Official UK procurement notice
Procurement of a Barristers’ Framework Contract
Authority: Bedford Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority seeks to set up a Barristers’ Framework to enable the Council’s Legal Services team to instruct external legal practitioners on behalf of Service Areas. The Framework is expected to be managed by the Legal Services Team and is expected to be a 4 years contract (2 + 2). The Contract value will be above the Find a Tender Service threshold and the Authority hopes to be able to tender this using the flexibilities available within the provisions of the Light Touch Regime (LTR).The proposed procurement is meant to secure best value in the procurement of Legal Services within the Council while at the same time ensuring compliance to Public Contract Regulations and our Contract Procedure Rules.It is expected that this tender will be published within the 3 quarter of 2021
CPV: Legal advisory and representation services · Legal services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Adults, Children and Education ServicesPlanned
including matters related to vulnerable adults, Children’s Services and Education. Additional information: Will be supplied at tender
Lot #2Governance, Planning, Property and Litigation (GPPL), covering all other areas of the Council’s business.Planned
Governance, Planning, Property and Litigation (GPPL), covering all other areas of the Council’s business. Additional information: will be provided at tender
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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).
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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).
- “Procurement of a Barristers’ Framework Contract” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 12 Jul 2021, 15:32 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Jul 2021, 15:32 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-016239- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02c6e1Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
12 Jul 2021 → 23 Aug 2021 · 2 dates- Notice published12 Jul 2021, 15:32 BST
- Tender notice expected23 Aug 2021, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.