Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG)
8 Poundswick Ln, Wythenshawe
Manchester
M22 9TA
UK
Contact person: Mr James Hunter
Telephone: +44 3001110000
E-mail: james.hunter@wchg.org.uk
NUTS: UKD3
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.wchg.org.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.wchg.org.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://procontract.due-north.com/
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://procontract.due-north.com/
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Housing Association
I.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Wythenshawe Community Housing Group - Legal Services Flexible Purchasing System
Reference number: DN694737
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Wythenshawe is 8 miles south from Manchester City Centre and is home to c79,000 residents with 45% of these people in Wythenshawe being housed by Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG). There are many positive aspects to Wythenshawe which for many years has been improving as a place to live and work. WCHG owns and managed circa 14,000 homes across Wythenshawe
WCHG currently spends around £750k per annum on a variety of legal services across the Group. WCHG does not have an internal legal function and require external legal expertise and flexible resources to provide commercial legal services as part of the contract notice.
As part of this re-tender of legal services, the Group will also be reviewing internal decision-making processes to ensure greater value for money across our legal spend.
The FPS will run for 4 years and the lotting structure can be found below:
1 Property Litigation and Asset Management
2 Development
3 Conveyancing
4 Corporate Governance, Compliance and Regulatory
5 Employment
6 Commercial
7 Housing Management
8 Finance and Tax
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD3
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Wythenshawe is 8 miles south from Manchester City Centre and is home to c79,000 residents with 45% of these people in Wythenshawe being housed by Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG). There are many positive aspects to Wythenshawe which for many years has been improving as a place to live and work. WCHG owns and managed circa 14,000 homes across Wythenshawe
WCHG currently spends around £750k per annum on a variety of legal services across the Group. WCHG does not have an internal legal function and require external legal expertise and flexible resources to provide commercial legal services as part of the contract notice.
As part of this re-tender of legal services, the Group will also be reviewing internal decision-making processes to ensure greater value for money across our legal spend.
The FPS will run for 4 years and the lotting structure can be found below:
1 Property Litigation and Asset Management
2 Development
3 Conveyancing
4 Corporate Governance, Compliance and Regulatory
5 Employment
6 Commercial
7 Housing Management
8 Finance and Tax
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
Yes
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.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
17/11/2023
Local time: 17:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
17/11/2023
Local time: 17:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Wythenshawe Community Housing Group
Wythenshawe
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/10/2023