Department of Finance Collaborative Legal Services Tender

CPD intends to establish a collaborative Framework Agreement for the provision of Legal services within Northern Ireland.

United Kingdom-Belfast: Legal services

2017/S 144-297736

Social and other specific services – public contracts

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses

Department of Finance
303 Airport Road West
Belfast
BT3 9ED
United Kingdom
E-mail: collaboration.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS code: UK

Internet address(es):Main address: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/procurement

I.2)Joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

I.3)Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the abovementioned address

I.4)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5)Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)Title:

DoF — Collaborative Legal Services.

Reference number: ID1032027

II.1.2)Main CPV code

79100000

II.1.3)Type of contract

Services

II.1.4)Short description:

CPD intends to establish a collaborative Framework Agreement for the provision of Legal services within Northern Ireland on behalf of the participating bodies listed in https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/publications/list-public-bodies-which-can-participate-cpd-collaborative-frameworks

The Framework Agreement will be valid for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for 1 year. This contract will be subdivided into 14 Lots covering: Lot 1 — Employment Law, Lot 2 — Procurement Law, Lot 3 — Public Law, Lot 4 — Prosecution and Enforcement, Lot 5 — Personal Injury Litigation, Lot 6 — Information Law, Lot 7 — Corporate/Commercial Law, Lot 8 — Alternative Dispute Resolution, Lot 9 — Debt Recovery and Insolvency, Lot 10 — Property, Lot 11 — Venture Capital, Lot 12 — Energy, Lot 13 — Major Projects, Lot 14 — Pensions.

II.1.5)Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 23 000 000.00 GBP

II.1.6)Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes

Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 14

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Employment Law

Lot No: 1

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

79110000

79111000

79112000

79140000

75231100

79112100

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKN

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months: 36

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Public Law

Lot No: 2

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

79110000

79111000

79112000

79140000

75231100

79112100

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKN

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months: 36

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Information Law

Lot No: 3

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

79110000

79111000

79112000

79140000

75231100

79112100

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKN

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months: 36

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Property

Lot No: 4

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

79110000

79111000

79112000

79140000

75231100

79112100

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKN

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months: 36

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Energy

Lot No: 5

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

79110000

79111000

79112000

79140000

75231100

79112100

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKN

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months: 36

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Pensions

Lot No: 6

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

79110000

79111000

79112000

79140000

75231100

79112100

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKN

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months: 36

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Corporate and Commercial Law

Lot No: 7

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

79110000

79111000

79112000

79140000

75231100

79112100

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKN

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months: 36

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Procurement Law

Lot No: 8

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

79110000

79111000

79112000

79140000

75231100

79112100

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKN

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months: 36

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Prosecution and Enforcement

Lot No: 9

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

79110000

79111000

79112000

79140000

75231100

79112100

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKN

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months: 36

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Personal Injury Litigation

Lot No: 10

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

79110000

79111000

79112000

79140000

75231100

79112100

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKN

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months: 36

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Lot No: 11

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

79110000

79111000

79112000

79140000

75231100

79112100

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKN

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months: 36

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Debt Recovery and Insolvency

Lot No: 12

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

79110000

79111000

79112000

79140000

75231100

79112100

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKN

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months: 36

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Venture Capital

Lot No: 13

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

79110000

79111000

79112000

79140000

75231100

79112100

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKN

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months: 36

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Major Projects

Lot No: 14

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

79110000

79111000

79112000

79140000

75231100

79112100

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKN

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months: 36

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation

III.1.4)Objective rules and criteria for participation

III.1.5)Information about reserved contracts

III.2)Conditions related to the contract

III.2.1)Information about a particular profession

III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:

III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description

IV.1.1)Form of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.3)Information about framework agreement

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

IV.1.10)Identification of the national rules applicable to the procedure:

IV.1.11)Main features of the award procedure:

IV.2)Administrative information

IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S: 2016/S 183-328237

IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate / Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest

Date: 07/09/2017

Local time: 15:00

IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:

English

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.2)Information about electronic workflows

VI.3)Additional information:

The Framework Agreement is being let by Central Procurement Directorate on behalf of any public sector organisations requiring services in Northern Ireland including: Government Departments; Agencies; Non-departmental Public Bodies; or other Contracting Authority (including subsidised bodies or other grant recipients) listed in https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/publications/list-public-bodies-which-can-participate-cpd-collaborative-frameworks

The estimated value cannot be determined for each Lot. The estimated value figure indicated in II.1.5 represents the upper limit of the estimated Framework value from 15 000 000 GBP to 23 000 000 GBP. This range reflects the potential scale of the Framework and takes into account all of the potential spend/uptake in the Framework across all bodies listed in https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/publications/list-public-bodies-which-can-participate-cpd-collaborative-frameworks

Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of 12 months from the date of issue of the certificate.” The Authority expressly reserves the rights: (I) not to award any Framework as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; (II) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition; (III) to award a Framework in respect of any part of the services covered by this notice; and (IV) to award Framework in stages and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.

VI.4)Procedures for review

VI.4.1)Review body

The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.
n/a
United Kingdom

VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.3)Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.

VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

27/07/2017

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