Legal services

Tender description

Peabody Trust and the other members of its group merged with the Family Mosaic Housing group in June 2017. The new organisation has 111 000 residents and 8 000 care and support customers. The new organisation is aiming to put the most vulnerable first, create great places at scale where people want to live, and build resilience in people and communities. Priorities include delivering good and reliable services to our customers, building 2 500 new homes each year by 2021 and taking the next steps in the regeneration of Thamesmead, London’s new town. Peabody Trust is seeking to appoint a number of legal providers to enter into Call-Off agreements to provide advisory services in one or more specified Lots for Legal Services. This procurement is anticipated to cover almost all of the newly merged Peabody Trust’s requirement for legal services over the 4 years from 2019–2022. Lot 1 – Asset Management and Property •Landlord & Tenant - service charge •Commercial Property - general •Rights of First Refusal •Property matters including party walls, boundaries, easements & way-leaves •Security Charging work •Related dispute resolution •Environmental law Lot 2 – Development and Construction •Site acquisitions and title verification work •Development Agreements •Planning, including Section 106 agreements •Planning litigation and dispute work •Construction law related advice including JCT Building contracts, licenses, performance bonds, appointments and warranties •Environmental issues •Infrastructure agreements e.g. Section 38. 104 and 287 agreements •Building licences/leases •Novation agreements •Construction Joint Ventures •Drafting of/advice on construction contract conditions including but not limited to the common forms of building/engineering contracts •Advice relating to construction contractual disputes •Guidance on legal developments, such as new legislation and their impact (e.g. Construction Act 2010) •Advice (including the drafting of relevant provisions) on such other matters as consultant appointments, etc. •Related dispute resolution Lot 3 – Corporate, Commercial and Governance •Group Structure, Governance, Charity Law and Policy •Community Investment activities, Fundraising •Mergers & Acquisitions and related due diligence •Regulatory issues •Health & Safety law and procedure, including corporate responsibility •Company Secretarial matters •General Contracts and commercial law •ICT Contracts •Services Contracts •Employment and Pensions (including TUPE issues) •Employment contracts and disputes (including tribunal claims and settlement agreements) •Tax advice, including (but not limited to) VAT and Stamp Duty Land Tax •Intellectual Property and Data Protection •Company, Charity and Industrial & Provident Society law, regulation and best practice •Compliance with relevant EU Directives and UK legislation/regulations relating to procurement including: OPQQ drafting/evaluation OITT drafting/evaluation •Unsuccessful Application/Bidder feedback and matters arising therefrom such as the Remedies Directive 2009 •Fraud •Shared services advice •Related dispute resolution Lot 4 – Corporate Finance and Treasury •Financing including those sourced from banks, the capital markets, private placement, any form of private equity and inter-company loans •On-lending arrangements •Loan security •Advice on launching new product services such as mortgage products, affordable rent products etc. •Consumer Credit Licences Lot 5 – Residential Conveyancing •Development Plot Sales – freehold & leasehold, including shared ownership •Shared ownership stair-casing •Non-development related residential sales and acquisitions (freehold and leasehold) •Leasehold Management (inc. statutory notices) •Right to Manage •Enfranchisement Lot 6 – Care & Support •Care and Support contracts with Local Authorities and other commissioners •Regulatory advice for Health and Social Care activities •Contract management within Health and Social Care •Subcontracting arrangements •Related Procurement advice •Related Disputes advice Lot 7 – Major Contract/ Commercial Disputes • Major Contract/ Commercial Disputes, particularly as they relate to development agreements and long-term maintenance and asset management contracts