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Published 6 Dec 2022, 14:25 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

HR and Employment Legal Services

Official notice

Authority: Ofcom (Public body)

Framework agreementServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UKLondon (UKI)

Framework ceiling (notional)£40,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue

Submissions closed 24 Jan 2023awarded 28 Jul 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of HR and Legal Services for up to five years

CPV: Legal advisory and information services · Legal advisory and representation services · Legal advisory services · Legal documentation and certification services · Legal representation services · Legal services

How this framework works

From the published notice

Places: up to 3 suppliers · 10 bids received (3.3 per place) · 1 appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Provision of HR and legal servicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£400,000

Delivery: UK, London · London, Manchester Edinburgh

Extensions: Option to extend the contract period by two periods of 12 months each · Ofcom has the sole discretion to extend the Contract by up to 2 periods of twelve months each. The maximum length of the contract is therefore 5 years.Second stage: up to 10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

79110000 Legal advisory and representation services 79111000 Legal advisory services 79112000 Legal representation services 79130000 Legal documentation and certification services 79140000 Legal advisory and information services

What it takes to win
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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 more

How bids were scored

Quality: 70Price: 120Social value: 10

Published sub-criteria (6)

Service Delivery: 40
Onboarding and implementation: 10
Project Resources: 20
Price: 20
price: 100
Social Value Outcome: 10

Published award criteria (6)

Service Delivery: 40%
Onboarding and implementation: 10%
Project Resources: 20%
Social Value Outcome: 10%
Price: 20%
Price: 100

What this means for your bid

Price carries 120 of 200 points: a 10% discount moves about 12 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
“HR and Employment Legal Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Restricted 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: 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: 6 Dec 2022, 14:25 GMT
Last source update: 14 Aug 2023, 16:16 BST
Authority reference: C20221266
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-023772
Classification (CPV): Legal advisory and information servicesLegal advisory and representation servicesLegal advisory servicesLegal documentation and certification servicesLegal representation servicesLegal services
Delivery area: UKLondon (UKI)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-038b10 Find a Tender

Contract terms

Performance terms: Agreement will contain service levels and key performance indicators, as stated in the procurement documents.

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER

Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail

Appointment period ends: 24 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bid validity: 120 days from the deadline

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk ↗

Timeline

24 Jan 2023 → 14 Aug 2023 · 3 dates

Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
24 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
Invitations to tender expected
13 Feb 2023
Notice published
14 Aug 2023, 16:16 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
14 Aug 2023, 16:16 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓

Bids received 101 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 28 Jul 2023

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

Provision of HR and Employment Legal Services
Signed
28 Jul 2023
Value
£400,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
10bids · 10 electronic · 2 from abroad	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

OFCOM

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawUK Communications Regulator Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London, London, SE1 9HAContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Court of Appeal of England and WalesMediation bodyReview contact point London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

Burges Salmon LLPFramework contractorOC307212 One Glass Wharf, Bristol, BS2 0ZX, Bristol, South West, BS2 0ZX

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria