Official UK procurement notice
Your Housing Group Legal Services Framework Agreement 2021-2025
Authority: Your Housing Group (Housing)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionYour Housing Group wishes to establish a Legal Services Framework Agreement to provide legal advice and support to the business across five lots. These
lots are Development and Specialist Property Transactions (Lot 1), Sales and Routine Property Transactions (Lot 2), Corporate and Finance
(Lot 3), Employment and HR (Lot 4) and Housing Management Including Out of Hours Service (Lot 5). The panel will be established for four (4) years. Expenditure across the panel will vary according to business activity. As a guide expenditure across all lots was approximately GBP2.5m in 2019-2020.
CPV: 79100000, 79100000, 79110000, 79111000, 79112000, 79130000, 79140000, 79100000, 79110000, 79111000, 79112000, 79130000, 79140000, 79100000, 79110000, 79111000, 79112000, 79130000, 79140000, 79100000, 79110000, 79111000, 79112000, 79130000, 79140000, 79100000, 79110000, 79111000, 79112000, 79140000, 79130000.
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- Bids received
- 8 bids on the busiest of 5 lots · 7 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · no lot values published · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Development and Specialist Property TransactionsAwarded
This Lot (1) is for the provision of legal advice in respect of Development and Specialist Property Transactions. This includes but is not limited to acquisitions and disposals of land and property, site and property development including associated plot sales, environmental and planning, construction, compulsory purchase, procurement and contractual matters in relation to development, PFI/JV and specialist property transactions and stock rationalisation. Additional information: The estimated value is in the region of 1,000,000 GBP for Lot 1 over the total 4 years of the Framework Agreement.
Lot #2Sales and Routine Property TransactionsAwarded
This Lot (2) is for the provision of legal advice in respect of Sales and Routine Property Transactions. This includes but is not limited to Right to Buy / Right to Acquire, Staircasing and Assignments, outright sales, leases, lease extensions, licensing and conveyancing. The number of transactions and annual expenditure will fluctuate according to business activity. Additional information: The estimated value for Lot 2 is in the region of 500,000 GBP over the total 4 years of the Framework Agreement.
Lot #3Corporate and FinanceAwarded
This Lot (3) is for the provision of legal advice in respect of Corporate and Finance Transactions. This includes but is not limited to group structures, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, regulatory requirements, company and charity law, loan facilities, property charging, multi-disciplinary legal support, procurement and contractual matters and legal advice in respect of taxation, insurance and investments. Additional information: The estimated value is in the region of 1,000,000 GBP for Lot 3 over the total 4 years of the Framework Agreement.
Lot #4Employment and HRAwarded
This Lot (4) is for the provision of legal advice in respect of Employment. This includes but is not limited to employment law, TUPE, equal opportunities, pensions, employment disputes and organisational change. Additional information: The estimated value is in the region of 300,000 for Lot 4 over the total 4 years of the Framework Agreement.
Lot #5Housing Management Including Out of Hours ServiceAwarded
This Lot (5) is for the provision of legal advice in respect of Housing Management. This includes but is not limited to ASB cases, possession proceedings, injunctions, debt recovery, disrepair, rent and service charge matters, leaseholder consultations, tenancy agreements and policy and procedural change. Additional information: The estimated value is in the region of 1,000,000 for Lot 5 over the total 4 years of the Framework Agreement.
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Development and Specialist Property Transactions | 70% | 30% | |
| 2 · Sales and Routine Property Transactions | 50% | 50% | |
| 3 · Corporate and Finance | 70% | 30% | |
| 4 · Employment and HR | 70% | 30% | |
| 5 · Housing Management Including Out of Hours Service | 50% | 50% |
- Price carries 30–50 points depending on the lot; most lots put it at 30 points.
- “Your Housing Group Legal Services Framework Agreement 2021-2025” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, 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 · publisher note attached- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Apr 2021, 13:04 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Apr 2021, 13:04 BST
- Authority reference
PRO0402- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-008731- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a98cFind a Tender
Publisher note: YHG is undertaking this procurement in accordance with Section 7 (the Light Touch Regime) set out in the EU Directive 2014/24/EU, as implemented by the UK Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 2) (the EU Regulations) and as further detailed in the procurement documentation available from my tenders (www.mytenders.org). Neither the use of the terms 'Selection Questionnaire', ‘Invitation to Tender’, 'Restricted Procedure' nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that YHG intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to light touch regime services. Any information provided about contract values is estimated only as YHG's requirements for legal services will vary from year to year. (MT Ref:222625)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast5 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Lot 1: Development and Specialist Property Transactions
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Lot 2: Sales and Routine Property Transactions
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2021
- Value
- £500,000
- Status
- active
Lot 3: Corporate and Finance
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Lot 4: Employment and HR
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2021
- Value
- £300,000
- Status
- active
Lot 5: Housing Management Including Out of Hours Service
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Development and Specialist Property Transactions | 8bids · 8 electronic · 8 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 2 · Sales and Routine Property Transactions | 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 3 · Corporate and Finance | 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 4 · Employment and HR | 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 5 · Housing Management Including Out of Hours Service | 8bids · 8 electronic · 8 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
7 commercial parties on the notice- Bevan Brittan LLPFramework contractor
- Brabners LLPFramework contractor
- Capsticks Solicitors LLPFramework contractor
- Clarke Willmott LLPFramework contractor
- DevonshiresFramework contractor
- Knights plcFramework contractor
- Shoosmiths LLPFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.