Official UK procurement notice
LEGAL SERVICES FOR HEALTH (SBS10196)
Authority: NHS Shared Business Services Limited (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
Re-procurement plannedLegal Services (SBS10531)
What is being bought11 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNHS Shared Business Services act in an Agency capacity for and on behalf of its customers (Approved Organisations) - existing and new. These comprise of NHS and Social Care organisations (whether acting individually, or on behalf of, or together as members of any consortia) along with any other public or private sector bodies which NHS SBS authorises to use the resulting Framework.
NHS Shared Business Services Limited (NHS SBS) has put in place a Framework Agreement for the provision of Legal Services and related Services for Healthcare to be used by NHS SBS Approved Organisations.
The framework includes the following lots;
Lot 1 - Governance, Structure, Transformation & Public Law
Lot 2 - Healthcare & Mental Health
Lot 3 - Employment
Lot 4 - Procurement, Commercial & Contract
Lot 5 - Property & Construction
Lot 6 - Technology & E-Commerce inc IP & Media Law
Lot 7 - Corporate Finance, Audit & Insurance
Lot 8 - Criminal
Lot 9 - Legal Recovery & Collection
Lot 10 - Counsel
Lot 11 - Multi-Disciplinary Support
CPV: Collection agency services · Legal advisory and information services · Legal advisory and representation services · Legal documentation and certification services · Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 18 bids received · 28 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (11)Procurement structure
11 lots · no lot values published · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Governance, Structure, Transformation & Public LawAwarded
Lot 1 is for the provision of Governance, Structure, Transformation & Public Law, and the awarded Suppliers have been required to demonstrate that they can give advice / guidance / representation on the following areas of law or types of activities in connection with the Procurement:
Structure, Power, Statutes, & guidance
Transformation
Corporate, Clinical, Information & Research Governance
Constitution
Consultation
Judicial Review
Human Rights Act
FOI & DPA
Policies, Procedures & Reports to Board
Health & Safety Legislation
Primary Care Practitioners
Prison Health
Primary Care Fraud
Commissioning
Continuing Care & Funding
Care Homes
Community Provision
GP Federations
Dentists
Trusts
CCG's
Foundation Trust (Authority)
Social Care
Charitable Trusts
Integrated Care Systems (ICS)
Lot #2Healthcare & Mental HealthAwarded
Lot 2 is for the provision of Healthcare & Mental Health and the awarded Suppliers have been required to demonstrate that they can give advice / guidance / representation on the following areas of law or types of activities in connection with the Procurement:
Consent to treatment cases
Inquests & Inquiries
Capacity
Children Act issues
Social Care
Risk management
Claims management and clinical negligence
Coroner enquiries and reports
Complaints advice
Witness Statements
Retention of Organs
Confidentiality
Asylum Seekers
Patient mobility
Health & Safety legislation
Immigration
Human Rights
Withdrawal of Treatment
Discharge of Patients
Patients' Property
Safeguarding
Public Consultation
Mental Health Legislation
Mental Health Review Tribunals
Homicide / suicide inquiries and inquests
Coroner enquiries and reports
Lot #3EmploymentAwarded
Lot 3 is for the provision of Employment and the awarded Suppliers have been required to demonstrate that they can give advice / guidance / representation on the following areas of law or types of activities in connection with the Procurement:
Employment Tribunals
HR policies & procedures
Pensions
Redundancies
Employment Agencies & bank staff
Restructuring
Training / qualifications
Disciplinary and Appeal
Fit and Proper Person Test (FPPT)
Discrimination
Inclusivity
Equality & Diversity
Employee Payments
Employment Relationship Advice
Immigration
TUPE
Insourcing / Outsourcing
Health & Safety
Organisational Change / Change Management
Consultation
Public Liability Claims
Lot #4Procurement, Commercial & ContractAwarded
Lot 4 is for the provision of Procurement; Commercial & Contract and the awarded Suppliers have been required to demonstrate that they can give advice / guidance / representation on the following areas of law or types of activities in connection with the Procurement:
Service Level Agreements
Public to Public Contracts
