Public Sector Legal Services Tenders

HS1 LIMITED (trading as London St. Pancras Highspeed) is seeking to invite suitable service providers (“Tenderers”) to participate in a tender exercise for the procurement of Legal Services (“the Services”). The call for competition is via this PQQ followed by an ITT (for qualifying Tenderers). The indicative timetable for the procurement is given in the attached pdf (see Table 1 on page 7). This PQQ is being issued by London St. Pancras Highspeed in connection with a negotiated procurement conducted under the Utilities Contract Regulations 2016. All key dates for the process are provided along with instructions, within the attached PQQ pdf, along with Annex A (the spreadsheet provided), which needs to be populated for those that wish to take part in this procurement. Please read the attached pdf first as that provides a summary of London St. Pancras Highspeed's service requirement and all instructions.

The Council has a requirement to procure a legal services framework consisting of our (4 Lots, covering a range of legal services to act as an extension to the in-house legal team. The intention is to utilise and call-upon the legal firms appointed to the framework agreement at times when: - There is insufficient resource within the in-house team; - The project and/or requirement relates to a specialist and complex requirement, which is unique and would be best with a specialist legal firm with the resource to fulfil the requirement; and - Where the risk outweighs the potential cost of seeking the advice. For the avoidance of any doubt, the requirement excludes obtaining Counsel advice and representation of the Council in legal court/appeal or similar matters. Specific details of a matter / requirement, will be provided prior to confirmation and appointment via a call-off. This specification therefore sets out the general approach to the services, the expected outcomes to be achieved, the principles, response times and core scope of each lot. Additional information: Please register via the Council`s e-procurement system - CSW-JETS https://in-tendhost.co.uk/csw-jets CSW-JETS is a sub-regional e-tendering portal run by In-tend. Since February 2010, Coventry; Solihull; Warwickshire; Nuneaton and Bedworth; Rugby alongside other local district Councils have been working together as a shared procurement service. In conjunction with Solihull Community Housing, we have joined together to bring you a collaborative E-Tendering portal. CSW-JETS enables us to advertise our opportunities across all authorities through the same system. This means that there is a single point of contact for procurement in the sub-region so you only have to register once to receive notifications for all authorities. Registering on the portal will make it easier for local suppliers to find, respond to and be alerted to tender opportunities. Registration is free, and takes just a few minutes. When complete, you will be able to express interest in any of the Councils'/Authorities' opportunities when they are made available including this tender. In addition, we will be able to access your details whenever we have a requirement, and you may then be invited to tender or quote for work. Once you are registered and log in to the system you will be able to locate the tender opportunity, express interest and access the documentation. Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

The Council has a requirement to procure a legal services framework consisting of our (4 Lots, covering a range of legal services to act as an extension to the in-house legal team.

We require a supplier to provide Online Legal Research Resources and Knowledge platform, to deliver a wide range of material and precedent documents and training material - including best practice policies, standard letters and contract terms. The full specification can be found within the tender pack. This will be for a minimum of 4 users, and a maximum of 20 users. The Tender Documents are available on the Jagger system - please contact the procurement officer for details how to register on this system.

Constellia acting on behalf of Bristol City Council is establishing Agora Legal a Flexible Purchasing System for the procurement of legal services. The system will be available for use for all UK Public Sector Bodies/Contracting Authorities and Utilities. The system consists of 27 lots which are further divided by region.