II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD
Main site or place of performance:
Liverpool
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The University requires support in the following practice areas:
1. Commercial law (this includes research contracts, collaboration and international collaboration agreements, non disclosure agreements, SaaS, PaaS, apprenticeship contracts, licence agreements, good, services and works contracts, IP, IT, franchise contracts, funding agreements, sub contractor agreements, general terms and conditions; marketing, procurement, competition and consumer law matters, cross-border/international matters)
2. Corporate law (advising on charity law, the University's wholly owned subsidiaries, spin-out companies and other commercial activities, corporate finance, corporate governance and constitutional matters)
3. Litigation (relating to all practice areas, including academic litigation and judicial review)
4. Property and Construction (drafting and negotiating sale, purchase and lease documentation, deeds of variation, filing requirements with Land Registry, reviewing title documents and advising on the same, including restrictive covenants, drafting and negotiating property licence agreements, advising on forfeiture of leases, planning law advice, construction and major projects)
5. Student matters (fitness to practise, disputes (including discrimination), complaints, appeals, student contract and related policies)
6. Employment law (advice on HR casework processes (discipline, grievance etc), TUPE, whistleblowing, discrimination, trade union/industrial relations, redundancy, policy and contract reviews, Employment Tribunal claims, pensions, immigration law, settlement agreements, international collaborations involving staff travel and work overseas)
7. Data protection matters (data subject access and Freedom of Information Act requests).
8. Regulatory compliance (including OfS regulatory framework compliance, health and safety, export controls, subsidy control)
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
250 000.00
GBP
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
Envisaged minimum number: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Please see tender pack on In-tend
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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
Only the SQ should be completed at Stage One, all other documents within the tender pack are for information purposes
Please do not make direct contact with the Buyer, all queries must be placed via 'correspondence' on In-tend