Efficiency North is very pleased to announce a new, exciting and innovative project based upon excellent cross-regional working, which presents a significant opportunity to legal services providers of all sizes.
The E N Procure Legals Framework is a collaborative procurement consisting of three Landlords who are all members of Efficiency North – Berneslai Homes of Barnsley, St Leger Homes of Doncaster and A1 Housing, Bassetlaw. Berneslai Homes will be acting as Contracting Authority.
The procurement process will be hosted using the Supplier Contract Management System which is a procurement portal for Councils within the Yorkshire and Humber region, https://scms.alito.co.uk/ All tender documentation will be distributed and returned via this portal.
The OJEU Notice will be posted week commencing 19th December 2011 with the procurement process taking approximately 18 weeks to complete.
The Framework will have an initial duration of 4 years, with an option to extend beyond this duration, and will consist of two lots which will be open for the use of social landlords and other public sector bodies based within the Yorkshire and Humber and Sheffield City Region.
Using the NEC3 Professional Services Contract the E N Procure Legal Services Framework aims to achieve through the application of a collaborative contracting approach:
- to deliver expenditure and process efficiencies against the annual framework throughput when benchmarked to existing Legal Services procurement arrangements;
- standardised service scoping and procurement call off processes to improve the control and visibility of cost;
- to offer improved certainty in terms of time, quality / performance and cost outcomes;
- to develop through the framework an intelligent cost database, which offers improved visibility of outturn cost.
| Lot 1 – Legal and Property Services | ||
| General Legal Services – Property and Litigation• General litigation service (contract claims, claims in tort etc) • Property law advice; conveyancing • Contract drafting • Construction contracts • Tax liability • Specialist housing issues • Other litigation |
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| General Legal Services – Employment and Pensions • Recruitment • Employment disputes (individual and collective) • Contractual matters (including terms and conditions) • Contractual terminations and dismissals (including redundancy, retirement and compromise) • Employment policies (legal aspects) • Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations; TUPE • Pension matters • Equality and diversity • Employment law, case law, interpretation, application and compliance • Representation at ET, EAT etc • Other employment and pension issues |
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| General Legal Services – Health and Safety • Legal Compliance • H&S law, case law, interpretation • Negligence • Corporate manslaughter • Health and Safety procedures • Representation at ET, county and criminal courts |
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| General Legal Services – Corporate Governance• Regulation issues • Tenant Services Authority Regulation • Financial Services Authority Regulation • Legal advice relative to financial matters • Other corporate and governance issues • Management Agreements • Non executive directors / company remit • Issues around management agreements |
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| General Legal Services – Commercial
• Procurement contracts
• Competition law • Contract issues, including variations, disputes and arbitration • Supplier Issues • Other Commercial • New Build • Raising of private funding • Housing projects • Large scale voluntary transfer • Post self financing models |
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| General Legal Services – Business Restructuring • Subsidiaries • Post self financing • Mergers and acquisitions • Other business models
For further information please email lee.parkinson@effiiciencynorth.org |
