Official UK procurement notice
NPS Solicitors Services Framework
Authority: National Procurement Service (Welsh Government)
What is being bought14 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe National Procurement Service are looking to implement a new Framework Agreement for the provision of Solicitors Services to the Welsh public sector.
It is anticipated that the Framework Agreement will cover the following subject area packages:
- Adult Social Services
- Child Social Services
- Civil Litigation
- Corporate Governance and Ethical Standards
- Criminal Litigation
- Education Law
- Employment Law
- Major IT and Commercial Contracts
- Planning and Environmental Law
- Property
- Public Administration Law
- Specialist Welsh & UK Higher Education Advice for the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW)
- Central Government Advice (Welsh Government)
- Mutual Investment Model (MIM) Advice
CPV: Legal advisory and representation services · Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 23 bids on the busiest of 14 lots · 20 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (14)Procurement structure
14 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Adult Social ServicesAwarded
Lot #2Child Social ServicesAwarded
Lot #3Civil LitigationAwarded
Lot #4Corporate Governance and Ethical StandardsAwarded
Lot #5Criminal LitigationAwarded
Lot #6Education LawAwarded
Lot #7Employment LawAwarded
Lot #8Planning and Environmental LawAwarded
Lot #9Property LawAwarded
Lot #10Public Administration LawAwarded
Lot #11Specialist Welsh & UK HE Advice (HEFCW)Awarded
Lot #12Central Government Advice (Welsh Government)Awarded
Lot #13Mutual Investment Model (MIM) Advice - Major Projects Legal AdviceAwarded
Lot #14Mutual Investment Model (MIM) Advice - Participating Organisations Project AdviceAwarded
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: 60%
- Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 60
- Commercial: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “NPS Solicitors Services Framework” 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Jan 2021, 11:48 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Jan 2021, 11:48 GMT
- Authority reference
NPS-PS-0098-19- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-000102- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0287acFind a Tender
Publisher note: Lot 8: Major IT & Commercial Contracts is still being evaluated and an award decision will follow in due course. (WA Ref:107047)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast14 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 14 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £60,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Mutual Investment Model (MIM) Advice - Participating Organisations Project Advice
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Adult Social Services
- Signed
- 11 Dec 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Public Administration Law
- Signed
- 11 Dec 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Specialist Welsh & UK HE Advice (HEFCW)
- Signed
- 11 Dec 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Central Government Advice (Welsh Government)
- Signed
- 11 Dec 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Mutual Investment Model (MIM) Advice - Major Projects Legal Advice
- Signed
- 11 Dec 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Child Social Services
- Signed
- 11 Dec 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Civil Litigation
- Signed
- 11 Dec 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Corporate Governance and Ethical Standards
- Signed
- 11 Dec 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Criminal Litigation
- Signed
- 11 Dec 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Education Law
- Signed
- 11 Dec 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Employment Law
- Signed
- 11 Dec 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Planning and Environmental Law
- Signed
- 11 Dec 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Property Law
- Signed
- 11 Dec 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Adult Social Services | 6bids · 6 electronic | 1 | — | — |
| 2 · Child Social Services | 5bids · 5 electronic | 1 | — | — |
| 3 · Civil Litigation | 21bids · 21 electronic | 10 | — | — |
| 4 · Corporate Governance and Ethical Standards | 11bids · 11 electronic | 3 | — | — |
| 5 · Criminal Litigation | 7bids · 7 electronic | 2 | — | — |
| 6 · Education Law | 7bids · 7 electronic | 1 | — | — |
| 7 · Employment Law | 19bids · 19 electronic | 9 | — | — |
| 8 · Planning and Environmental Law | 23bids · 23 electronic | 7 | — | — |
| 9 · Property Law | 22bids · 22 electronic | 9 | — | — |
| 10 · Public Administration Law | 10bids · 10 electronic | 1 | — | — |
| 11 · Specialist Welsh & UK HE Advice (HEFCW) | 3bids · 3 electronic | 1 | — | — |
| 12 · Central Government Advice (Welsh Government) | 7bids · 7 electronic | 1 | — | — |
| 13 · Mutual Investment Model (MIM) Advice - Major Projects Legal Advice | 12bids · 12 electronic | 1 | — | — |
| 14 · Mutual Investment Model (MIM) Advice - Participating Organisations Project Advice | 12bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
21 commercial parties on the notice- Acuity LegalFramework contractor
- BEVAN BRITTAN LLPFramework contractor
- BROWNE JACOBSON LLPFramework contractor
- Blake Morgan LLPFramework contractor
- Capital Law LtdFramework contractor
- DJM LAW LTDFramework contractor
- DLA Piper UK LLPFramework contractor
- DLA Piper UK LLPFramework contractor
- DOLMANS SOLICITORSFramework contractor
- DWF LLPFramework contractor
Show 11 more suppliers
- Darwin Gray LLPFramework contractor
- Eversheds LLPFramework contractor
- Fletcher Law LtdFramework contractor
- Geldards LLPFramework contractor
- HARRISON CLARK RICKERBYSFramework contractor
- Hugh JamesFramework contractor
- Morgan LaRoche SolicitorsFramework contractor
- Red Kite Law LLPFramework contractor
- TLT SolicitorsFramework contractor
- Weightmans LLPFramework contractor
- berry smithFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.