NHS NOE CPC Framework Agreement for the Provision of Legal Services
The Framework agreement for legal services seeks to provide a professional, cost effective and reliable framework of 10 providers.
United Kingdom-Sheffield: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
2016/S 241-440321
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) (hosted by and acting through Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust)
Savile Street East
For the attention of: Michelle Walker
S4 7UQ Sheffield
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1143992016
E-mail: michelle.walker@noecpc.nhs.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/noecpc
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes
See Selection Questionnaire/Invitation to Tender
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 21: Legal services
NUTS code
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 4
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 50 000 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Bidders are advised that this services falls within the requirements of the Light Touch Regime for Social and Other Specific Services of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79000000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 50 000 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: See Selection Questionnaire/Invitation to Tender.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
See Selection Questionnaire/Invitation to Tender.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
See Selection Questionnaire/Invitation to Tender.
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision: Providers must hold the appropriate registration under the Legal Services Act 2007.
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Please see Selection Questionnaire/Invitation to Tender.
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
Additional information about electronic auction: Participating Authorities reserve the right to undertake electronic auctions in the awarding of call-offs under this framework agreement.
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.3)Additional information
This procurement exercise will be conducted on the In-tend eTendering portal at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/noecpc/aspx/Home
Candidates wishing to be considered for this agreement must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement specific information through this portal.
To register interest:
1) Go to ‘Current Tender Opportunities’ from the eTendering portal login page: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/noecpc/aspx/Home
This will provide you with a full list of current tender opportunities. For the project you are interested in click on ‘View Details’ in the initial project view.
2) If you are not a registered user of In-tend follow the ‘Register’ tab otherwise follow the ‘Login’ link and enter email address and password.
3) From this tender management screen you will be presented will a fuller overview of the project and if interested you are able to ‘Express Interest’.
‘Expressing interest’ is not responding to the project, you will now have to complete the questionnaire and submit your response within the timescales indicated.
4) Go to the ‘Tenders’ section and click on ‘My Tenders’, click on ‘View Details’ within the project you are interested and you will now be able access attached documents and questionnaires that require completing as part of your response. Any sections indicated in red are awaiting your completion.
Further guidance on how to access and respond to the opportunity is available in the ‘Guidance for Suppliers’ tab which is available for downloading from the main portal login page: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/noecpc/aspx/BuyerProfiles
For any support in submitting your response please contact In-tend Support team at support@in-tend.co.uk (or call 0845 557 8079/+44 (0)114 4070056.
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
Any tenderer wishing to appeal the decision to award the contract, or after the award of the contract appeal the award of the contract, shall have the rights set out in Part 3 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
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