Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Legal Services to Capital City College
Authority: Capital City College (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe purpose of this tender process is to formalise an agreement for the provision of professional legal services, with a key emphasis on employment tribunal services. It is intended that the process will reduce overall contract expenditure; support contract efficiencies and delivery performance through the ability to foster value-added relationships over time.
CPV: Legal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The purpose of this tender process is to formalise an agreement for the provision of…AwardedRenewal
The purpose of this tender process is to formalise an agreement for the provision of professional legal services, with a key emphasis on employment tribunal services while ensuring compliance to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and College Financial Regulations. It is intended that the process will reduce overall contract expenditure; support contract efficiencies and delivery performance through the ability to foster value-added relationships over time. A broad range of legal services typical to Further Education will be needed. Please see the Guidance within the Tender Pack for further details. Additional information: Full and unrestricted access to the Tener documents can be obtained via www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx… ↗ see the timetable in the Guidance and register for the 1 hour group Teams event on 06.01.25 at 11.30 via In-Tend if interested.
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 assessment: 60%
- Charges: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality assessment: 60
- Charges: 40
- Suitability
Organisations must be registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority ("SRA"). to apply.
- Technical & professional ability
Organisations are registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority ("SRA").
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 9 Dec 2024, 11:33 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Apr 2025, 15:44 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Jan 2025 – …
- Authority reference
LEGAL_1224- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-014058- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c591Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
All tender’s initiated before the introduction of the new Procurement Act 2023 on 24 February 2025 (including this legal services tender) are subject to the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 only. To ensure compliance and best practice this tender process has been designed in accordance with all Light Touch Regulations requirements and CCCG Financial Regulations using an open tender with interviews (if required). Alcatel will not be utilised. All queries related to the procurement should be raised in writing via In-tend or to [email protected]
Publisher note: Please note a period of transition is expected while existing matters / case work including employment tribunals instructions (issued to Shakespeare Martineau prior to the commencement date) are concluded. The list of matters to be retained by Shakespeare Martineau and those to be ported to the new Service Provider, Eversheds, will be determined by CCCG’s HR Team.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 22 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
22 Jan 2025 → 22 Apr 2025 · 5 dates- Submission deadline22 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened22 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts10 Mar 2025
- Notice published9 Apr 2025, 15:44 BST
- Bids must remain valid until22 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Apr 2025- Status changed to complete9 Apr 2025, 15:44 BST
- Buyer details updated9 Apr 2025, 15:44 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP | £1,800,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 014058-2025-Legal Services-1 · Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
- Signed
- 9 Apr 2025
- Value
- £1,800,000
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6bids · 6 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Capital City College GroupContracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria