Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Harlow District Council
Civic Centre, Water Gardens, Essex
Harlow
CM20 1WG
UK
Contact person: Tina McDermott
Telephone: +44 1279446655
E-mail: tina.mcdermott@harlow.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH3
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.harlow.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0086
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Legal Services in Support of Special Projects
Reference number: 20/006
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
1.4) the authority requires a framework of five (5) legal advisors which the authority can call upon, on an ad-hoc basis to support and partner its’ in house legal team to deliver timely and accurate legal advice for major projects, and/or those projects or requirements that (in the view of the authority) are high profile, high risk, high profile and/or of strategic importance as described in the authority’s brief.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79100000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH
Main site or place of performance:
Harlow, Essex.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The authority requires a framework of five (5) legal advisors which the authority can call upon, on an ad-hoc basis to support and partner its’ in house legal team to deliver timely and accurate legal advice for major projects, and/or those projects or requirements that (in the view of the authority) are high profile, high risk, high profile and/or of strategic importance as described in the authority’s brief.
Indicative services include, by way of example:
(a) support with and for the authority new and existing corporate arms (including governance);
(b) support with the authority’s strategic procurement processes;
(c) support with the delivery of garden community projects;
(d) support in respect of director duties, conflict of interests;
(e) general public law matters;
(f) support for the authority’s statutory officers;
(g) illegal encampment and encroachment;
(h) employment matters;
(I) contentious and non-contentious high value high risk commercial contract support.
It should be noted that Tendring District Council, Maldon District Council and Chelmsford City Council have expressed an interest in calling off services from this framework.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 131-322273
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 20/006
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Tendring District Council, Maldon District Council and Chelmsford City Council have expressed an interest in calling off services from this framework.
Completed tenders and all communications during the tender period must be submitted via the MyTenders portal.
(MT Ref:220706)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Public Procurement Review Service
Cabinet Office
London
UK
Telephone: +44 3450103503
E-mail: publicprocurementreview@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-procurement-review-service-scope-and-remit
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/09/2020