Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Platform Housing Group
1700 Solihull Parkway, Birmingham Business Park
Solihull
B37 7YD
Contact
Richard Jones
Telephone
+44 7918160903
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKG - WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=584681962
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Legal Services
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79100000 - Legal services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Legal services procurement to assist all departments of Platform Housing. Our requirements are to develop a 4 year Framework Agreement incorporating 4 lots: 1) Property, 2) Housing Management & Asset Management, 3) Corporate & Finance and 4) Employment
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £22,400,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 4
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Property
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79112000 - Legal representation services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
Main site or place of performance
WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 1 - Property list include:
- New build plot sale – leasehold and freehold
- Auction sale and purchase
- Public private partnerships
- Site development and assembly
- Options to purchase
- Acquisitions/disposals of land/buildings
- Acquisitions/disposals of tenanted stock
- Stock swaps
- Statutory Agreements e.g. s.38, 278, 104
- Planning Agreements e.g. s.106 and s.111
- Development Agreements
- Development Funding (including HCA Help to Buy agreements)
- Management Agreements
- Establishing development-related management companies
- Construction Agreements (including collateral warranties)
- Contentious Construction
- Novation agreements
- Wayleaves and other utility agreements
- Building licences
- Grant agreements
- Health and safety
- Overage
- Planning advice
- Property taxation advice
- Procurement and contractual matters
- Development disputes (including litigation)
- Environmental issues
- Adverse possession (in relation to development opportunities) including traveller issues
- Disposals of ground rents
- Central Government, Government Agency and Local Authority funding and delivery agreements
- Delivery Panel Agreements (e.g. the HCA’s Delivery Partner Panel and the GLA’ Developer Partner Panel)
- Joint ventures/profit share agreements
- Retirement developments (special requirements / adaptive). Specialist knowledge in relation to retirement products e.g. planning, leases, event fees and ongoing charges.
- Charging and security work (Property elements)
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality/Service / Weighting: 80
Cost criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 20
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £12,400,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
48
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 3
Maximum number: 7
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Housing and Asset Management
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79112000 - Legal representation services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
Main site or place of performance
WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 2. Housing Management & Asset Management, items include:
Housing Litigation
- Landlord & tenant matter and disputes
- Disrepair claims
- Anti-social behaviour proceedings (including ASBOs, injunctions, possessions)
- Rent and service charge arrears possession proceedings
- Leasehold recovery and forfeiture action
- Non-rent arrears possession proceedings
- Assured short hold accelerated possession claims
- Adverse Possession
- Trespassers
- Possession succession and charges
- Evictions
- Gas servicing injunctions
- Supported housing disputes
- Terminating licence agreements and obtaining possession
- Service charge disputes
- Debt recovery
- Access injunctions and other general litigation
- Judicial review defences
General Housing Advice
- Tenancy agreement advice
- Anti-social behaviour advice
- Housing benefit advice
- Welfare reform advice
- Service charge advice
- Estate management board advice
- Managing agents contracts and service level agreements
- Supported and sheltered housing advice
- Advice on complaints
- Dilapidations
- Regulation
- Right to Rent advice
- Human Rights issues
- Equality Act issues
Housing Management Policy Advice
- Drafting and advising on new forms of tenancy & licence agreement
- Rent setting advice including advice on implementation of Government rent control
- Policy drafting, approval and annual health checks
- Advice on procedures - this may include drafting all or part of a procedure
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality/Service / Weighting: 80
Price - Weighting: 20
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £2,500,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
48
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 3
Maximum number: 6
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Corporate and Finance
Lot No
3
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79112000 - Legal representation services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
Main site or place of performance
WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 3 - Corporate & Finance, items include:
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Acquisitions and disposals
- Joint ventures
- Corporate finance
- Financial services regulation
- Corporate insolvency law
- Constitutional issues
- Treasury (debt finance, listed securities, bonds)
- Banking and finance including the raising of bank funding, capital markets issuance and hedging arrangements
- Development draw down funding
- Corporate governance
- New business opportunities
- Amalgamations and restructuring
- Stock transfers
- Taxation advice
- Charity law
- Co-operative & Community Benefit societies law
- Constitutional reviews
- Board member powers and responsibilities
- Company secretarial
- Corporate Policies and Procedures
- Debt recovery
- Grant applications e.g. Big Lottery funding
- Fund Management
- Establishment of investment fund platforms both on and off shore with particular regard to:
- Structuring;
- Preparation of detailed heads of terms;
- Preparation of legal documentation;
- Negotiation of legal documentation;
- Ancillary documentation and project management
- FCA and financial regulatory support
- Agency and distribution
- Commercial contracts
- Commercial disputes
- Competition law
- Contract advice or drafting
- eCommerce
- Intellectual Property Rights & Trademarks
- Public infrastructure regulation including UK/EU regulation applicable to energy, water, transport and telecommunication industries or any other infrastructure industry
- Public Procurement (including telecoms & IT, contracts and licenses)
- IT and information law including system maintenance & support agreements, defamation and the internet, and intellectual property
- Procurement law
- Regulatory law
- Environmental law
- Pensions
- Data protection and freedom of information
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality/Service / Weighting: 80
Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 20
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £5,500,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
48
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 3
Maximum number: 6
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Employment
Lot No
4
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79112000 - Legal representation services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
Main site or place of performance
WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 4 Employment items include:
- Employment law (contracts and policies)
- Equal opportunities
- Equality & discrimination
- Employee relations
- Equal pay
- TUPE
- Tribunals
- Grievances and disputes
- Health & safety (employees)
- Organisational change/change management
- Outsourcing/contracting out
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality/Services / Weighting: 80
Price - Weighting: 20
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £2,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
48
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 2
Maximum number: 4
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
26 May 2021
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
31 May 2021
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 5 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
six.3) Additional information
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
Access codes for Lots...
Lot 1: 67E2ZGN77E
Lot 2: 93S8UED6H4
Lot 3: 8T6BD6BF59
Lot 4: 9R3G8Z86CT
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=584681962
GO Reference: GO-2021415-PRO-18083592
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Telephone
+44 2079476000
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Telephone
+44 2079476000
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
The Cabinet Office
Correspondence Team, Cabinet Office, Whitehall
London
SW1A 2AS
Telephone
+44 2072761234
Country
United Kingdom