Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Equality and Human Rights Commission
3rd Floor Arndale House, Arndale Centre
Manchester
M4 3AQ
UK
E-mail: procurementhelpdesk@equalityhumanrights.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Equality and human rights
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
EHRC 2223-02 Panel of Counsel
Reference number: DN651347
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Framework agreement for a Panel of Counsel. Members of the Panel will be our preferred providers of external legal counsel services. These services will support our advisory, influencing, regulatory and enforcement work across the equality and human rights spheres.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
1.00
GBP/ Highest offer:
180 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79140000
79110000
79111000
79112000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC
UKD
UKE
UKF
UKG
UKH
UKI
UKJ
UKK
UKL
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Framework agreement for a Panel of Counsel. Members of the Panel will be our preferred providers of external legal counsel services. These services will support our advisory, influencing, regulatory and enforcement work across the equality and human rights spheres.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 90
Quality criterion: Social 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
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:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-001143
Section V: Award of contract
Title: EHRC 2223-02 Panel of Counsel
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
31/01/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 170
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Various counsel members
UK
UK
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:
Lowest offer:
1.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
1 800 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Manchester
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
09/05/2024