Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 31/03/2020

External Reference: 2020-548578

TED Reference: 2020/S 067-160624

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

National Savings and Investments
1 Drummond Gate
London
SW1V 2QX
UK
Contact person: Jamie Thomas
Telephone: +44 07973732327
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.nsandi.com

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5)

Main activity

Economic and financial affairs

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

External Legal Advice and Support to National Savings and Investments (NS&I)
Reference number:  1584
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

79111000  -  Legal advisory services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

The provision of external legal advice and support services, to include:
a) Legal advice to support the ongoing needs of the business at the point of need. This will include, but may not be limited to, ongoing advice to manage the BPO Agreement currently with Atos IT Services UK Ltd., and specialist legal advice on matters such as Procurement, Contract Management and Contractual Change, Retail, B2B services, Data Protection, Security and Risk Management.
b) Strategic advice to support NS&I’s longer term business planning. This will include, but may not be limited to, future procurement for the delivery of outsourced elements of the business from 2024, and health checking any future plans NS&I has around business growth and development.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  3500000.00  GBP
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

79140000  -  Legal advisory and information services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

Main site or place of performance:  
LONDON
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The provision of external legal advice and support services, to include:
a) Legal advice to support the ongoing needs of the business at the point of need. This will include, but may not be limited to, ongoing advice to manage the BPO Agreement currently with Atos IT Services UK Ltd., and specialist legal advice on matters such as Procurement, Contract Management and Contractual Change, Retail, B2B services, Data Protection, Security and Risk Management.
b) Strategic advice to support NS&I’s longer term business planning. This will include, but may not be limited to, future procurement for the delivery of outsourced elements of the business from 2024, and health checking any future plans NS&I has around business growth and development.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality of Legal Solution  /  Weighting:  12.50
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Resource Formation and Assignment  /  Weighting:  7.50
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Cost Optimisation  /  Weighting:  5
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality of Knowledge and Knowledge Retention  /  Weighting:  5
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Social Value: Living Wage  /  Weighting:  5
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Social Value: Corporate Social Responsibility  /  Weighting:  5
Price  -  Weighting:  60
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

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Restricted procedure
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : yes
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S: 2019/S 238-584199

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: External Legal Advice and Support to National Savings and Investments (NS&I)

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

30/03/2020
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  5
Number of tenders received from SMEs:  0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States:  0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States:  0
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Bevan Brittan LLP
OC309219
Kings Orchard, 1 Queen Street
Bristol
BS2 0HQ
UK
Telephone: +44 3701943093
Internet address: http://bevanbrittan.com

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

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

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:  3500000.00  GBP
Total value of the contract/lot:  3500000.00  GBP

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court of England and Wales
Royal Courts of Justice, Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK