Modification notice

Modification of a contract/concession during its term

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.2) Description

Section IV: Procedure

IV.2) Administrative information

Section V: Award of contract/concession

Lot No: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Contract No: PRO 3092 NW

Title: Global Mobility Support Services — Legal Services

V.2 Award of contract/concession

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession

20/09/2016

V.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: /concession: 50 000 000.00  GBP

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

Crown Worldwide Ltd and Eversheds Ltd LLP withdrew from the framework agreement effective August 2019. Lexicon Relocation Ltd novated to Sterling Lexicon Ltd effective September 2019.

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

25/09/2020

Section VII: Modifications to the contract/concession

VII.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications

VII.1.1) Main CPV code

79000000

VII.1.2) Additional CPV code(s)

79100000

79110000

79111000

79112000

79200000

79221000

79211000

79211110

79631000

79613000

98392000

VII.1.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UK

VII.1.4) Description of the procurement

The NWUPC established a framework agreement for the provision of global mobility support services. NWUPC is managing this procurement process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the ‘Regulations’) on behalf of members of North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC), North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC), Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC), London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC), Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC), Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales (HEPCW), Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC), and U K Shared Business Services Ltd (UKSBS) Members of the participating consortia can be found at the below links: NWUPC http://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members APUC http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members HEPCW http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/about-us-2/ LUPC http://www.lupc.ac.uk/list-of-members.html NEUPC http://neupc.ac.uk/our-members SUPC http://supc.ac.uk/engage/our-members/our-members CPC http://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/regions.php UKSBS http://www.uksbs.co.uk/Pages/default.aspx The framework is structured into five lots:

Lot 1: Legal services,

Lot 2: Taxation and accountancy services,

Lot 3: International payroll services,

Lot 4: Domiciliation services,

Lot 5: Relocation services.

At some point during the life of the framework agreement the current members of the following consortia may wish to utilise the agreement and should have access at any point with the permission of NWUPC. Therefore, it should also apply, with the express written permission of NWUPC, to any member of any other higher or further education regional purchasing consortium or any other higher education institution in the United Kingdom as well as the Research Councils, providing that they formally commit to participate in and support this agreement. NWUPC will only grant permission at the request of the consortium or an institution if it is not a member of a consortium. This agreement is not intended to replace any current agreements that either participating or nonparticipating consortia may already have in place. A list of the current members of those HE and FE regional purchasing consortia is as follows: NWUPC http://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members APUC http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members HEPCW http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/about-us-2/ LUPC http://www.lupc.ac.uk/list-of-members.html NEUPC http://www.neupc.ac.uk/our-members SUPC http://www.supc.ac.uk/engage/our-members/our-members CPC http://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/regions.php UKSBS http://www.uksbs.co.uk/Pages/default.aspx

VII.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession

Duration in months: 54

The NWUPC framework agreement for global mobility commenced in October 2016 for an initial 3-year term with an option to extend for one, 12-month period subject to satisfactory economic operator performance. The 12-month extension period was availed with a framework expiry date of 30 September 2020. Please see section VII.2.1) of this notice for details on the duration modification.

VII.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the procurement: 50 000 000.00 EUR

The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes

VII.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

VII.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

VII.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

VII.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

VII.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

VII.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

VII.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

VII.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

VII.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

VII.2) Information about modifications

VII.2.1) Description of the modifications

This framework agreement is being extended in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(c) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

The framework agreement is being extended for a period of 6 months beyond the original 4-year duration to enable NWUPC Ltd procurement resources to be diverted to manage urgent Covid-19 related requirements and to accommodate reductions in tendering capacity both internally, within our broader stakeholder base and within relevant supply markets. The agreement has been extended with the same scope and on the same terms and conditions.

The procurement process to replace this framework will begin at the earliest opportunity.

There is no modification to the original contract value.

VII.2.2) Reasons for modification

Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee

Description of the circumstances which rendered the modification necessary and explanation of the unforeseen nature of these circumstances:

Due to the current ongoing situation with the Covid-19 outbreak we have called on Regulation 72 (1) (c) to extend this framework for 6 months as per section VII.2.1) of this notice.

VII.2.3) Increase in price

Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications and price adaptions and, in the case of Directive 2014/23/EU, average inflation in the Member State concerned)

Value excluding VAT: 800 000.00 Currency: GBP

Total contract value after the modifications

Value excluding VAT: 1 500 000.00 Currency: GBP