Framework Agreement for the provision of Legal Services

Establishment of Legal Services 2023 Framework Agreement. Requires all awarded suppliers to be able to cover all mandatory specialisms of law as outlined below to the required standard: - Corporate - Healthcare including Mental Health Law - Commercial - Employment - Real Estate and Property Law - Cyber, Data Protection and Information Law - Finance - Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)

There are, in addition, a number of specialist areas of law which are deemed optional, please see below: - Procurement - Intellectual Property, IT, Telecoms, Media and eCommerce Law - International Law - Tax - Mergers & Acquisitions - Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Arbitration and Investigations - Education - Public Sector Law - Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) and Public Private Partnerships (PPP) - Immigration - Social Care - Child law - Charities Law Which suppliers will be able to provide under the Framework Agreement providing they meet the minimum capability score.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS/ACTIVITY BASED INCOME (ABI) The terms and conditions of this frameworkagreement and any resulting call-off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisionsrequiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of thisframework agreement, The management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure andassociated documentation,as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE.SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND PROCUREMENT INFORMATION This exercise will beconducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions ofinterest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Log into theportal with username/password. Click the SQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the SQs/ITTs opento any registered supplier. Click on the relevant SQ/ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interestbutton at the top of the page. This will move the SQ/ITT into your My SQs/My ITTs page. You can access anyattachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the SQ/ITT Details box. Follow the on screen instructions tocomplete the SQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If yourequire any further advice, contact the Bravo e-Tendering Help Desk at [email protected]. Sid4GovHTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov athttps://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile forpublication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date.Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at [email protected] note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the SQ on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates mustcomplete the Qualification & Technical Envelopes of the SQ in Bravo in full.

Additional information: HTE is acting on behalf of MSE, a central purchasing body. Notwithstanding HTE's relationship with MSE, it is HTE who is conducting this tender exercise and MSE will execute the resultant framework agreement with successful bidders. The bodies to whom the use of this framework agreement will be open include all contracting authorities in the UK as defined in Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as may be updated from time to time. In particular, the entities in the UK (particularly those of a health and/or social care nature) listed in the downloadable spreadsheet of the following weblink are envisaged as framework agreement users: Public sector classification guide and forward work plan - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk). This list includes each organisation's successors and assigns, any equivalent organisations and associated organisations created due to any organisational changes. This framework agreement will be open to any bodies or organisations operating in the UK of a health, and/or social care nature or which have a similar procurement need, and/or any UK based central government authority listed at Annex I of Directive 2014/24/EU, in respect of any goods or services to any of the above listed organisations.