Contracts with private sector bodies
Working with VCSEs
Public Procurement Law
Terms and Conditions write / review
Standard Form Contracts
New Procurement Rules & regulations
Competition Law
Income generation and / or Private Patients
S106 funding & other funding opportunities
Challenges, Disputes, Dispute Resolution & Litigation
Warranties, liabilities, defects, etc
Confidentiality
Projects
Commercial transactions & joint ventures
Outsourcing / Insourcing
Franchising
Grant Funding
Partnership law
Drafting, negotiating & agreeing legal documentation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Lot #5Property & ConstructionAwarded
Lot 5 is for the provision of Property & Construction and the awarded Suppliers have been required to demonstrate that they can give advice / guidance / representation on the following areas of law or types of activities in connection with the Procurement:
Acquisitions & disposal of property or land
Landlord & Tenant related matters
Leases & licenses to use land, inc "green lease"
LeasePlus & Underlease Plus Resolution Agreements
Rent Reimbursement Provisions and Directions
Premises Act rent & rates reimbursement schemes for GP Practices
Reports on Title
Site developments
BREEAM
Property aspects of commercial transactions and joint ventures
Town & Country Planning Advice / Planning Rules
Environmental Law
Estate code & general estate management
Surplus land requirements
Restrictive covenants / boundary issues
Crichel Down Rules
Capital Charges insurance & compliance with relevant protocols by the DOH
PPPs / PFI projects including LIFT
Health & Safety
Infrastructure Projects
Planning law
Lot #6Technology & E-Commerce inc IP & Media LawAwarded
Lot 6 is for the provision of Technology & E-Commerce inc IP & Media Law, and the awarded Suppliers have been required to demonstrate that they can give advice / guidance / representation on the following areas of law or types of activities in connection with the Procurement:
Technology solutions, inc (but not limited to) apps, AI, data, online tools, fintech
E-commerce
Medical devices & machines
Research & development
Confidentiality
Contracts & Licences
IT / Telecoms procurement
Convergent technologies & the internet
Competition Law
Intellectual Property (IP)
Media Law
Lot #7Corporate Finance, Audit & InsuranceAwarded
Lot 7 is for the provision of Corporate Finance; Audit & Insurance and the awarded Suppliers have been required to demonstrate that they can give advice / guidance / representation on the following areas of law or types of activities in connection with the Procurement:
Borrowing & investing
Financial Services
Project Finance
Establishing corporate vehicles
Banking and Finance
Debt & Restructuring
Capital
Revenue
Fintech
Internal Audit
External Audit
Insurance
Grant Funding
Vehicle Lease / Hire Agreements
Collateral warranties / bank & surety bonds
Lot #8CriminalAwarded
Lot 8 is for the provision of Criminal and the awarded Suppliers have been required to demonstrate that they can give advice / guidance / representation on the following areas of law or types of activities in connection with the Procurement:
Personal Injury
Medical Negligence
Police interviews
Prosecutions
Advice & Guidance
Lot #9Legal Recovery & CollectionAwarded
Lot 9 is for the provision of Legal Recovery & Collection and the awarded Suppliers have been required to demonstrate that they can give advice / guidance / representation on the following areas of law or types of activities in connection with the Procurement:
Healthcare (NHS)
Healthcare (Private)
Commercial
Utilities
Non-UK Nationals
Prescriptions
Inter NHS / Local Government
Insurance
Invoicing / Payments
Debt collection
Lot #10CounselAwarded
Lot 10 is for the provision of Counsel and the awarded Suppliers have been required to demonstrate that they can give advice / guidance / representation on the following areas of law or types of activities in connection with the Procurement:
Barristers
Chambers
Representation at Court
Preparation of documentation
Lot #11Multi-Disciplinary SupportAwarded
Lot 11 is for the provision of Multi-Disciplinary Support and the awarded Suppliers have been required to demonstrate that they can give advice / guidance / representation on all of the services outlined within Lots 1 to 10. Call offs may be for any combination or range of requirements.
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.
- Price carries 10–30 points depending on the lot; most lots put it at 30 points.
