Legal services

Tender description

Crown Commercial Service as the Authority put 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) (and any future successors to these organisations) in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (‘Panel Customers’). Panel Customers will 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 related to the legal services which are listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) 2015 as a specific service. Tier 1 and Tier 2 Tier 1 work will involve advice on major, long term transactions e.g. rail franchise competitions and other highly complex projects where the Tier 1 Supplier will need to devote considerable resource to the project over a multi-year period of time or where the instructions relate to particularly complex issues e.g. advising on structural forms. Tier 2 work will generally involve advice on less complex and resource intensive transactions e.g. instructions relating to less complex contractual changes. Suppliers on the Panel will be providers of rail legal services, authorised and regulated by the SRA and/or appropriate regulatory bodies in other EU jurisdictions and will be able to provide all of the following Core Specialisms; Regulatory law, Company, Commercial and Contract law, Public procurement law. The Panel will also cover Non-Core Specialisms. The Non-Core Specialisms may only be required by a Panel Customer in connection with a rail related matter.