Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Wheatley Housing Group Ltd
25 Cochrane Street
Glasgow
G1 1HL
UK
Contact person: Caroline Gray/Craig Macliver
Telephone: +44 8004797979
E-mail: craig.macliver@wheatley-group.com
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.wheatley-group.com
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10306
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Legal and Associated Services Framework
Reference number: LEG024-219
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Wheatley Group intends to establish a multi-lot Framework Agreement for the provision of legal and associated services. The Framework will be divided into 6 lots covering:
Lot 1: Commercial Contracts;
Lot 2: Legal Governance and Legal Charities;
Lot 3: Legal Employment and General Civil Litigation;
Lot 4: Financing;
Lot 5: Sheriff Officer Services;
Lot 6: Property Searching and Reporting Services.
The Framework will be for a period of 36 months with the option to extend for a further 12 months at the sole discretion of the Wheatley Group.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
7 300 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Commercial Contracts
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79100000
79110000
79111000
79112000
79130000
79140000
75231100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 1: Commercial contracts including as a minimum procurement, construction, construction litigation, development, real estate, intellectual property, information technology and associated legal advice.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Service delivery model
/ Weighting: 30
Quality criterion: Added value
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Quality assurance complaints and review procedures
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Interview
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Community benefits
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Framwork delivery team
/ Weighting: 30
Price
/ Weighting:
30
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
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Legal Governance and Legal Charities
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79100000
79110000
79111000
79112000
79130000
79140000
75231100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 2: Legal governance and legal charities including as a minimum governance and business structures, data protection, charities advice including legal structural business and corporate matters and associated legal advice.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Service delivery model
/ Weighting: 30
Quality criterion: Added value
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Quality assurance complaints and review procedures
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Community benefits
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Framework delivery team
/ Weighting: 30
Quality criterion: Interview
/ Weighting: 20
Price
/ Weighting:
30
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
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Legal Employment and General Civil Litigation
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79100000
79110000
79111000
79112000
79130000
79140000
75231100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 3: Legal employment and general civil litigation including as a minimum employment law, pensions and court litigation services.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Service delivery model
/ Weighting: 30
Quality criterion: Added value
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Quality assurance complaints and review procedures
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Interview
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Community benefits
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Framework delivery team
/ Weighting: 30
Price
/ Weighting:
30
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
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Lot No: 4
II.2.1) Title
Financing
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79100000
79110000
79111000
79112000
79130000
79140000
75231100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 4: Financing including as a minimum capital markets and bank funding in relation to new and existing funding and relating to both Scottish and English law.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Framework delivery team
/ Weighting: 30
Quality criterion: Service delivery model
/ Weighting: 30
Quality criterion: Added value
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Quality assurance complaints and review procedures
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Interview
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Community benefits
/ Weighting: 5
Price
/ Weighting:
30
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
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Lot No: 5
II.2.1) Title
Sheriff Officer Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79940000
79100000
79110000
79111000
79112000
79130000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Sheriff Officer services which will be required in relation to this lot arise from litigation in relation to rent arrears recovery, general debt recovery for former tenant arrears, litigation to recover factoring debt, anti-social evictions and anti-social behaviour orders.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Framework delivery team
/ Weighting: 35
Quality criterion: Service delivery model
/ Weighting: 35
Quality criterion: Reporting Mechanisms/quality management procedures
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Community benefits
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Added value
/ Weighting: 10
Price
/ Weighting:
0
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
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Lot No: 6
II.2.1) Title
Property Searching and Reporting
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
70331000
70332200
79100000
79111000
79130000
79140000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The services which will be required in relation to this lot include but not limited to services relative to property transactions where Wheatley Housing Group entities are the sellers of, or granters of subordinate rights in, the land, including, but not limited to Legal Reports, Plans Reports, Companies/Mutual Societies searches, Register of Community Interests in Land searches, Property Enquiry Certificates, Coal Mining Reports, Extracts/copies of title deeds.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Added value
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Quality assurance complaints and review procedures
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Community benefits
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Framework delivery team
/ Weighting: 25
Quality criterion: Service delivery model
/ Weighting: 45
Price
/ Weighting:
30
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
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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:
2018/S 127-289807
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Title: Commercial Contracts
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20/11/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 11
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
1 Exchange Crescent, Conference Square
Edinburgh
EH3 8UL
UK
Telephone: +44 1314735786
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Brodies
15 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 8HA
UK
Telephone: +44 1316560064
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Harper Macleod LLP
The Ca'd'oro, 45 Gordon Street
Glasgow
G1 3PE
UK
Telephone: +44 1412279369
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 400 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Title: Legal Governance and Legal Charities
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20/11/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Brodies
15 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 8HA
UK
Telephone: +44 1316560064
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Thorntons Law LLP
Whitehall House, 33 Yeaman Shore
Dundee
DD1 4BJ
UK
Telephone: +44 1382229111
Fax: +44 1382202288
NUTS: UKM71
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Harper Macleod LLP
The Ca'd'oro, 45 Gordon Street
Glasgow
G1 3PE
UK
Telephone: +44 1412279369
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 380 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 3
Title: Legal Employment and General Civil Litigation
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20/11/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 8
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Brodies
15 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 8HA
UK
Telephone: +44 1316560064
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Burness Paull LLP
50 Lothian Rd
Edinburgh
EH3 9WJ
UK
Telephone: +44 1313571751
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Morton Fraser
Quartermile Two, 2 Lister Square
Edinburgh
EH3 9GL
UK
Telephone: +44 1312471210
Fax: +44 1312471007
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 400 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 4
Title: Financing
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20/11/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 8
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Brodies
15 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 8HA
UK
Telephone: +44 1316560064
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Harper Macleod LLP
The Ca'd'oro, 45 Gordon Street
Glasgow
G1 3PE
UK
Telephone: +44 1412279369
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Pinsent Masons
30 Crown Place, London
London
EC2A 4ES
UK
Telephone: +44 2074906605
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 5
Title: Sheriff Officer Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20/11/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Walker Love
16 Royal Exchange Square
Glasgow
G1 3AB
UK
Telephone: +44 1412488224
Fax: +44 1412217944
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 800 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 6
Title: Property Searching and Reporting
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20/11/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Millar and Bryce Ltd
Bonnington Bond, 2 Anderson Place
Edinburgh
EH6 5NP
UK
Telephone: +44 1315561313
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 320 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Bidders responses to the ESPDS will be assessed on the basis of:
— questions 2A.1 – 2D.1.1 Information only,
— questions 3A – 4C.8.2 – Pass or fail,
— questions 4C.10 – Information only,
— questions 4D.1 – 4D2.2 – Pass or fail.
(SC Ref: 575535)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Wheatley Housing Group Ltd
25 Cochrane Street
Glasgow
G1 1HL
UK
Telephone: +44 8004797979
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.wheatley-group.com
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/02/2019