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Published 22 Aug 2022, 13:12 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Invitation to tender for provision of Legal Services

Official notice

Authority: Falmouth Exeter Plus (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£100,000≈ £100k / year
Submissions closed 14 Sept 2022
Contract term 1 yrends 11 Oct 2023 · starts 11 Oct 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

We are looking to appoint two legal services companies to provide legal advice and support for our Launchpad operations team and for our individual team founders.

CPV: Legal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Falmouth University has identified that its legal requirements fall under 11 main… 1 yrPublished value£100,000

Falmouth University has identified that its legal requirements fall under 11 main categories.

Interested bidders must be able to provide all of the below elements as part of their service.

  1. Commercial Services (including contracts, partnership, collaborations, public procurement, IP & franchise), to also include trademarking and copywriting
  2. Dispute Resolution (including student matters);
  3. Human Resources (including employment law, dispute resolution & tribunals, recruitment, employment procedures);
  4. International Law (including immigration);
  5. Governance, compliance, and company law;
  6. Grants and Funding, financial instruments, equity & debt
  7. Competition Law and Subsidy Control;
  8. Data Protection Law;
  9. Consumer Law, and laws impacting students;
  10. Corporate Law (including advice on and assistance with the structuring of commercial transactions);
  11. Health & safety;
Contract period: 11 Oct 2022 – 11 Oct 2023 (1 yr)
Delivery: UK · Penryn Campus
Variant bids: not 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: 45%Price: 45%Environmental: 10%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Technical: 35%
  • Interview: 10%
  • price: 45%
  • Sustainability: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Technical: 35
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Interview: 10
  • Price: 45
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 45 of 100: the paper moves it further than 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
Closed
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
22 Aug 2022, 13:12 BST
Last source update
22 Aug 2022, 13:12 BST
Award evaluation window
14 Sept 2022 – …
Authority reference
1906LaunchPad
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-023278
Classification (CPV)
Legal services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03617c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
14 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
14 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

22 Aug 2022 → 11 Oct 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    22 Aug 2022, 13:12 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    14 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    14 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    11 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Falmouth Exeter Plus

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawEducation 5103240 Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, UK, TR10 9FEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Falmouth Exeter ExpressReview body Falmouth
  • Falmouth UniversityMediation bodyReview contact point FalmouthContact email, phone

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