- “LEGAL SERVICES FOR HEALTH (SBS10196)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 Jul 2022, 17:28 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Oct 2023, 16:27 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Aug 2022 – …
- Authority reference
SBS10196- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-029310- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035508Find a Tender
Publisher note: Some purchases under this Framework Agreement may have requirements that can be met under this Framework Agreement but the purchase of which may be exempt from the Procurement Regulations. In such cases, Call-off Contracts from this Framework will be unregulated purchases for the purposes of the Procurement Regulations, and Approved Organisations may, at their discretion, modify the terms and conditions of any Call-off Contracts to reflect that Approved Organisation's specific needs. The Framework Agreement has been procured under the Open procedure. The term of this Framework Agreement shall be 4 years from its commencement date of 1st of August 2023, and may be extended in accordance with Clause 15.2 of Schedule 2 stated within the Framework Agreement provided that the duration of this Framework Agreement shall be no longer than 5 years in total
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://discovery.ariba.com/rfx/13641414 ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 22 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 22 Aug 2022, 13:00 BST
Timeline
22 Aug 2022 → 4 Oct 2023 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown22 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened22 Aug 2022, 13:00 BST
- Notice published4 Oct 2023, 16:27 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Oct 2023- Status changed to complete4 Oct 2023, 16:27 BST
- Buyer details updated4 Oct 2023, 16:27 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast162 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 20 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £17,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Governance, Structure, Transformation & Public Law
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Governance, Structure, Transformation & Public Law
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Technology & E-Commerce inc IP & Media Law
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Technology & E-Commerce inc IP & Media Law
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Technology & E-Commerce inc IP & Media Law
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
SBS10196
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Corporate Finance, Audit & Insurance
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Corporate Finance, Audit & Insurance
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Corporate Finance, Audit & Insurance
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Corporate Finance, Audit & Insurance
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
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- active
Corporate Finance, Audit & Insurance
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
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- active
Corporate Finance, Audit & Insurance
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Governance, Structure, Transformation & Public Law
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Corporate Finance, Audit & Insurance
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Corporate Finance, Audit & Insurance
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Corporate Finance, Audit & Insurance
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Corporate Finance, Audit & Insurance
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Corporate Finance, Audit & Insurance
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Corporate Finance, Audit & Insurance
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Criminal
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Governance, Structure, Transformation & Public Law | 18bids · 18 electronic | 3 | — | — |
| 2 · Healthcare & Mental Health | 14bids · 14 electronic | 2 | — | — |
| 3 · Employment | 18bids · 18 electronic | 3 | — | — |
| 4 · Procurement, Commercial & Contract | 20bids · 20 electronic | 4 | — | — |
| 5 · Property & Construction | 20bids · 20 electronic | 4 | — | — |
| 6 · Technology & E-Commerce inc IP & Media Law | 16bids · 16 electronic | 2 | — | — |
| 7 · Corporate Finance, Audit & Insurance | 14bids · 14 electronic | 1 | — | — |
| 8 · Criminal | 14bids · 14 electronic | 2 | — | — |
| 9 · Legal Recovery & Collection | 15bids · 15 electronic | 3 | — | — |
| 10 · Counsel | 9bids · 9 electronic | 2 | — | — |
| 11 · Multi-Disciplinary Support | 13bids · 13 electronic | 1 | — | — |
| Whole notice | 18bids · 18 electronic | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
30 commercial parties on the notice- Addleshaw Goddard LLPFramework contractor
- Angela Vodden Associates Consulting LtdFramework contractor
- BW Legal Services LimitedFramework contractor
- Bevan Brittan LLPFramework contractor
- Blake Morgan LLPFramework contractor
- Blake Morgan LLPFramework contractor
- Bristows LLPFramework contractor
- Browne Jacobson LLPFramework contractor
- Capsticks Solicitors LLPFramework contractor
- Clyde & Co LLPFramework contractor
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- Kennedys Law LLPFramework contractor
- Landmark ChambersFramework contractor
- Law By Design LimitedFramework contractor
- Michelmores LLPFramework contractor
- Mills & ReeveFramework contractor
- Peters & Peters Solicitors LLPFramework contractor
- Shakespeare Martineau LLPFramework contractor
- Sharpe Pritchard LLPFramework contractor
- Sintons LLPFramework contractor
- Trowers & Hamlins LLPFramework contractor
- Ward Hadaway LLPFramework contractor
- Weightmans LLPFramework contractor
- Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLPFramework contractor
- Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLPFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria