Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
University of Lincoln
Brayford Pool
Lincoln
LN6 7TS
UK
Contact person: Laura Simms
Telephone: +44 1522886762
E-mail: lsimms@lincoln.ac.uk
NUTS: UKF3
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/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
Legal Services Panel
Reference number: 312
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Contract award notice for the University's Legal Services Panel of five providers appointed following a two stage procurement process. Legal Services are listed in Schedule 3 of Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR’s) as a specific service which is subject to the Light Touch Regime. The tender process was conducted in accordance with regulations 74 to 76 of the PCR’s.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKF3
Main site or place of performance:
Lincolnshire.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The University has appointed a panel of five providers to provide legal advice, support and guidance to each of the colleges within the University and Professional Service departments. Legal services are required to cover the below four core deliverable areas:
— general and commercial,
— property,
— employment and people,
— student focus.
The procurement process was undertaken in two stages, comprising of Stage 1: Shortlisting Questionnaire, followed by Stage 2: Tender and Award. Providers successful at Stage 1 were invited to participate in Stage 2.
The panel is for the sole use of the University of Lincoln and will run for a an initial period of 3 years from 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2024. There will be an option for the University to extend the contract by a period of 2 years in yearly increments taking the maximum contract end date to 31 May 2026.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 230-568504
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/05/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 9
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 9
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 9
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Birketts LLP
OC317545
Providence House, 141-145 Princes Street
Ipswich
IP1 1QJ
UK
NUTS: UKF3
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Pinsent Masons LLP
OC333653
30 Crown Place
London
EC2A 4ES
UK
NUTS: UKF3
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
OC311575
125 Wood Street
London
EC2V 7AW
UK
NUTS: UKF3
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Shakespeare Martineau LLP
OC319029
No 1 Colmore Square
Birmingham
B4 6AA
UK
NUTS: UKF3
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP
OC384033
Narrow Quay House, Narrow Quay
Bristol
BS1 4QA
UK
NUTS: UKF3
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:
: 2 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=600961651
GO Reference: GO-202169-PRO-18372572
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
University of Lincoln
Brayford Pool
Lincoln
LN6 7TS
UK
E-mail: Lsimms@lincoln.ac.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The contracting authority incorporated a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period following electronic notification (minimum of 15 calendar days for any other means of communication) to applicants of the award decisions.
This notification provided the information that tenderers were legally entitled to regarding the award decision. The standstill period provides times for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
09/06/2021