Legal services

Tender description

The legal services framework will cover the provision of legal services. The firms appointed to the framework agreement will provide a range of legal services relevant to central government organisations in Scotland. The framework agreement consists of 6 Lots — contract, commercial and corporate: — debt recovery, — litigation, reparation, employment and inquiries, — major infrastructure and commercial projects (incl related litigation), — property and related matters, — one stop shop (encompassing all other lots). Lot 1 will cover a broad range of commercial and contractual work arising including advice on commercial arrangements necessary to support projects; drafting of contracts and other commercial documents; compliance; advising on contractual issues; corporate matters including setting up companies and conserving corporate governance, finance and assets. Lot 2 requires advice and assistance on all aspects of debt recovery, including small claims, summary cause, Sheriff Court and Court of Session recovery actions; post-decree enforcement; earnings arrestments; inhibitions; recovery of overpayment of benefits and rent arrears. Lot 3 requires handling of reparation actions; general commercial litigation; arbitrations; fatal accident inquiries; public local inquiries; construction disputes and adjudications; health and safety investigations; and employment law services. Lot 4 requires advice covering a broad range of large scale infrastructure and/or commercial projects (including new and ongoing road and rail construction projects) and complex, high value projects (including ports and harbours); future infrastructure developments; and related commercial and procurement advice; IT projects; organisational projects; renewable energy projects (on-shore and off-shore windfarms, tidal development); and related commercial advice, state aid advice and procurement advice; advice on maritime issues and advice on ports, harbours and associated infrastructure. It will also include advice on company rescue and restructuring and any litigation or dispute resolution issues arising out of any work allocated under this lot. Lot 5 requires conveyancing; acquisition and sale of property; commercial leasing; crofting matters including sales and recovery of rents; provision of services when entering into new leases of property and advice relating to termination of existing leases; shared equity; construction contracts; securities; ranking arrangements; section 32 agreements; property management arrangements and lands tribunal matters; registration of land interests; ability to source property advice for jurisdictions outwith Scotland. Lot 6 is a fully managed service encompassing the following legal services: — contract, commercial and corporate, — debt recovery, — litigation, reparation, employment and inquiries, — major infrastructure and commercial projects (including related litigation), — property and related matters. Contractors will provide framework public bodies with advice for matters falling within all of these services.