Official UK procurement notice
Framework for the provision of Legal Services (2023-2027)
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
Re-procurement plannedLegal Services Framework - 2027-2031 · tender expected
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate (SPPD) is the organisation tasked with procuring frameworks and contracts on behalf of Scottish public sector bodies. This Legal Services Framework will be a multi-lot and multi-supplier agreement and will cover the following services: Contract, Commercial & Corporate; Debt Recovery; Litigation, Reparation, Employment & Inquiries; Major Infrastructure and Commercial Projects (incl related litigation); Property and Related Matters; One Stop Shop.
The Legal Services Framework agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross-border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, The Office of the Advocate General; The Office for the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, Student Loans Company Limited, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Scottish Futures Trust, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing.
Information about agencies of the Scottish Ministers, Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies and offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices are listed at:
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/pu… ↗
Overview of the governance structure of public procurement for Scotland, including the Public Procurement Group.
- Recurrence: The Framework will be placed for a 4 year period and may be subject to renewal at the end of the 4 year period.
CPV: Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 36 suppliers · 9 bids on the busiest of 6 lots (0.3 per place) · 8 appointed
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · no lot values published · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Contract, Commercial and Corporate LawAwardedRenewal
Lot 1 will cover a broad range of commercial and contract work arising including advice in relation to commercial arrangements required to support the drafting of contracts and other commercial documents and advising on contractual issues generally, advice in relation to corporate matters, including setting up companies, corporate governance, finance and assets.
Lot #2Debt RecoveryAwardedRenewal
Lot 2 requires advice and assistance on all aspects of debt recovery, including, but not limited to, small claims, summary cause, Sheriff Court and Court of Session recovery actions, post-decree enforcement, earnings arrestments, inhibitions and rent arrears.
Lot #3Litigation, Reparation, Employment and InquiriesAwardedRenewal
Lot 3 requires handling of reparation actions; general commercial litigation; arbitrations; Fatal Accident Inquiries; public local inquiries; guardianship, construction disputes and adjudications; property disputes; property damage claims; health and safety investigations; civil recovery; civil penalties; assistance on inquiries established under the Inquiries Act 2005; Employment Law services; mediation and all forms of alternative dispute resolution.
Lot #4Major Infrastructure and Commercial Projects (and related Litigation)AwardedRenewal
Lot 4 may be required to provide legal advice and services in connections with Framework Public Bodies’ interests in projects which are generally large in size and significant (in terms of both complexity and value) to the business of the relevant Framework Public Body. This potentially will include advice across a variety of sectors which may include, but not be limited to: Energy; Finance; Construction; Oil & Gas; Forestry; Aviation and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG). Advice could be broad ranging, complex, cross divisional and be of significant scale and sensitivity.
Lot #5Property and Related MattersAwardedRenewal
Lot 5 will cover advice across a wide range of property related matters including, but not limited to, conveyancing, acquisition and sale of property, commercial leasing, crofting matters including sales and recovery of rents, provision of services when entering into new leases of property and advice relating to termination of existing leases, rental schemes, shared equity, planning law, real estate, ability to source property advice for jurisdiction outwith Scotland.
Lot #6One Stop ShopAwardedRenewal
Lot 6 is a Fully Managed Service encompassing all the service types under the other Lots 1-5 in the Legal Services Framework. Suppliers will provide Framework Public Bodies with advice for matters falling within those Lots, where Framework Public Bodies want the ability to channel advice from many different strands of the law (as covered in the various Framework Lots).
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
- Suitability
This section refers to Part 4A of SPD and covers questions 4A.1a, 4A.1.b and 4A.2
Bidders must be registered with, and regulated by, the Law Society of Scotland.
- Economic & financial standing
This section refers to Part 4B of the SPD and covers questions 4B.5.1a, 4B.5.1b and 4B.5.2
Minimum: It is a requirement of this Framework that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded Framework, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: Public Liability Insurance in the sum of not less than 2,000,000 GBP Professional …
- Price carries 30–40 points depending on the lot; most lots put it at 40 points.
- “Framework for the provision of Legal Services (2023-2027)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 36 suppliers, 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 · The Framework will be placed for a 4 year period and may be subject to renewal at the end of the 4 year period.
- First published
- 22 Feb 2023, 11:59 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2023, 10:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 5 Apr 2023 – …
- Authority reference
SP-21-011- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-027451- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a76eFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers or risks suffering loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session
Publisher note: All suppliers appointed to the framework have committed to pay those involved in the delivery of services under the Framework Agreement, and/or any subsequent call off contract, at least the real Living Wage (SC Ref:744121)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 5 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 5 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
5 Apr 2023 → 18 Sept 2023 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown5 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened5 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published18 Sept 2023, 10:06 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete18 Sept 2023, 10:06 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast6 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1,120,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Contract, Commercial and Corporate Law
- Signed
- 22 Aug 2023
- Value
- £7,840,000
- Status
- active
Debt Recovery
- Signed
- 22 Aug 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Litigation, Reparation, Employment and Inquiries
- Signed
- 22 Aug 2023
- Value
- £4,760,000
- Status
- active
Major Infrastructure and Commercial Projects (and related Litigation)
- Signed
- 22 Aug 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Property and Related Matters
- Signed
- 22 Aug 2023
- Value
- £6,720,000
- Status
- active
One Stop Shop
- Signed
- 22 Aug 2023
- Value
- £6,440,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Contract, Commercial and Corporate Law | 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 2 · Debt Recovery | 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 3 · Litigation, Reparation, Employment and Inquiries | 9bids · 9 electronic · 9 from abroad | 6 | — | — |
| 4 · Major Infrastructure and Commercial Projects (and related Litigation) | 8bids · 8 electronic · 8 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 5 · Property and Related Matters | 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 6 · One Stop Shop | 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 5 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
9 commercial parties on the notice- Addleshaw GoddardFramework contractor
- Addleshaw Goddard LLPFramework contractor
- Anderson Strathern LLPFramework contractor
- BrodiesFramework contractor
- CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLPFramework contractor
- DWF LLPFramework contractor
- Harper Macleod LLPFramework contractor
- MacRoberts LLPFramework contractor
- Morton FraserFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria