Official UK procurement notice
Rail Legal Services Framework
Authority: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCrown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority has put in place an agreement for the provision of rail legal services to be utilised by UK Central Government Departments, and other public sector bodies. The principal Buyer is the Department for Transport (DfT), who will use this Framework Contract wherever possible. Other Contracting Authorities, as detailed in VI.3 may also use it from time to time.
The policy drivers supporting the development and procurement of this Framework Contract are to:
- provide Buyers with a route to market compliant with UK Law
- offer an improved agreement for both Buyers and Suppliers
- provide Buyers with access to high quality legal services
- achieve value for money
Rail Legal Services (RM6204) has been designed as a suitable replacement for Rail Legal Services (RM3756) due to expire in 2022.
This procurement has been conducted under the Light Touch Regime (‘LTR’) and is therefore subject to limited regulation. It has been conducted in accordance with regulations 74 to 76 of PCR 2015, and relates to the legal services which are listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) 2015 as a specific service.
The Framework Agreement has been established for 36 months, with the option to extend for a further 12 months at the discretion of CCS.
CPV: Legal advisory and information services · Legal advisory and representation services · Legal advisory services · Legal documentation and certification services · Legal representation services · Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 16 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Suppliers that have been appointed to this framework shall provide all of the…AwardedRenewal
The Suppliers that have been appointed to this framework shall provide all of the following Core Specialisms:
- Regulatory law
- Rail commercial law
- Public procurement law
- Subsidy law
Suppliers have also been able to provide one of more of the following Non-Core Specialisms. The Non-Core Specialisms may only be provided to a Buyer in connection with a Rail Related Matter.
- EU law
- International law
- Competition law
- Dispute resolution and litigation law
- Employment law
- Environmental law
- Health and Safety law
- Information law including data protection law
- Information technology law
- Intellectual property law
- Pensions law
- Planning law
- Real estates law
- Restructuring/insolvency law
- Tax law
- Insurance law
The Deliverables that Suppliers have been required to deliver are set out in Framework Schedule 1 (Specification).
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 80
- Price: 20
- Suitability
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with the information provided in response to the invitation to tender (ITT)
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Rail Legal 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Sept 2021 – …
- Authority reference
RM6204- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-007088- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d43bFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The value provided in Section II.1.7 is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to suppliers any business through this Commercial Agreement. As part of this contract award notice the following can be accessed at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e32845cd-2a71-4374-a6da-903f005333d8 1) Redacted Commercial Agreement 2) List of Successful Suppliers 3) Approved Customer list 4) Transparency Agenda On 02/04/2014, Government introduced its Government Security Classifications (GSC) scheme which replaced Government Protective Marking Scheme (GPMS). A key aspect is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All bidders were required to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact this requirement. This link provides information on the GSC at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security- classifications Cyber Essentials is a mandatory requirement for Central Government contracts which involve handling personal information or provide certain ICT products/services. Government is taking steps to reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet. To participate in this procurement, bidders were required to demonstrate they comply with the technical requirements prescribed by Cyber Essentials, for services under and in connection with this procurement.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 14 Sept 2021, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 14 Sept 2021, 13:01 BST
Timeline
14 Sept 2021 → 15 Mar 2022 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown14 Sept 2021, 13:00 BST
- Bids opened14 Sept 2021, 13:01 BST
- Notice published15 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete15 Mar 2022, 22:45 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 007088-2022-1
- Signed
- 22 Feb 2022
- Value
- £80,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16bids · 16 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- See Contracts Finder Notice for full supplier listFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria