Official UK procurement notice
LS1722 Wiltshire Council Counsel Framework
Authority: Wiltshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought9 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionWiltshire Council is inviting tenders from tenderers to provide it with the services of Counsel at barristers’ chambers (“Chambers”) for the provision of specialist legal advice and/or representation in a local government context on behalf of Wiltshire Council and possibly Gloucestershire County Council (“the Services”) under a Framework Agreement.
The following requirements are applicable to Wiltshire Council and Gloucestershire County Council where they choose to access one or more lots under the framework:
Being selected as a party to the Framework Agreement does not guarantee the award of any individual contracts under the Agreement or any other business with either Council. The number of Chambers that will be requested to become party to the Framework Agreement will be capped at 5 per Lot.
The fact that particular Chambers have previously provided legal services to either Council will, of itself, neither be an advantage nor a disadvantage in the current tender process.
Chambers may be required to provide advice and/or representation in respect of all Lots which may include non-contentious or contentious matters including but not limited to judicial review. Chambers may also be required to:
- Attend conferences (virtually or in person);
- Provide telephone and/or written advice;
- Attend case management hearings, pre-trial hearings and advocates meetings;
- Prepare for and attend hearings. Preparation in this context means reviewing instructions and papers, preparation of documents such as skeleton arguments etc).
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
Lots and requirements (9)Procurement structure
9 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Planning
Lot 1: Planning
(i) General Advice;
(ii) Section 106 Agreements;
(iii) Other planning casework (e.g. Enforcement, certificates of lawful use, revocations of permission);
(iv) Planning Inquiries and appeals;
(v) CPOs.
Lot #2Property
Lot 2: Property
(i) General advice;
(ii) Sales;
(iii) Rights to buy;
(iv) Purchases;
(v) Leases;
(vi) Shared ownership leases;
(vii) Miscellaneous transactions (e.g. licences, easements, agreements, encroachments, adverse possession);
(viii) Wills and trusts interpretation advice;
(ix) CPOs.
Lot #3Employment
Lot 3: Employment
(i) General advice;
(ii) Preparation of case;
(iii) Conduct of hearing/trial.
Lot #4Commercial
Lot 4: Commercial
(i) General advice;
(ii) Agreements;
(iii) Public Procurement;
(iv) Subsidy Control;
(v) Construction;
(vi) Academies;
(vii) Procurement Challenges;
(viii) Contract Disputes;
(ix) Preparation of case;
(x) Conduct of hearing/trial.
Lot #5Civil and Criminal Litigation
Lot 5: Civil and Criminal Litigation
(i) General advice;
(ii) Preparation of case;
(iii) Conduct of hearing/trial;
(iv) Housing possessions;
(v) Debt collection;
(vi) Licensing appeals;
(vii) Parking enforcement;
(viii) Prosecutions to include, but not limited to; benefit, trading standards, education, libraries.
Lot #6Adult Care
Lot 6: Adult Care
(i) General Advice;
(ii) Conduct of hearings.
Lot #7Child Care
Lot 7: Child Care
(i) General advice;
(ii) Public law orders;
(iii) Care Proceedings;
(iv) Deprivation of Liberty / Inherent Jurisdiction Deprivation of Liberty;
(v) Appeals.
Lot #8General Local Government Matters
Lot 8: General Local Government Matters
(i) General advice;
(ii) Local Government Law;
(iii) Governance;
(iv) Constitution and administration;
(v) Attending Committees and/or hearings;
(vi) Byelaws.
Lot #9Education and SEND
Lot 9: Education and SEND
(i) General advice;
(ii) Local authority responsibilities;
(iii) Education law;
(iv) Special Educational Needs and Disabilities;
(v) Conduct of hearings.
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 50
- Price: 50
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “LS1722 Wiltshire Council Counsel Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 26 Jan 2024, 16:36 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Jan 2024, 16:36 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Feb 2024 – …
- Authority reference
DN708793- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-002815- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-043523Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 26 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 27 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
26 Jan 2024 → 27 Feb 2024 · 3 dates- Notice published26 Jan 2024, 16:36 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown26 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened27 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- CEDRMediation body
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.