Official UK procurement notice
Legal Services Framework · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Warwickshire Police (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWarwickshire Police has awarded a contract to multiple suppliers to establish a framework agreement of suitably qualified providers of legal advisory services. This was a one stage tender under the Public Contracts Regulations Light Touch Regime.
CPV: Legal advisory and information services · Legal advisory and representation services · Legal advisory services · Legal documentation and certification services · Legal representation services · Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 12 suppliers · 6 bids received (0.5 per place) · 3 appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This agreement will operate utilising both direct award and quote call off procedures…AwardedPublished value£938,000
This agreement will operate utilising both direct award and quote call off procedures where appropriate. All suppliers shall be on an equal standing and for direct awards selected according to the nature of the legal advice required.
The intended scope of this procurement is a framework for use by Warwickshire Police, however as a contract option (to be confirmed by variation) the agreement may also be used by the Police & Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire.
The contract shall be for an initial period of 3 years with an option to extend for up to a further 2 years.
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 65%
- price: 35%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 65
- Price: 35
- Technical & professional ability
The Supplier and its practising solicitors must comply with the requirement for certification, registration/recognition by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) or be an authorised non-SRA Provider (regulated by another approved regulator).
All practising solicitors must hold a current practising certificate issued by the SRA and comply with the rules of professional conduct set down by the SRA (including the Solicitors’ Code of Conduct 2011, as updated and published on the SRA website).
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Legal Services Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 12 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- 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
- 27 Jul 2023, 11:51 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jan 2024, 15:50 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Sept 2023 – …
- Authority reference
WP23-0018- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-000687- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03eac8Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 19 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 19 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
19 Sept 2023 → 9 Jan 2024 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown19 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened19 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published9 Jan 2024, 15:50 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete9 Jan 2024, 15:50 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £650,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Legal Services Framework
- Signed
- 8 Jan 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Legal Services Framework
- Signed
- 8 Jan 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Legal Services Framework
- Signed
- 8 Jan 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6bids · 6 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner for WarwickshireReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- Blake Morgan LLPFramework contractor
- Capsticks Solicitors LLPFramework contractor
- Warwickshire Legal ServicesFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria