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Published 23 Dec 2024, 13:11 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Legal Advisory and Representation Services

Official notice

Authority: NHS Litigation Authority (Central government)

Services
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 28 Feb 2025from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The NHS Resolution (the "Authority") would like to invite suitably qualified suppliers to attend a Market Engagement event related to the planned procurement for the provision of special legal services. The procurement will seek to appoint suppliers to a ‘Legal Panel’ who will support The Authority in managing claims in NHS Primary and Secondary settings. <br/>This event will enable potential suppliers to better understand the Authority, its requirements and be given the opportunity to provide feedback on the operating model and planned procurement process. Any future procurement process will be undertaken in line with the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015.<br/>Please see section “II.2.4 - Description of the procurement” for further information regarding this opportunity.<br/>Lot 1 – Clinical Liabilities: Legal advice and assistance arising out of potential, actual or alleged clinical liabilities of Members, Beneficiaries or others who are indemnified under a scheme or arrangement. <br/>Lot 1 – Non-Clinical Liabilities: Legal advice and assistance arising out of actual or alleged non-clinical liabilities of Members and/or practitioners, employees and workers of such bodies, Beneficiaries or others who are indemnified under a scheme or arrangement. <br/>Lot 2 – Regulatory, Health and Disciplinary Law: Legal advice and assistance in relation to all aspects of medical and healthcare legislation (as amended from time to time) and corresponding statutory responsibilities and powers of Beneficiaries and their carrying out thereof, including under the NHS legislation for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. There are no changes to the Lot 2 model. The pricing matrix will continue to use the rate card.

CPV: Legal advisory and representation services · Legal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Authority is responsible for administering a range of indemnity schemes to cover…Planned

The Authority is responsible for administering a range of indemnity schemes to cover claims made against general practice and secondary healthcare providers who deliver NHS services in England; delivering expert advice and support on the management of concerns about the performance of doctors, dentists and pharmacists; resolving contracting disputes between primary care contractors and commissioners of primary care, operating independently and transparently; and using its unique perspective across the causes of claims, performance concerns and contracting disputes to provide insights back to the NHS to help to improve safety and manage risk<br/>Working with the legal panel the Authority case handlers investigate liability and quantum, respond to allegations and negotiate settlement where appropriate. As a consequence of the current contract coming to its natural end, the Authority are in the process of developing an operating model to make best use of legal advisors and how they work in collaboration with Authority teams. <br/>Of specific note, the estimated value for this project is subject to change and will be confirmed should the Authority issue a contract notice for this opportunity. <br/>Suppliers are therefore asked to register their interest in attending a Market Engagement session on 8th January 2025, by following the link in this PIN. Details of the event will be made available via a broadcast, in late December. The Link for registering your interest is health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗. In the event suppliers are unable to attend the event the slides will made available by the via the same link provided in this notice.

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
23 Dec 2024, 13:11 GMT
Last source update
23 Dec 2024, 13:11 GMT
Authority reference
C327435
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-041406
Classification (CPV)
Legal advisory and representation servicesLegal services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cca1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
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Timeline

23 Dec 2024 → 28 Feb 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    23 Dec 2024, 13:11 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected
    28 Feb 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Resolution

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth 8th Floor 10S Collonade, London, London, E14 4PUContact name, email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.