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Contract Award Notice

Legal Services supporting Councils Highway Maintenance and Management contract

  • First published: 24 July 2024
  • Last modified: 24 July 2024
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Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-0483c4
Published by:
Birmingham City Council
Authority ID:
AA22066
Publication date:
24 July 2024
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

Specialist external advocacy, legal advice and support relating to the Councils Highway Maintenance and Management contract

Full notice text

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL

BIRMINGHAM

B47WB

UK

E-mail: cps@birmingham.gov.uk

NUTS: UKG31

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.5) Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Legal Services supporting Councils Highway Maintenance and Management contract

Reference number: P0989_2024-1

II.1.2) Main CPV code

79100000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Specialist external advocacy, legal advice and support relating to the Councils Highway Maintenance and Management contract

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 4 500 000.00  GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKG

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Specialist external advocacy, legal advice and support relating to the Highway Maintenance and Management contract.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

II.2.14) Additional information

This is an award without prior publication due to the circumstances in paragraph b(ii) of Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations (2015) in that in the circumstances for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the Council (the unforeseen litigation), the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with.

Contract duration is for the period of up to 24 months. Thereafter the services will be competitively re-procured.

More info can be found at https://birmingham.cmis.uk.com/birmingham/Decisions/tabid/67/ctl/ViewCMIS_DecisionDetails/mid/391/Id/bbbf18ce-3356-472e-a3cc-1f66db979195/Default.aspx

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition

Justification for selected award procedure:

Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive

Explanation

This is an award without prior publication due to the circumstances in paragraph b(ii) of Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations (2015) in that in the circumstances for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the Council (the unforeseen litigation connected to the DfT's late decision to withdraw PFI credits for the HMMPFI contract and the Council's decision to issue Judicial Review (JR) proceedings on 2 January 2024 ), the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with.

Contract duration is for the period of up to 24 months. Thereafter the services will be competitively re-procured.

More info can be found at https://birmingham.cmis.uk.com/birmingham/Decisions/tabid/67/ctl/ViewCMIS_DecisionDetails/mid/391/Id/bbbf18ce-3356-472e-a3cc-1f66db979195/Default.aspx

IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

Section V: Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

17/07/2024

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

DLA Piper UK LLP

OC307847

160 Aldersgate Street

London

EC1A 4HT

UK

NUTS: UKI

The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: : 4 500 000.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:

(i) legal advice connected to the insurance element of the PFI contract; and

(ii) independent advisor connected to the June 2019 multi-party settlement described in reports attached to https://birmingham.cmis.uk.com/birmingham/Decisions/tabid/67/ctl/ViewCMIS_DecisionDetails/mid/391/Id/bbbf18ce-3356-472e-a3cc-1f66db979195/Default.aspx and representation at board level with BHL.

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Royal Courts of Justice

he High Courts of Justice London

London

UK

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

23/07/2024

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
79100000 Legal services Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
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About the buyer

Main contact:
cps@birmingham.gov.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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