Legal services

Tender description

Procurement for external legal support services for Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd alternatives platform. Border to Coast is to appoint a single law firm to provide advice in respect of the investments to be acquired by Border to Coast in each Portfolio across the private markets platform. We would like to consider a retainer fee model based on 50 hours per month and 60 hours per month as part of this procurement. Services to include, but not limited to, managing new investments, reviewing investment documentation, investment life cycle issues, transfer of legacy investments, secondary sales, dealing with other legal advisers and liaising with Border to Coast’s tax advisors. This prior information notice relates specifically to the procurement for external legal support services for Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd alternatives platform. Please register your interest by emailing procurement@bordertocoast.org.uk The documentation required for the procurement process will be available via our Procurement Portal — Proactis at https://procontract.due-north.com/Login in due course. If you are not currently registered as a supplier, please do so now to avoid delays once the ITT is released. We suggest one primary contact is used per organisation. If there is a more appropriate contact within your organisation, please let us know. Border to Coast will be hosting a webinar on 7 August 2020 at 10 a.m. BST to discuss the service requirements in more detail and to answer questions from interested parties. If you wish to reserve a place on the webinar, please contact Border to Coast on procurement@bordertocoast.org.uk to register your interest. A recording of the webinar will subsequently be available for any organisation that is unable to attend the webinar, via email from procurement@bordertocoast.org.uk Questions can submitted to procurement@bordertocoast.org.uk The invitation to tender is expected to be issued on or around 14 August 2020.