Official UK procurement notice
BSP-21-027 Defence Personal Injury Legal Services
Authority: Education Authority NI (Education)·Consortium: 4 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBSP-21-027 - EA invites tenders for the provision of Defence Personal Injury Legal Services, for a 3 year Initial Contract Period on an as and when required basis, with the option to extend for 1 further 12 month period. The administering procurement office for this tender, on behalf of EA, will be the Business Services and Products Procurement Category, based in Ballymena. This is a voluntary tender and given its nature and subject matter is excluded from the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (Regulation 10 (1) (d)). This tender is subject to NI Public Procurement Policy and associated guidance notes.
CPV: Legal advisory and information services · Legal advisory and representation services · Legal advisory services · Legal representation services · Legal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,230,000
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 (6)
- AC1 – Proposed Responsible Solicitor’s Experience in Defence Personal Injury Litigation: 18%
- AC2 – Proposed Designated Solicitors’s Experience in Defence Personal Injury Litigation: 18%
- AC3 – Quality Assurance Arrangements: 9%
- AC 4 - Proposal for Added Value Services: 9%
- AC5 – Fair Work Practices: 6%
- Percentage Discount Offered: 40%
Published award criteria (6)
- AC1 – Proposed Responsible Solicitor’s Experience in Defence Personal Injury Litigation: 18
- AC2 – Proposed Designated Solicitors’s Experience in Defence Personal Injury Litigation: 18
- AC3 – Quality Assurance Arrangements: 9
- AC 4 - Proposal for Added Value Services: 9
- AC5 – Fair Work Practices: 6
- Percentage Discount Offered: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Nov 2021, 17:25 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 Feb 2022, 17:15 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 13 Dec 2021 – …
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-005008- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f65dFind a Tender
- Review procedure
The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for. appeal / mediation procedures.
Publisher note: This contract is let by the Education Authority (“EA”) and is open to the EA, including NI educational bodies as follows and at some point. during the life of the contract these bodies may wish to utilise the agreement and should have access, at any point, with the permission. of EA. This agreement is not intended to replace any current agreements that participating or non-participating institutions may already. have in place.. . • Primary and Post Primary schools under the control of the EA, Catholic Maintained Schools, Irish Medium Schools in. NI, Controlled Grammar Schools, Nursery School (both controlled and . Catholic Maintained), https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/services/. schools-plus. • Libraries NI - https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/. . . This is a voluntary tender and given its nature and subject matter is excluded from the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (Regulation 10 (1) (d)). This tender is subject to NI Public Procurement Policy and associated guidance notes.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Dec 2021, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 13 Dec 2021, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
13 Dec 2021 → 13 Mar 2022 · 4 dates- Submission deadline13 Dec 2021, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened13 Dec 2021, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published22 Feb 2022, 17:15 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until13 Mar 2022, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Feb 2022- Status changed to complete22 Feb 2022, 17:15 GMT
- Buyer details updated22 Feb 2022, 17:15 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson McDowell LLPSME, DAC BEACHCROFT LLP, FRANCIS HANNA CO SOLICITORSSME, Napier Sons SolicitorsSME, Tughans LLPSMEjoint awardContract | £1,230,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Carson McDowell LLPSME, DAC BEACHCROFT LLP, FRANCIS HANNA CO SOLICITORSSME, Napier Sons SolicitorsSME, Tughans LLPSME
- Signed
- 22 Feb 2022
- Value
- £1,230,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11bids · 11 electronic · 11 from abroad | 8 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Libraries NIContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation procedures.Review body
- UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation proceduresReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
5 commercial parties on the notice- Carson McDowell LLPAwarded supplier
- DAC BEACHCROFT LLPAwarded supplier
- FRANCIS HANNA CO SOLICITORSAwarded supplier
- Napier Sons SolicitorsAwarded supplier
- TughansAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.