Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Legislative Drafting Services (BR-31-2024)
Authority: NI Assembly·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Assembly Commission has an on-going requirement for the provision of legislative drafting services. Legislative drafting services are integral to the role of the Assembly Commission which allows it to fulfil its legislative obligations. The services of legislative drafters are required for the purposes of drafting Members’, Committee and Assembly Commission led legislation, and occasionally amendments to legislation, standing orders, determinations and any other requirement of the Assembly for external drafting. The primary purpose of the contract is to provide drafting expertise to Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs).
CPV: Executive and legislative services · Legislative services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 6 suppliers · 9 bids received (1.5 per place) · 6 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£450,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 60%
- Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Cost: 40
- Technical & professional ability
Those who are experienced Legislative Drafters
- 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.
- “Provision of Legislative Drafting Services (BR-31-2024)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 6 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
- 14 May 2024, 09:14 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Jan 2025, 11:11 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Oct 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-001140- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04595eFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Performance terms
See tender documents
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 22 Oct 2024, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 22 Oct 2024, 15:30 BST
Timeline
21 Jun 2024 → 20 Jan 2025 · 5 dates- Next notice expected21 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown22 Oct 2024, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened22 Oct 2024, 15:30 BST
- Notice published14 Jan 2025, 11:11 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until20 Jan 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Aug 2024- Status changed to active29 Aug 2024, 17:15 BST
- Procurement method changed29 Aug 2024, 17:15 BST
- Deadline published: 22 Oct 2024, 15:00 BST29 Aug 2024, 17:15 BST
- Buyer details updated29 Aug 2024, 17:15 BST
- Status changed to complete14 Jan 2025, 11:11 GMT
- Buyer details updated14 Jan 2025, 11:11 GMT
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
- Signed
- 14 Jan 2025
- Value
- £450,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9bids · 9 electronic · 6 from abroad | 5 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- NI Assembly CommissionContracting authorityLegislatureLegislature
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- N/AReview body
- Northern Ireland AssemblyReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
6 commercial parties on the notice- BIRCHAM DYSON BELL LLPFramework contractor
- David KeysFramework contractor
- Jennifer CartwrightFramework contractor
- Ronan CormacainFramework contractor
- SEA PEGASUS DRAFTING SERVICES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- WINCKWORTH SHERWOOD LLPFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria