Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
FCDO Legal and Tax Advice for International Remote Working
Reference number
Project_8082
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79111000 - Legal advisory services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The provision of International Remote Working country profiles and a bureau service for ad-hoc advice on legal and compliance risks.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79100000 - Legal services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
As part of FCDO Policy Alignment work, the FCDO is working to develop a new policy and processes on IRW that improve the identification and management of risks, improve governance and to ensure FCDO is legally and tax compliant. We are looking to purchase advisory services to:
1) Provide Country Profiles on IRW - summarising advice on immigration, tax and employment law. These would be for around 40 core countries, though it will be desirable for suppliers to have the capacity to provide profiles for additional countries if required. Country profiles would be initially provided using a template provided by the FCDO within the first few months of the contract, with an annual refresh for each location including both any changes to date and upcoming changes due at the start of May each year for the life of the contract (3yrs +1 +1).
2) Provide a draw-down or bureau service for legal and tax advice for complex cases a range of country locations where FCDO wishes to offer international remote working outside the UK.
Once this service is in place, we hope to process most IRW requests using the information provided on the country profiles making it far more cost effective. Where there are more complex cases, we will draw upon the bureau service on an ad hoc basis. FCDO provides HR Services to all government departments who have staff working overseas so the outputs of the contract will require to be applicable to and be drawn down by Civil Service Departments in the UK.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-tendering system for the procurement.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
27 July 2022
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
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-tendering system for the procurement.
The Contracting Authority will be running a virtual market engagement event in the form of a webinar hosted on MS Teams on Wednesday 20th July 10:00 – 11:00. This will allow us to provide more information on the requirement and procurement plan, as well as answer any questions you may have about the requirement.
The event will consist of a short presentation about the requirement followed by a Q&A. If you would like to attend, please reply to this message on the Jaggaer system with the names and email addresses of those wishing to attend, as well as your preferred time. A Teams link to the session will then be sent out prior to the event.
Please register your interest in attending by 17.00 on Friday 15th July at the latest.
Estimated date of publication of contract notice: 27/07/2022.