Prosecution and Legal Services

Official notice

Authority: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (Central government)

Services

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 25 Apr 2024from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purpose of the PIN is to inform the market of the requirement and gather information and feedback from the market via a market engagement event.

Following the market engagement event, DVSA intend to finalise the tender documentation and publish a tender via Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

The market engagement event will be taking place at 12:30hrs until 14:00hrs on Thursday 9 May 2024 via Microsoft Teams.

How to Register

If you wish to attend the market engagement event, please respond to commercialenquiries@dvsa.gov.uk for the attention of Stacey Griffiths, confirming your attendance and the email addresses of those attending (a maximum of 2 per supplier), by 15:00hrs on Tuesday 7 May 2024.  Once you have confirmed your intention to attend, an email invite will be sent with the link to Microsoft Teams together with a draft specification.

CPV: Legal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), an executive agency of the Department…Planned

The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), an executive agency of the Department for Transport (DfT), invites proposals for the following requirement that will be met by a multi-supplier Framework.  The contracts will be subject to the terms of the Framework Agreement for the Provision of Prosecution and Legal Services. DVSA are responsible for carrying out various enforcement functions on a number of different schemes relating to road safety. As a result of this activity, various types of offences are detected by DVSA Enforcement Officers (EOs) that may justify prosecution action through the court system. Once a decision has been taken to prosecute, the case papers are passed over to the DVSA Prosecution and Legal Services team (“PLS”), based in Bristol. PLS is responsible for progressing cases through the courts; dealing with all matters including the laying of information, adjournments, conclusion of the case and reporting back to the DVSA area customer.

In addition to this, the DVSA undertakes Special Investigations that require specialist legal support, these are larger and more complex than the casework described above.

PLS require specialist legal support to assist these activities. For the purpose of this contract PLS will be the end user of the Services. The Services are required in England and Wales. The Initial Contract Period will be for 4 years from the Commencement Date.

Delivery: UK

79100000 Legal services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

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: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 2 May 2024, 17:07 BST
Last source update: 2 May 2024, 17:07 BST
Authority reference: K280022320
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-014265
Classification (CPV): Legal services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0456fd Find a Tender

Publisher note: The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), an executive agency of the Department for Transport (DfT), will shortly be inviting proposals for the following requirement.  The contract will be for the Provision of Prosecution and Legal Services. DVSA are responsible for carrying out various enforcement functions on a number of different schemes relating to road safety. As a result of this activity, various types of offences are detected by DVSA Enforcement Officers (EOs) that may justify prosecution action through the court system. Once a decision has been taken to prosecute, the case papers are passed over to the DVSA Prosecution and Legal Services team (“PLS”), based in Bristol. PLS is responsible for progressing cases through the courts; dealing with all matters including the laying of information, adjournments, conclusion of the case and reporting back to the DVSA area customer.    In addition to this, the DVSA undertakes Special Investigations that require specialist legal support, these are larger and more complex than the casework described above.    PLS require specialist legal support to assist these activities. For the purpose of this contract PLS will be the end user of the Services. The Services are required in England and Wales. The Initial Contract Period will be for 4 years from the Commencement Date. The purpose of the PIN is to inform the market of the requirement and gather information and feedback from the market via a market engagement event.    Following the market engagement event, DVSA intend to finalise the tender documentation and publish a tender via Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.    The market engagement event will be taking place at 12:30hrs until 14:00hrs on Thursday 9 May 2024 via Microsoft Teams.    How to Register    If you wish to attend the market engagement event, please respond to commercialenquiries@dvsa.gov.uk for the attention of Samuel Sherlock, confirming your attendance and the email addresses of those attending (a maximum of 2 per supplier), by 15:00hrs on Tuesday 7 May 2024.  Once you have confirmed your intention to attend, an email invite will be sent with the link to Microsoft Teams. To view the draft specification please use the link below: https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/go/10486759018F3A0A9D8F

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

25 Apr 2024 → 2 May 2024 · 2 dates

Tender notice expected
25 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST
Notice published
2 May 2024, 17:07 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

Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Bristol, UKContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.