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Published 5 Nov 2021, 16:59 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

External Legal Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: University of Huddersfield (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,400,000≈ £467k / year
Submissions closed 10 Dec 2021awarded 31 Jan 2022
Awarded to Eversheds LLP +2 more
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Jan 2025 · extension options published · starts 1 Feb 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University is seeking to appoint suitable supplier(s) to provide external legal services to support existing in-house legal provision.The University's requirement for legal services covers a broad spectrum and may include:Student Affairs, Statutory Framework and Governance, Property Matters, Employment and Personnel Matters, Company and Commercial Matters, Charities Law, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Statutory Compliance, Licensing, Financial Matters, International, Data Protection

CPV: Legal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£1,400,000
Contract period: 1 Feb 2022 – 31 Jan 2025 (3 yrs)
Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber · Huddersfield
Extensions: The resulting agreement will have an initial duration of 3 years with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 2 years, subject to continued satisfactory performance and pricing. The maximum agreement term is 7 years.Variant bids: allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70%
  • Pricing: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70
  • Pricing: 30
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As stated in the procurement documents

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
5 Nov 2021, 16:59 GMT
Last source update
4 Feb 2022, 12:55 GMT
Award evaluation window
10 Dec 2021 – …
Authority reference
HUD-VCO-003
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-003257
Classification (CPV)
Legal services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE44)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f456 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
10 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
10 Dec 2021, 12:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Dec 2021 → 4 Feb 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    10 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    10 Dec 2021, 12:30 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    1 Feb 2022
  4. Notice published
    4 Feb 2022, 12:55 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 Feb 2022, 12:55 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,400,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 92 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Jan 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Eversheds LLP, MILLS AND REEVE, Pinsent Masons LLPjoint award£1,400,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
9bids · 9 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Huddersfield

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Queensgate, Huddersfield, Yorkshire & Humber, HD1 3DHContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

3 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria