Official UK procurement notice
Scotland's Railway - Provision of Legal Services over 2 years run under the Light Touch Regime.
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNetwork Rail’s internal legal team provides strategic and direct support to Scotland’s Railway. This is supplemented where appropriate by external legal support from law firms who work with the internal legal team to provide depth and specialist technical advice.
Network Rail is seeking to procure two framework suppliers to provide full service external legal support for Scotland’s Railway from 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2026. The two successful suppliers will be engaged via an NR1 MT Framework contract.
The legal support provided through this framework will help us facilitate the successful delivery of all aspects of Scotland’s Railway, with a particular focus on managing risk and achieving the best possible financial outcomes.
The indicative value of the agreement is £750k per year per supplier with a maximum envisaged spend through the framework of £4m.
Candidates will be required to complete and submit mandatory PQQ questions alongside their ITT.
CPV: Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 2 suppliers
- Framework period
- 2 yrs from 1 Apr 2024
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Legal services covering but not limited to:Renewal
Legal services covering but not limited to:
Employment
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Health, Safety and Environment
Contracts
Procurement
Commercial
Public and Administrative Law
Planning Law
Regulatory
Corporate governance and Company Secretarial
Corporate Transactions
Property
Information Law Including Data Protection Law
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).
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- “Scotland's Railway - Provision of Legal Services over 2 years run…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 2 suppliers, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 5 Oct 2023, 17:42 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Oct 2023, 17:42 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-029456- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040864Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 13 Nov 2023, 08:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
Timeline
5 Oct 2023 → 1 Apr 2024 · 3 dates- Notice published5 Oct 2023, 17:42 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown13 Nov 2023, 08:00 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Court of SessionReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria