Official UK procurement notice
UKEF General Aerospace Legal Panel - GALP
Authority: Department for International Trade (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUK Export Finance (the “Customer”), has a requirement for the provision of “General Aerospace Legal Panel”. The Secretary of State for the Department for International Trade (DIT) is the contracting authority responsible for the delivery of this requirement on behalf of the Customer.
The full specification is provided with the contract documents (GALP ITT Schedule 07) but in summary UKEF intends to put in place a panel for the provision of services of external legal counsel to advise in relation to the financial support that UKEF provides to the aerospace sector.
The contract shall be for a period of 48 months. The requirement has an estimated total value of £40,000,000 (ex-VAT) and this value includes any available contract option(s). Bidders will be expected to demonstrate their tenders will continue to deliver value for money to the Customer for throughout the period of the contract.
DIT has conducted a Cyber Risk Assessment to identify the level of cyber risk to this requirement. It has been identified that Cyber Essentials or equivalent is required.
DIT is using e-tendering for this procurement which means this Invitation To Tender (ITT) and the forms for submitting a response are only available in electronic form which can be accessed via your web browser at: uktrade.app.jaggaer.com ↗. Bidders should read all the instructions and documents thoroughly and follow the defined processes to comply with our requirements.
CPV: Legal advisory and information services · Legal documentation and certification services · Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 8 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1In general terms, advice will relate to transactions for the financing of:
In general terms, advice will relate to transactions for the financing of:
— airbus aircraft where legal counsel is not otherwise procured from a separate panel established jointly by UKEF and the French and German Export Credit Agencies;
— aircraft produced by other manufacturers (e.g., Boeing); and
— aircraft engines and other aerospace assets and services.
Including restructuring and post-issue work relating to such transactions.
Key specialisms are likely to include the following:
— aviation finance (including the financing of Airbus and Boeing commercial jets, Roll-Royce (and other) aircraft engines and other aerospace assets and exports);
— Export Credit Agency (ECA) financing;
— capital markets, derivative and hedging;
— sanctions and financial regulation;
— Islamic finance;
— international law and UKEF's statutory framework as they relate aircraft financing;
— advice on all stages of export finance transactions;
— remedial/financial distress events;
— dispute resolution;
— advice on the domestic law of different jurisdictions in the context of UKEF support for the aerospace sector and/or actual or potential disputes.
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).
- “UKEF General Aerospace Legal Panel - GALP” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 8 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 5 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 9 Dec 2021 – …
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-027899- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f468Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 9 Dec 2021, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 9 Dec 2021, 15:00 GMT
Timeline
5 Nov 2021 → 9 Dec 2021 · 3 dates- Notice published5 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown9 Dec 2021, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened9 Dec 2021, 15:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Department for International Trade (DIT)Review body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria