Legal services

Tender description

Crown Commercial Service as the Authority has put in place a Panel Agreement for Finance and Complex Legal Services (‘the Panel’) for Crown Bodies and other permitted users identified at VI.3 (and any future successors to these organisations) (‘Panel Customers’). Panel Customers can enter into Legal Service Contracts with successful Suppliers for any required services. 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 has been conducted under the Light Touch Regime (‘LTR’) is therefore subject to limited regulation and will be conducted in accordance with regulations 74 to 76 PCR 2015. This Panel Agreement will be for an initial Panel Period of two (2) years, with the option to extend for up to two (2) further periods of twelve (12) consecutive months. Suppliers on the Panel are full service providers of finance and highly complex legal services, authorised and regulated by the SRA and/or appropriate regulatory bodies in other EU jurisdictions. This Panel Agreement covers external legal advice and full project support required by Central Government and its associated bodies, for finance and highly complex transactions including complex finance, capital markets, regulatory complex work and the most, innovative and/or strategically important projects for Central Government. Suppliers are required to offer market leading legal expertise and a market leading level of service in order to meet Panel Customer needs to deliver their most complex and challenging projects and matters. Suppliers are to provide all the Mandatory Specialisms required as set out VI.3. The Panel covers Optional Specialisms also set out in VI.3. The procurement has been conducted in three (3) Stages. as set out in VI.3.