Contract

Provision of legal services to Historic England and English Heritage

  • Historic England

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-020118

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02b3af

Published 17 August 2021, 3:49pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Historic England

The Engine Hiuse

Swindon

SN2 2EH

Contact

Helena Myska

Email

Procurement@HistoricEngland.org.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://historicengland.org.uk/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Recreation, culture and religion


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Provision of legal services to Historic England and English Heritage

Reference number

P/REF HE 00001677

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 79100000 - Legal services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

We wish to appoint, ideally, a panel of four firms, each capable of providing quality advice and services across a broad spectrum of types of legal work, including particularly: Planning law – with an emphasis on the law relating to the historic built environment  Property law – particularly all aspects of property management Commercial – a wide range of contracts, licenses etc  Procurement and subsidy control Intellectual Property –including IT, trademarks, software and data protection  Employment Defendant Personal Injury  Commercial litigation Contentious and non-contentious construction advice Charity, including tax advice Judicial Review

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £2,000,000

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

We wish to appoint, ideally, a panel of four firms, each capable of providing quality advice and services across a broad spectrum of types of legal work, including particularly: Planning law – with an emphasis on the law relating to the historic built environment  Property law – particularly all aspects of property management Commercial – a wide range of contracts, licenses etc  Procurement and subsidy control Intellectual Property –including IT, trademarks, software and data protection  Employment Defendant Personal Injury  Commercial litigation Contentious and non-contentious construction advice Charity, including tax advice Judicial ReviewWe would hope that firms could offer advice in all or a majority of these areas. To enable us to deal satisfactorily with conflict of interest situations and to have competition between firms for appropriate large matters allowing us to offer clients a choice of lawyer we would ideally like to appoint a maximum of four firms.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

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 four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2021/S 000-011325


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

1

Title

Provision of legal services to Historic England and English Heritage.

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

17 August 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 14

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 14

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 14

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Bevan Brittan LLP

Bristol

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Burges Salmon

Bristol

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Trowers & Hamlins

London

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKI - London
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Womble Bond Dickinson

London

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKI - London
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £2,000,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £2,000,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Historic England

Swindon

Country

United Kingdom