Official UK procurement notice
Legal Advice and Related Services
Authority: Wales Audit Office (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Wales Audit Office (WAO) and the Auditor General for Wales (AGW) require legal advice on a range of topics and issues relevant to their statutory functions. As such, the WAO wishes to procure and implement a Framework Agreement for the provision of external Legal Advice and Related Services, for both the WAO and the AGW.
The advice required will typically relate to either the WAO’s provision of services to the AGW or the AGW’s statutory work.
CPV: Legal advisory and information services · Legal advisory and representation services · Legal advisory services · Legal representation services · Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 2 suppliers · 3 bids received (1.5 per place) · 1 appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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 sub-criteria (6)
- How your organisation would supply the required services to the AGW & WAO, including an outline of how work will be allocated and supervised. b) CVs for the proposed team.: 20%
- Detail how your firm would organise and facilitate legal representation for the WAO at a tribunal, or other legal proceedings.: 10%
- Detail how your firm would ensure that the WAO’s instructions are appropriately prioritised.: 10%
- Detail how your firm would support the AGW and the WAO in performing the Public Sector Equality Duty in the course of the provision of legal services on an ongoing basis.: 10%
- Scenarios: 10%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (6)
- How your organisation would supply the required services to the AGW & WAO, including an outline of how work will be allocated and supervised. b) CVs for the proposed team.: 20
- Detail how your firm would organise and facilitate legal representation for the WAO at a tribunal, or other legal proceedings.: 10
- Detail how your firm would ensure that the WAO’s instructions are appropriately prioritised.: 10
- Detail how your firm would support the AGW and the WAO in performing the Public Sector Equality Duty in the course of the provision of legal services on an ongoing basis.: 10
- Scenarios: 10
- Price: 40
- Suitability
As listed in the procurement documents.
- Technical & professional ability
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Legal Advice and Related Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 2 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
- Restricted 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 17 May 2024, 16:04 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Sept 2024, 16:19 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-029589- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045a87Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Please note: The ITT Award & Selection Criteria (inc. Technical Questions and Commercial Questions) and draft Framework Agreement will be made available for review and consideration at the PQQ. Prospective Suppliers are not to respond to the ITT at the first stage of the procurement (PQQ). Only those Suppliers successful at PQQ and invited to tender will be able to respond to the ITT requirements. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=89365. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia. (WA Ref:144544)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://sell2wales.gov.uk ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 17 Jun 2024, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
Timeline
17 Jun 2024 → 16 Sept 2024 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown17 Jun 2024, 14:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected4 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published16 Sept 2024, 16:19 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete16 Sept 2024, 16:19 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 029589-2024-1
- Signed
- 13 Sept 2024
- Value
- £210,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- STONE KING LLPFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria