Legal Services

A Tender Notice
by PLATFORM HOUSING GROUP

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Framework (Services)
Duration
4 year
Value
£22M
Sector
BUSINESS
Published
15 Apr 2021
Delivery
To 05 May 2025 (est.)
Deadline
26 May 2021 11:00

Concepts

Location

West Midlands England: WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

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 Division

1 Property
  • Value: £12M

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)

Award Criteria
Quality/Service 80
Cost 20
2 Housing and Asset Management
  • Value: £2M

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

Award Criteria
Quality/Service 80
price 20
3 Corporate and Finance
  • Value: £6M

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

Award Criteria
Quality/Service 80
Price 20
4 Employment
  • Value: £2M

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

Award Criteria
Quality/Services 80
price 20

CPV Codes

  • 79100000 - Legal services
  • 79112000 - Legal representation services

Indicators

  • Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.
  • This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
  • Renewals are not available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. Access codes for Lots... Lot 1: 67E2ZGN77E Lot 2: 93S8UED6H4 Lot 3: 8T6BD6BF59 Lot 4: 9R3G8Z86CT To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=584681962 GO Reference: GO-2021415-PRO-18083592

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