Official UK procurement notice
PRO004624 – Services- Framework- Legal Services
Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North West (UKD)
Framework ceiling (notional)£20,000,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 12 Aug 2022
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLegal services fall under the “Light Touch Regime” under the UCRs (Regulations 90-93). Therefore, United Utilities are issuing a Request for Proposal.
UU is looking to award three Framework Agreements for the provision of Legal Services to support the Company in the following areas;
- Construction
- Property
- Projects- Large Scale Infrastructure, including project finance and traditional design and build models
- Commercial contracts and outsourcing
- Public/Utilities Procurement
- General regulatory and utilities
- Litigation
- HR/ Employment
- Data Protection and Information law
- Planning
- Corporate
- Environmental law
- Health and Safety
- Pensions
- Share Schemes related work
- Intellectual Property and Technology
CPV: Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 3 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£20,000,000
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).
Conditions of participation3
- Suitability
Please refer to procurement documents
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to procurement documents
Minimum: Please refer to procurement documents - Technical & professional ability
Please refer to procurement documents
Minimum: Please refer to procurement documents
What this means for your bid
- “PRO004624 – Services- Framework- Legal Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 1 Aug 2022, 18:12 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Aug 2022, 18:12 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 12 Aug 2022 – …
- Authority reference
PRO004624- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-021016- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0357f9Find a Tender
Contract terms
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
- Appointment period ends
- 12 Aug 2022, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 12 Aug 2022, 17:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
1 Aug 2022 → 12 Aug 2022 · 3 dates- Notice published1 Aug 2022, 18:12 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown12 Aug 2022, 17:00 BST
- Bids opened12 Aug 2022, 17:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England & WalesReview body
- United UtilitiesMediation bodyReview contact point
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.