Nursing and Midwifery Council is using Delta eSourcing to run this tender exercise
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| Title: | RT344 Legal Services: Lot 2 - General legal services |
| Type: | SQ |
| Authority: | Nursing and Midwifery Council |
| Opening Date: | 12/09/2014 15:45 |
| Closing Date: | 13/10/2014 13:00 |
| Description: | The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom.The NMC is established and governed by the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001. It is a charity registered in England and Wales (number 1091434) and in Scotland (number SC038362).The NMC’s charitable objective is to safeguard the health and wellbeing of patients and the public. Its regulatory functions are to:•set and maintain standards of education, training, conduct and performance for nurses and midwives;•maintain a register of nurses and midwives who are permitted to practise in the United Kingdom;•take action where a nurse’s or midwife’s fitness to practise is called into question.The NMC is funded by registration fees paid by nurses and midwives and has an annual turnover of around £65 million. It employs around 600 staff at four locations, three in London and one in Edinburgh.The NMC wishes to appoint providers of legal services for one or more of the following Lots and bidders may bid for one or both Lots.Lot 1 - Regulatory legal servicesLot 2 - General legal servicesThe NMC is intending through this procurement process to enter into contracts with up to 2 firms per Lot, which shall together constitute its panel for the provision of legal services. The NMC does not commit to exclusive use of the resulting panel, but anticipates that the panel will be used for the majority of its external legal services requirements.Work will be allocated to each appointed panel firm by the instructing officer at the NMC depending on the nature of NMC’s requirements and the capabilities of and value offered by the relevant firms. The NMC will not commit to any minimum spend with each panel firm. If your organisation bids for both Lots, please make sure that you complete a questionnaire for each Lot. The answers to the Generic Questions should be the same for BOTH Lots. Please read this document carefully before you respond to the PQQ. Bidders must: •Complete all questions in the online questionnaire in plain English.•If any of the questions do not apply to your company, please mark them as N/A.•If you do not know the answer please mark as Not known. |
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