Provision of Legal Services
Framework ceiling £15,200,000 — the most the agreement may spend across all suppliers and call-offs, not a contract value
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Scottish Water is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of a comprehensive range of legal services to support its statutory, operational, regulatory and commercial functions.<br/>The Framework will provide access to specialist legal expertise across four service lots and will support Scottish Water in delivering major capital investment programmes, operational activities, regulatory obligations, governance responsibilities and strategic corporate objectives.
The appointed framework suppliers will be required to provide high-quality legal advice, transactional support, dispute resolution services and representation where required, within a complex and highly regulated public sector environment operating substantially under Scots Law.<br/><br/>The Framework is divided into the following Lots:<br/>Lot 1 – Land and Property Legal Services<br/>Lot 2 – Commercial Legal Services<br/>Lot 3 – Litigation and Employment Legal Services<br/>Lot 4 – Governance, Corporate and Regulatory Legal Services<br/><br/>Framework Duration<br/>The Framework Agreement will be established for an initial period of four (4) years, with the option for Scottish Water, at its sole discretion, to extend the Framework for up to two (2) additional periods of two (2) years, giving a maximum potential term of eight (8) years.<br/><br/>Estimated values are exclusive of payments made to third parties.
What the notice asks for
The Framework will provide access to specialist
The Framework will provide access to specialist legal expertise across four service lots and will support Scottish Water in delivering major capital investment programmes, operational activities, regulatory obligations, governance responsibilities and strategic corporate objectives.
The appointed framework suppliers will be required
The appointed framework suppliers will be required to provide high-quality legal advice, transactional support, dispute resolution services and representation where required, within a complex and highly regulated public sector environment operating substantially under Scots Law.
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What this notice demands of you
1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.
Scottish Water is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of a comprehensive range of legal services to support its statutory, operational, regulatory and commercial functions.<br/>The Framework will provide access to specialist legal expertise across four service lots and will support Scottish Wat…
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