Official UK procurement notice
Costs Lawyer Services 2 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (Central government)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionCrown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority has put in place a Pan Government Collaborative Agreement which will provide costs law services to the Public Sector.
This framework consists of 3 lots:
Lot 1 General Costs Law Services,
Lot 2 Clinical Negligence Specialist Services; and
Lot 3: Security Clearance Specialist Services.
The framework will run for 36 months with an option to extend for 1 further period of 12 months.
We ran this competition using the open procedure. This procurement was conducted under the Light Touch Regime (LTR) therefore subject to limited regulation and conducted in accordance with regulations 74 to 76 PCR 2015.
The supplier shall provide services to buyers in the jurisdictional area of England and Wales. Further information is included in the Additional Information section VI.3.
CPV: Legal advisory and information services · Legal advisory and representation services · Legal advisory services · Legal documentation and certification services · Legal representation services · Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 16 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value · win at most 3 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1General Costs Law ServicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£20,000,000
Lot 1 is for General Costs Law Services and covers costs services for both budgeted and non-budgeted work, for the receiving and paying party as required by the Buyer at call off. For further information concerning the scope of the services please refer to Framework Schedule 1 (Specification) of the Terms and Conditions.
Lot #2Clinical Negligence Specialist ServicesCancelledRenewalPublished value£35,000,000
This lot provides all aspects of costs law and law costs draftsman services
in the support of clinical negligence claims brought against public sector
organisations
Lot #3Security Clearance Specialist ServicesCancelledRenewalPublished value£5,000,000
This lot provides all aspects of costs law and law costs draftsman services in the
support of legal disputes and legal litigation matters that require security
cleared fee earners and service providers.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 80
- Price: 20
- Suitability
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the 2015 Public Contract Regulations (implementing the directive) on the basis of information provided in response to an invitation to tender (ITT) registering for access.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Costs Lawyer Services 2” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 19 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Aug 2023, 18:53 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 5 May 2023 – …
- Authority reference
RM6284- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-025039- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030d0eFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The value provided in Section II.1.7 is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to suppliers any business through this Commercial Agreement. As part of this contract award notice the following can be accessed at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a3850432-5196-4762-a249-30ac9ad4d6c4 1) Redacted Commercial Agreement 2) List of Successful Suppliers 3) Approved Customer list 4) Transparency Agenda On 02/04/2014, Government introduced its Government Security Classifications (GSC) scheme which replaced Government Protective Marking Scheme (GPMS). A key aspect is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All bidders were required to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact this requirement. This link provides information on the GSC at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications Cyber Essentials is a mandatory requirement for Central Government contracts which involve handling personal information or provide certain ICT products/services. Government is taking steps to reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet. To participate in this procurement, bidders were required to demonstrate they comply with the technical requirements prescribed by Cyber Essentials, for services under and in connection with this procurement. CCS reserved the right to award a framework to any bidder whose final score was within 1% of the last position. For Lot 3, 4 suppliers were awarded a place as opposed 3 places which was was originally stated in the Contract Notice that was published on 5 April 2023.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 5 May 2023, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 5 May 2023, 15:01 BST
Timeline
30 Nov 2022 → 24 Aug 2023 · 4 dates- Next notice expected30 Nov 2022
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown5 May 2023, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened5 May 2023, 15:01 BST
- Notice published24 Aug 2023, 18:53 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Apr 2023- Published value updated to £60,000,0005 Apr 2023, 15:56 BSTwas £50,000,000
- Status changed to active5 Apr 2023, 15:56 BST
- Procurement method changed5 Apr 2023, 15:56 BST
- Deadline published: 5 May 2023, 15:00 BST5 Apr 2023, 15:56 BST
- Status changed to complete24 Aug 2023, 18:53 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 025039-2023-1
- Signed
- 25 Jul 2023
- Value
- £60,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · General Costs Law Services | 16bids · 16 electronic | 5 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- See Contracts Finder Notice for full supplier listFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria