Official UK procurement notice
ID4435678 UREGNI - Legal Services Framework 2023
Authority: The Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation (Utility Regulator, also referred to as UR) is seeking to put in place a framework for legal advice to support the in-house team. The framework will comprise of two lots.
- Lot 1 (UK wide): Energy/Water/Utilities Specialist Legal Expertise. General utilities law expertise (covers covering major utilities law specialisms – covering finance/regulatory law, European law, public law, and competition law as key examples)
- Lot 2 (Northern Ireland): Northern Ireland specific related areas of law to include but not limited to property law, employment law, litigation (to include pre action protocol matters). Tenderers may bid for admission to one or both of the lots depending on their own specialism. It is currently the intention that a maximum of three Contractors will be appointed under each lot on a ranked basis. Tenderers should refer to the document titled “ID 4435678 Specification” for more details on the services required.
CPV: Legal advisory and information services · Legal advisory and representation services · Legal representation services · Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 3 bids on the busiest of 2 lots · 3 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 2 of themLot #1UK WidePublished value£2,400,000
Lot #2Northern IrelandPublished value£600,000
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).
- “ID4435678 UREGNI - Legal Services Framework 2023” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Feb 2023, 11:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Apr 2023, 10:30 BST
- Authority reference
ID4435678- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-011927- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a2b6Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of framework was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the framework agreement was entered into.
Publisher note: Contract monitoring: the successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in construction and procurement delivery (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this may be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended), be excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of. up to three years.. .
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 7 Mar 2023, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
7 Mar 2023 → 26 Apr 2023 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown7 Mar 2023, 15:00 GMT
- Notice published26 Apr 2023, 10:30 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete26 Apr 2023, 10:30 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.1.5) | £300,000 | £3,000,000 |
Updating overall estimated value
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Lot 1 - UK Wide
- Signed
- 20 Apr 2023
- Value
- £2,400,000
- Status
- active
Lot 2 - Northern Ireland
- Signed
- 20 Apr 2023
- Value
- £600,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · UK Wide | 3bids · 3 electronic · 2 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
| 2 · Northern Ireland | 3bids · 3 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 (as amended).Review body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- Addleshaw Goddard LlpFramework contractor
- Gowling WLG UK LLPFramework contractor
- MILLS SELIG LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.