation to issue works to highest ranked or lowest priced.

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Patrick Hadfield

Address

Lowerhouse Lane
Liverpool
Merseyside
L11 2SF
United Kingdom

Telephone

0151 633 8002

Email

Patrick.Hadfield@cobalthousing.org.uk