Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (CCS)
The Capital Building, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
UK
Telephone: +44 3454102222
E-mail: info@crowncommercial.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/ccs
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Other: Public Procurement
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Legal Panel for Government (LPG)
Reference number: RM6360
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Crown Commercial Service, as the Authority, intends to put in place an agreement for the provision of legal advice services for use by Central Government and UK public sector bodies.
It is intended that this agreement will be the recommended vehicle for all legal services in respect of a number of general specialisms, finance specialisms, complex projects, trade law service and rail legal services, as required by UK Central Government Departments.
The drivers for the development and procurement of this agreement are to:
Provide buyers with a compliant route to market for UK Law, international trade law negotiation and disputes
Offer an improved agreement for both buyers and suppliers
Provide buyers with access to high quality legal services
Achieve value for money
This agreement will ultimately replace and bring together the specialisms currently available under the live agreements:
RM6179 Legal Services
RM6204 Rail Legal Services
RM6183 Trade Law Panel
The final Lotting structure of this framework will be determined as a result of the market engagement.
This procurement is being conducted under the new public procurement regulations.
The duration of this agreement will be confirmed following further market engagement
Further information is included in the Additional Information section VI.3.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
650 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79100000
79110000
79111000
79112000
79130000
79140000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Legal Panel for Government (LPG)
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
27/01/2025
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
A Future Opportunity on contract finder can be found here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/948f60fe-d2f2-4b18-82e2-599cec751330
This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to procure a new legal services agreement and to that end to commence market engagement within the legal market.
Crown Commercial Service intends to hold market engagement sessions during early 2024 with suppliers interested in bidding for the resulting panel contracts.
If you would like to be involved please express your interest by emailing info@crowncommercial.gov.uk with the subject line 'RM6360 Supplier Engagement' no later than midday on Friday 22 March 2024 further details will be provided to you.
Your email must clearly state:
- name of your organisation
- contact details for the individual(s) who will be participating in the market engagement.
CCS invite you to complete a short survey to help us begin to gather your feedback. It should only take a few minutes to complete. The link to the survey can be found and accessed within the attachments area of the Contracts Finder notice..
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk.
Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.
The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over 4 years in total, but this may be subject to change following market engagement.
The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS pipeline page http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/procurement-pipeline for updates and monitor Find a Tender for the publication of the OJEU contract notice.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/02/2024