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OCID:: ocds-kuma6s-132311
Published by:: Social Care Wales
Authority ID:: AA0289
Publication date:: 12 June 2023
Deadline date:: 12 October 2023
Notice type:: Contract Notice
Has documents:: Yes
Has SPD:: No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:: No

Abstract

With the Register increasing and the potential for the volume of hearings to increase, we wish to review the approach taken by other regulators and consider the viability of continuing with our current approach to legal services and consider the feasibility of having in-house legal team. We wish to appoint a supplier to: • undertake a review of workforce regulators business operations and how they utilise the use of legal services, including the external commission and/or use of in-house legal team • undertake an assessment of the practicality of an in-house model, considering technical, legal, operation and time feasibility factors • identify operational challenges and recommending solutions • consider how an inhouse legal team will fit and be managed within the current Social Care Wales structure • complete financial projections and cost-benefit analysis of either continuing with the current approach or having an in-house legal team. See ITT for full details of requirements

Full notice text

CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

Notice Type: SERVICES

1 Authority Details

1.1 Authority Name and Address

Official Name: Social Care Wales
Postal Address: South Gate House, Wood Street,
Town: Cardiff	Postal Code: CF10 1EW	Country: UK
For the attention of: Procurement Team	Telephone: +44 3003033444
E-Mail:	Fax:
Internet Address (URL): http://www.socialcare.wales Electronic access to information: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales

1.2 Address from which documentation may be obtained

Official Name: Social Care Wales
Postal Address: South Gate House, Wood Street,
Town: Cardiff	Postal Code: CF10 1EW	Country: UK
For the attention of:	Telephone: +44 3003033444
E-Mail:	Fax:
Internet Address (URL): http://www.socialcare.wales

1.3 Completed documents must be returned to:

Official Name: Social Care Wales
Postal Address: South Gate House, Wood Street,
Town: Cardiff	Postal Code: CF10 1EW	Country: UK
For the attention of:	Telephone: +44 3003033444
E-Mail:	Fax:
Internet Address (URL): http://www.socialcare.wales

2 Contract Details

2.1 Title

Review of organisational legal infrastructure and associated costs

2.2 Description of the goods or services required

With the Register increasing and the potential for the volume of hearings to increase,

we wish to review the approach taken by other regulators and consider the viability

of continuing with our current approach to legal services and consider the feasibility

of having in-house legal team.

We wish to appoint a supplier to:

• undertake a review of workforce regulators business operations and how they

utilise the use of legal services, including the external commission and/or use

of in-house legal team

• undertake an assessment of the practicality of an in-house model, considering

technical, legal, operation and time feasibility factors

• identify operational challenges and recommending solutions

• consider how an inhouse legal team will fit and be managed within the current

Social Care Wales structure

• complete financial projections and cost-benefit analysis of either continuing

with the current approach or having an in-house legal team.

See ITT for full details of requirements

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=132311.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3 Notice Coding and Classification

a) Commodity Codes

	Code		Description
	66171000		Financial consultancy services
	72225000		System quality assurance assessment and review services
	73110000		Research services
	73200000		Research and development consultancy services
	73210000		Research consultancy services
	79100000		Legal services
	79111000		Legal advisory services
	79140000		Legal advisory and information services
	79311400		Economic research services
	79311410		Economic impact assessment
	79315000		Social research services

b) Delivery Location/Area

	Code		Location
	1000		WALES
	1010		West Wales and The Valleys
	1011		Isle of Anglesey
	1012		Gwynedd
	1013		Conwy and Denbighshire
	1014		South West Wales (Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion)
	1015		Central Valleys (Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf)
	1016		Gwent Valleys (Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly)
	1017		Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
	1018		Swansea
	1020		East Wales
	1021		Monmouthshire and Newport
	1022		Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
	1023		Flintshire and Wrexham
	1024		Powys

2.4 Total quantity or scope of tender

There is a budget of £50,000 (inclusive of any applicable VAT) agreed for this tender.

The contract will run from September 2023 to February 2024.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1 Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1 Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2 Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

4.3 Time Limits

Time-limit for receipt of completed tenders
27-07-2023 Time 12:00

Estimated award date
18-08-2023

4.5 Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

EN CY

4.6 Tender Submission Postbox

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx

5 Other Information

5.1 Additional Information

(WA Ref:132311)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2 Additional Documentation

The following additional documents relating to this notice are available from the site:

ITT and Specification - Legal Cost Review

Appendix 1 - Pre-Qualification Questionnaire

Appendix 2 – Technical Quality Response Document

Appendix 3 – Financial and Pricing Response Document

Appendix 4 – Social Care Wales’s tone of voice guidelines

Appendix 5 – Social Care Wales’s branding guidelines

Appendix 6 - Form of Tender

SCW contract example

ITT and Specification - Adolygiad o Gostau Cyfreithiol

Atodiad 1 - Holiadur Cyn-gymhwyso

Atodiad 2 - Dogfen Ymateb Ansawdd

Atodiad 3 - Dogfen Ymateb Ariannol

Atodiad 4 - Canllaw ein llais Gofal Cymdeithasol Cymru

Atodiad 5 - Canllawiau brand Gofal Cymdeithasol Cymru

Atodiad 6 - Ffurflen Tendro

5.3 Publication date of this notice

12-06-2023

SF 51a

Coding

Commodity categories

ID	Title	Parent category
79311410	Economic impact assessment	Survey services
79311400	Economic research services	Survey services
66171000	Financial consultancy services	Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
79140000	Legal advisory and information services	Legal services
79111000	Legal advisory services	Legal advisory and representation services
79100000	Legal services	Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
73200000	Research and development consultancy services	Research and development services and related consultancy services
73210000	Research consultancy services	Research and development consultancy services
73110000	Research services	Research and experimental development services
79315000	Social research services	Market research services
72225000	System quality assurance assessment and review services	Systems and technical consultancy services

Delivery locations

ID	Description
1017	Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
1022	Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
1015	Central Valleys (Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf)
1013	Conwy and Denbighshire
1020	East Wales
1023	Flintshire and Wrexham
1016	Gwent Valleys (Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly)
1012	Gwynedd
1011	Isle of Anglesey
1021	Monmouthshire and Newport
1024	Powys
1014	South West Wales (Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion)
1018	Swansea
1000	WALES
1010	West Wales and The Valleys

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID	Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:: N/a
Admin contact:: N/a
Technical contact:: N/a
Other contact:: N/a

Further information

Date	Details
13/10/2023 16:37	Notice Cancelled This notice has been cancelled. The original deadline date of 27/07/2023 is no longer applicable. Cancelled due to low supplier response.

Postbox

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For more information on the Postbox Facility please refer to the user guide:

Postbox – for Buyers and Suppliers

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Additional documents

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