Legal services

Tender description

Procurement for external legal support services for 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 both a retainer and a fixed 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 contract notice relates specifically to the procurement for external legal support services for alternatives platform. The documentation required for the procurement process will be available via our procurement portal — Proactis at https://procontract.due-north.com/Login from today, 14 August 2020. If you are not currently registered as a supplier, please do so now to access the ITT documentation. We suggest one primary contact is used per organisation. Border to Coast hosted a webinar on 7 August 2020 at 10 a.m. BST to discuss requirements in more detail and to answer questions from interested parties. Please email procurement@bordertocoast.org.uk if you want to request a recording of the webinar. The invitation to tender is being issued with this contract notice today on 14 August 2020.