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Published 5 Feb 2021, 16:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Legal Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: LUPC Ltd (Public body)

Framework agreement4 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Framework ceiling (notional)£30,000,000total for 4 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 8 Mar 2021awarded 20 May 2021
Lots 4see the lot list below

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) is establishing a multi-provider framework agreement for the provision of legal services in England and Wales. The framework will be available to the members of LUPC, HEPCW, NEUPC, NWUPC, and SUPC. Members include higher education, further education, schools, the wider public sector and not for profit institutions.

Lots under the framework will include legal services such as: commercial services, dispute resolution (including student matters), human resources, and a one-stop-shop.

The framework agreement is estimated to commence in May 2021.

Lots under the framework will include legal services such as: human resource/employment; dispute resolution; commercial; and, student matters.

The framework agreement is estimated to commence in May 2021.

CPV: Legal services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 26 suppliers · 23 bids on the busiest of 4 lots (0.9 per place) · 18 appointed

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Commercial ServicesAwardedRenewal

Providing legal advice, drafting, and support for commercial services. Additional information: Attached as document

Delivery: UK · England and Wales Only
Extensions: LUPC may elect to extend by up to 12 months subject to satisfactory performance.Variant bids: not allowed
79100000 Legal services
Lot #2Dispute resolution (Including Student Matters)AwardedRenewal

To advise and/or represent in matters of litigation and alternative dispute resolution including student matters. Additional information: Attached as document

Delivery: UK · England and Wales only
Extensions: LUPC may elect to extend by up to 12 months subject to satisfactory performance.Variant bids: not allowed
79100000 Legal services
Lot #3Human Resources (Including employment dispute resolutionAwardedRenewal

Providing legal advice, drafting and support for human resources (including employment dispute resolution) matters. Additional information: Attached as document

Delivery: UK · England and Wales only
Extensions: LUPC may elect to extend by up to 12 months subject to satisfactory performance.Variant bids: not allowed
79100000 Legal services
Lot #4One stop shopAwardedRenewal

Providing legal advice, drafting and support for human resources (including employment dispute resolution) matters. Additional information: Attached as document

Delivery: UK · England and Wales
Extensions: LUPC may elect to extend by up to 12 months subject to satisfactory performance.Variant bids: not allowed
79100000 Legal services

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 · same split on all 4 lots
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70
  • Price: 30
Lot distribution rule: Bidders who submit tenders for multiple lots will be restricted on the lots that they can be awarded. Bidders can be awarded on lots 1, 2, and 3 (or any permutation of), or lot 4 (one stop shop). Bidders should indicate their preference for lot 4, or the other three lots. Where Bidders do not clearly state their lot preference the lot(s) award will be at LUPC’s discretion.
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • “Legal Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 26 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
5 Feb 2021, 16:05 GMT
Last source update
16 Jun 2021, 09:21 BST
Award evaluation window
8 Mar 2021 – …
Authority reference
PFB5069 LU
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-013563
Classification (CPV)
Legal services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0290ba 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
Appointment period ends
8 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
8 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗

Timeline

8 Mar 2021 → 16 Jun 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    8 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    8 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    16 Jun 2021, 09:21 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 Jun 2021, 09:21 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 18admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 23busiest of 4 lots
Contracts signed 4latest 20 May 2021

4 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, £4,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Commercial Services

    Signed
    20 May 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Dispute resolution (Including Student Matters)

    Signed
    20 May 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Human Resources (Including employment dispute resolution)

    Signed
    20 May 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • One stop shop

    Signed
    20 May 2021
    Value
    £18,000,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Commercial Services22bids———
2 · Dispute resolution (Including Student Matters)21bids · 21 electronic———
3 · Human Resources (Including employment dispute resolution23bids———
4 · One stop shop21bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

London Universities Purchasing Consortium

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawEducation N/A Shropshire House, 179 Tottenham Court Road, Fitzrovia, London, UK, W1T 7NZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • LUPCReview body London Contact email, phone

Framework contractors & participating bidders

22 commercial parties on the notice
Show 12 more suppliers

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