Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Department for International Trade
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-trade
Buyer's address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-export-finance
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
UKEF General Aerospace Legal Panel (GALP)
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79100000 - Legal services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Department for International Trade (DIT), on behalf of UK Export Finance (UKEF) as Contracting Authority, intends to put in place a panel for the provision of services of external legal counsel to advise in relation to the financial support that UKEF provides to the aerospace and defence sector.
In general terms, advice will relate to transactions for the financing of:
- Airbus aircraft where legal counsel is not otherwise procured from a separate panel established jointly by UKEF and the French and German Export Credit Agencies;
- aircraft produced by other manufacturers (e.g., Boeing); and
- aircraft engines and other aerospace assets and services.
This includes restructuring and post-issue work relating to such transactions.
DIT and UKEF intend to hold joint market engagement in February 2021 with suppliers who express an interest in potentially bidding for a place of the panel.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £25,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79110000 - Legal advisory and representation services
- 79130000 - Legal documentation and certification services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Main site or place of performance
London
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Key specialisms are likely to include the following:
- Aviation Finance (including the financing of Airbus and Boeing commercial jets, Roll-Royce (and other) aircraft engines and other aerospace assets and exports);
- Export Credit Agency (ECA) financing;
- Capital markets, derivative and hedging;
- Sanctions and financial regulation;
- Islamic finance;
- International law and UKEF's statutory framework as they relate aircraft financing;
- Advice on all stages of export finance transactions;
- Remedial/financial distress events;
- Dispute resolution;
- Advice on the domestic law of different jurisdictions in the context of UKEF support for the aerospace and defence sector and/or actual or potential disputes.
two.2.14) Additional information
Please express your interest in participating in market engagement by emailing galp@trade.gov.uk by 4th February 2021. Please include 'GALP - Market Engagement EOI' as your email subject heading. Further details can be provided to you. Your email must clearly state:
- the name of your organisation;
- contact details;
- base location (city) for the individual(s) who will be participating.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
15 May 2021
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes