Official UK procurement notice
Legal Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Association of North East Councils Limited (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Association of North East Councils Trading as the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) is seeking to establish a multi-supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of legal services for use by contracting authorities throughout the United Kingdom
The opportunity can be accessed via the Open eTendering system. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this Framework Agreement must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the Open eTendering System. If not already registered, candidates should register on the Open eTendering system at www.open-uk.org ↗
Tenders must be submitted using the link above. Tenders submitted via post or email methods will not be accepted.
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NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of orders (if any) that will be placed with the successful suppliers by any Contracting Authority using the Framework Agreement pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof.
- Recurrence: 12 months prior to the published expiry date
CPV: Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 19 bids received · 18 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1NEPO are using an open procedure for the procurement of this Framework Agreement for…AwardedRenewalPublished value£100,000,000
NEPO are using an open procedure for the procurement of this Framework Agreement for the provision of Legal Services.
NEPO intends to select only the top 30 (thirty) ranked (i.e. highest scoring) Tenderers as Providers. However, NEPO reserves the right to appoint additional Providers to the Framework where the overall difference in scores between the thirtieth-ranked Tenderer and the following ranked Tenderer(s) is 5% or less.
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)
- Quality: 60%
- Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Cost: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Legal Services” 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
- Yes · 12 months prior to the published expiry date
- First published
- 5 Feb 2024, 17:14 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Jun 2024, 12:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 11 Mar 2024 – …
- Authority reference
NEPO513- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-017399- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04375aFind a Tender
Publisher note: NEPO is a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR15). This means that NEPO may provide central purchasing activity on behalf of Contracting Authorities. The agreement will be available for use by all NEPO Members within the North East region. A list of member organisations is available in the About section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org This agreement will also be made available to all current and future NEPO Associate Members throughout the North East region. Current Associate Members are listed in the Associate Member section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org/associate-membership/list NEPO intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities throughout the North East region (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities who have a need to purchase the above services. Please see the following websites for further details: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/recognised-bodies http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england http://apps.education-ni.gov.uk/appinstitutes/default.aspx https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/institutions/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/fecs/ http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/contact https://www.ons.gov.uk/ http://www.police.uk/forces.htm http://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs http://www.fire.org.uk/fire-brigades.html http://www.oscr.org.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsroom/factsandfigures/housingplanning1/facts/socialhousing/?id=1822644 A complete list of permissible users is shown on the NEPO website below: https://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissible-users Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance. Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 11 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 11 Mar 2024, 12:01 GMT
Timeline
11 Mar 2024 → 5 Jun 2024 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown11 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened11 Mar 2024, 12:01 GMT
- Notice published5 Jun 2024, 12:05 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete5 Jun 2024, 12:05 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 017399-2024-1
- Signed
- 4 Jun 2024
- Value
- £100,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NEPOReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
18 commercial parties on the notice- Anthony Collins SolicitorsFramework contractor
- Bevan Brittan LLPFramework contractor
- Bird & Bird LLPFramework contractor
- Brodies LLPFramework contractor
- Capsticks Solicitors LLPFramework contractor
- DAC Beachcroft LLPFramework contractor
- DWF Law LLPFramework contractor
- Devonshires Solicitors LLPFramework contractor
- Forbes Solicitors LLPFramework contractor
- Freeths LLPFramework contractor
Show 8 more suppliers
- Muckle LLPFramework contractor
- Pinsent MasonsFramework contractor
- TLT LLPFramework contractor
- Trowers & Hamlins LLPFramework contractor
- Ward Hadaway LLPFramework contractor
- Weightmans LLPFramework contractor
- Wilkin ChapmanFramework 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