Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Capital City College
211 Gray’s Inn Road King’s Cross
London
WC1X 8RA
UK
Contact person: Anna Manns
E-mail: anna@agmprocurement.com
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.capitalccg.ac.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/Home
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Legal Services to Capital City College
Reference number: LEGAL_1224
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The purpose of this tender process is to formalise an agreement for the provision of professional legal services, with a key emphasis on employment tribunal services. It is intended that the process will reduce overall contract expenditure; support contract efficiencies and delivery performance through the ability to foster value-added relationships over time.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 800 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79100000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
Main site or place of performance:
Contract will be for the provision of Legal services across the Group
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The purpose of this tender process is to formalise an agreement for the provision of professional legal services, with a key emphasis on employment tribunal services while ensuring compliance to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and College Financial Regulations. It is intended that the process will reduce overall contract expenditure; support contract efficiencies and delivery performance through the ability to foster value-added relationships over time. A broad range of legal services typical to Further Education will be needed. Please see the Guidance within the Tender Pack for further details.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality assessment
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Charges
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Full and unrestricted access to the Tener documents can be obtained via https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/HomePlease see the timetable in the Guidance and register for the 1 hour group Teams event on 06.01.25 at 11.30 via In-Tend if interested.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-039580
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: Legal Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
09/04/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
OC304065
1 Wood Street
London
EC2V 7WS
UK
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.eversheds-sutherland.com/en/global
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 800 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Please note a period of transition is expected while existing matters / case work including employment tribunals instructions (issued to Shakespeare Martineau prior to the commencement date) are concluded. The list of matters to be retained by Shakespeare Martineau and those to be ported to the new Service Provider, Eversheds, will be determined by CCCG’s HR Team.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Capital City College
London
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.capitalccg.ac.uk/
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
09/04/2025