C20221266 - HR and Employment legal services

Tender description

Ofcom is tendering for UK Employment Law advice and legal services for up to the next five years. The duration of the contract is 3 years, subject to the right of Ofcom (at its sole discretion) to exercise its right to extend the Contract by up to 2 periods of twelve months each. The maximum length of the contract is therefore 5 years. It is expected that the contract will commence around April / May 2023. The requirement is for a framework agreement for legal services to support Ofcom’s People & Transformation team with a variety of activities, which will require specialist employment and immigration law knowledge and advice. We intend to enter a framework agreement with up to three providers. Call-offs will generally be made without reopening competition. If the selected supplier for a particular call-off is unable to fulfil the requirement, we may offer the opportunity to other suppliers on the framework. Alternatively, we may run a mini-competition (for example for a specific project or for legal support over a designated period of time covering a specific work area). Such mini-competitions would be evaluated against the same award criteria that apply to the award of the framework The requirements are likely to cover the following services: A. Simple to complex ER cases, including possible tribunal and/or settlement agreement support. This is likely to cover legal advice, on an on-call and adhoc basis to support with employment law issues, sensitive, complex and, on occasion, rapidly escalating ER cases, up to possible Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal, and will on occasion require our legal services provider to prepare from scratch, or review first draft, letters and correspondence, to employees, their legal advisors and any other parties as needed on a case by case basis. B. Strategic advice to Ofcom People and Transformation Director and senior HR team. This is likely to cover on occasion advice on strategic transformation project