Official UK procurement notice
DHSC_ATTF External Legal Support
Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLegal services for legal support regarding ongoing contract management and amendments to the existing contracts to the Antivirals and Therapeutics Taskforce.
CPV: Legal advisory services · Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1To meet the strategic objectives of the ATTF, several high value contracts to provide…Awarded
To meet the strategic objectives of the ATTF, several high value contracts to provide antivirals and antibodies to the DHSC were signed during the Covid-19 pandemic . Due to the severity of the pandemic, the new novel drugs being developed and made available and the demand for treatment options, the initial contracts was procured via the GLAS Framework (RM3786). External legal support was used to provide legal advise during the contract negotiations phase. GLD have advised that external legal services is now required for the provision of legal support regarding ongoing contract management and amendments to the existing contracts. <br/>A Framework Direct Award route via Crown Commercial Services Legal Services Panel Framework, Lot 1 RM6179 was used to award a contract to the incumbent supplier because of the Supplier's in-depth knowledge of the existing contracts and demonstrated knowledge of of advising on government interests in development, licensing, manufacturing, production and supply of pharmaceutical products.<br/>The requirement is from 01/05/2022 - 31/03/2023.<br/>The Contract Value is £250,000 excluding Vat.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- 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
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Jul 2022, 13:11 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Jul 2022, 13:11 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-018759- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Direct award via Framework
- Review procedure
120 days
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 018759-2022-1
- Signed
- 22 Jun 2022
- Value
- £250,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtMediation bodyReview body
- The High CourtReview contact point
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Pinsent MasonsFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.