Legal services

Tender description

STW and HD wish to award Framework Agreements for the provision of legal services. The services exclude legal services for the following: corporate, tax, treasury, insurance litigation, patent and trade mark registration and watching service. Further details of the legal services are included in the procurement documents. Other Severn Trent Group Companies which are not regulated by the Utilities Contract Regulations (‘UCR’) also wish to award Framework Agreements in the procurement process. The procurement will be divided into 3 lots: For full details set out in the procurement documents. STW and HD wish to award Framework Agreements for the provision of legal services under a retainer. It excludes the following legal services: corporate, tax, treasury, insurance litigation, patent and trade mark registration and watching service. The retainer model for STW and HD includes without limitation the following legal services: construction, commercial, employment, procurement law, regulatory, environmental, regulatory prosecutions, health and safety, disputes and litigation, data privacy, intellectual property, competition, renewables, planning and real estate portfolio management legal services. STW and HD wish to award Framework Agreements for the provision of legal services on a panel basis. This excludes legal services for corporate, tax, treasury, insurance litigation, patent and trade mark registration and watching service legal advice. Lot 2 includes without limitation legal services in the following areas: construction, commercial, procurement law, regulatory, real estate, planning, disputes and litigation, regulatory prosecutions, health and safety, environmental, employment, pensions, competition, data privacy, intellectual property, and renewables. The appointment of a legal services panel for Other Severn Trent Group Companies, which are not waste or water utilities, such as Severn Trent Green Power Ltd. This will include without limitation legal support for renewables subsidy schemes, construction, commercial, planning, environmental and real estate. The services exclude legal services for the following: corporate, tax, treasury, insurance litigation, patent and trade mark registration and watching service. This lot will also exclude data privacy, pensions, employment and competition legal services. The Other Severn Trent Group Companies are not subject to UCR. Lot 3 will not be run in accordance with UCR.