Legal Services

Tender description

Legal services procurement to assist all departments of Platform Housing. Our requirements are to develop a 4 year Framework Agreement incorporating 4 lots: 1) Property, 2) Housing Management & Asset Management, 3) Corporate & Finance and 4) Employment Lot 1: Property Lot 1 - Property list include: - New build plot sale – leasehold and freehold - Auction sale and purchase - Public private partnerships - Site development and assembly - Options to purchase - Acquisitions/disposals of land/buildings - Acquisitions/disposals of tenanted stock - Stock swaps - Statutory Agreements e.g. s.38, 278, 104 - Planning Agreements e.g. s.106 and s.111 - Development Agreements - Development Funding (including HCA Help to Buy agreements) - Management Agreements - Establishing development-related management companies - Construction Agreements (including collateral warranties) - Contentious Construction - Novation agreements - Wayleaves and other utility agreements - Building licences - Grant agreements - Health and safety - Overage - Planning advice - Property taxation advice - Procurement and contractual matters - Development disputes (including litigation) - Environmental issues - Adverse possession (in relation to development opportunities) including traveller issues - Disposals of ground rents - Central Government, Government Agency and Local Authority funding and delivery agreements - Delivery Panel Agreements (e.g. the HCA’s Delivery Partner Panel and the GLA’ Developer Partner Panel) - Joint ventures/profit share agreements - Retirement developments (special requirements / adaptive). Specialist knowledge in relation to retirement products e.g. planning, leases, event fees and ongoing charges. - Charging and security work (Property elements) Lot 2: Housing and Asset Management Lot 2. Housing Management & Asset Management, items include: Housing Litigation - Landlord & tenant matter and disputes - Disrepair claims - Anti-social behaviour proceedings (including ASBOs, injunctions, possessions) - Rent and service charge arrears possession proceedings - Leasehold recovery and forfeiture action - Non-rent arrears possession proceedings - Assured short hold accelerated possession claims - Adverse Possession - Trespassers - Possession succession and charges - Evictions - Gas servicing injunctions - Supported housing disputes - Terminating licence agreements and obtaining possession - Service charge disputes - Debt recovery - Access injunctions and other general litigation - Judicial review defences General Housing Advice - Tenancy agreement advice - Anti-social behaviour advice - Housing benefit advice - Welfare reform advice - Service charge advice - Estate management board advice - Managing agents contracts and service level agreements - Supported and sheltered housing advice - Advice on complaints - Dilapidations - Regulation - Right to Rent advice - Human Rights issues - Equality Act issues Housing Management Policy Advice - Drafting and advising on new forms of tenancy & licence agreement - Rent setting advice including advice on implementation of Government rent control - Policy drafting, approval and annual health checks - Advice on procedures - this may include drafting all or part of a procedure Lot 3: Corporate and Finance Lot 3 - Corporate & Finance, items include: - Mergers & acquisitions - Acquisitions and disposals - Joint ventures - Corporate finance - Financial services regulation - Corporate insolvency law - Constitutional issues - Treasury (debt finance, listed securities, bonds) - Banking and finance including the raising of bank funding, capital markets issuance and hedging arrangements - Development draw down funding - Corporate governance - New business opportunities - Amalgamations and restructuring - Stock transfers - Taxation advice - Charity law - Co-operative & Community Benefit societies law - Constitutional reviews - Board member powers and responsibilities - Company secretarial - Corporate Policies and Procedures - Debt recovery - Grant applications e.g. Big Lottery funding - Fund Management - Establishment of investment fund platforms both on and off shore with particular regard to: - Structuring; - Preparation of detailed heads of terms; - Preparation of legal documentation; - Negotiation of legal documentation; - Ancillary documentation and project management - FCA and financial regulatory support - Agency and distribution - Commercial contracts - Commercial disputes - Competition law - Contract advice or drafting - eCommerce - Intellectual Property Rights & Trademarks - Public infrastructure regulation including UK/EU regulation applicable to energy, water, transport and telecommunication industries or any other infrastructure industry - Public Procurement (including telecoms & IT, contracts and licenses) - IT and information law including system maintenance & support agreements, defamation and the internet, and intellectual property - Procurement law - Regulatory law - Environmental law - Pensions - Data protection and freedom of information Lot 4: Employment Lot 4 Employment items include: - Employment law (contracts and policies) - Equal opportunities - Equality & discrimination - Employee relations - Equal pay - TUPE - Tribunals - Grievances and disputes - Health & safety (employees) - Organisational change/change management - Outsourcing/contracting out