Rail Legal Services

Tender description

Crown Commercial Service as the Authority is putting in place a panel Agreement for Rail Legal Services ('the Panel') for Crown Bodies, the Principal Panel Customer being the Department for Transport and other permitted users identified at VI.3 (of the OJEU Contract Notice) (and any future successors to these organisations) in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland ('Panel Customers'). Panel Customers will then be able to enter into Legal Service Contracts with successful Suppliers for any required services. This Panel Agreement will be for an initial Panel Period of three (3) years, with the option to extend for up to one (1) further period of twelve (12) consecutive months. This procurement relates to the legal services which are listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015(PCR) 2015 as a specific service. This procurement is being conducted under the Light Tough Regime ('LTR') and will be conducted in accordance with regulations 74 to 76 PCR 2015. The anticipated maximum number of Suppliers to be appointed to the Panel is eight (8), with four (4) Suppliers within Tier 1 and four (4) Suppliers within Tier 2. Potential Providers will be able to elect that if their organisation is awarded a Tier 1 place on the Panel Agreement to decline the Tier 1 place and accept a Tier 2 Panel Agreement, full details are available in the Stage 1 Guidance and Eligibility Questionnaire (Attachment 2) which can be accessed at: https:// gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in III.2.1 of the OJEU Contract Notice. The procurement will be conducted in three (3) stages which will be run consecutively. Full details are available in the Invitation to Tender ('the Invitation'). The Invitation can be accessed at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in III.2.1 of the OJEU Contract Notice.