Forestry Commission: Forestry Commission - Legal Services

UK-Bristol: Legal services.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       Forestry Commission, United Kingdom
       620 Bristol Business Park, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1EJ, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 3000674059, Email: sam.harris@forestryengland.uk
       Contact: Sam Harris
       Main Address: https://www.forestryengland.uk, Address of the buyer profile: https://www.forestryengland.uk
       NUTS Code: UKK11
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: Yes .

I.3) Communication       
   The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:              
         
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

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:    
   Other activity: Forestry

Section II: Object
      
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
   II.1.1) Title: Forestry Commission - Legal Services    
          Reference number:
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      79100000 - Legal services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      The Forestry Commission has a future opportunity for the provision of Legal Services. The requirement will be for the whole of Forestry Commission, including Forestry England, Forest Services and Forest Research.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 3,000,000 - GBP
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      79100000 - Legal services.          
      79110000 - Legal advisory and representation services.          
      79130000 - Legal documentation and certification services.          
      79140000 - Legal advisory and information services.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UKK11 - Bristol, City of    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      The Forestry Commission (FC) has a future opportunity for the provision of Legal Services. The requirement will be for the whole of FC.
The FC is the caretaker for over 1,500 forests caring for more areas of land than any other organisation in England.
Forestry England operates over 200 sites in England, with third party businesses operating on over 100 of those sites. It is responsible for management of the nation’s forests, for timber, people, and wildlife, while overseeing thousands of tonnes of timber production annually and hosting live music concerts, holiday cabin sites and sports events.
Forest Research is Britain’s principal organisation for forestry related research, internationally renowned for the provision of evidence and scientific services.
Forest Services works to protect and improve England’s woodlands through the provision of expert advice, partnership working, regulation and incentives. Note that Forest Services are externally known as Forestry Commission.    
   II.2.14) Additional information          
      The requirement will mostly regard property and estate management of the public forest estate, property leasing, HR matters, and public liability claims (traffic and third party). Advice on Commercial (including Procurement), Corporate and Public Law may also be required. It is anticipated that this requirement will be published in June 2020    


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         12/06/2020
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - NO

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
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GO-202054-PRO-16489574 TKR-202054-PRO-16489573        

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 04/05/2020