Sport England selects nine for £2.5m legal services panel
Sport England has appointed nine providers to a legal services panel estimated to be worth £2.5m over four years.
The £2,546,000 contract is split into three lots.
Lot 1 involves general legal services relating to: Commercial Law; Contract Law; Constitutional Structures and Powers; Employment Law; Information Law (including Data Protection and Freedom of Information); Insolvency Law; Intellectual Property; Litigation; Procurement and EU Regulations; Planning Law; Property and Construction Law; Property Litigation; Public Law and General Policy; State Aid/ Competition Law; and Tax including VAT.
The largest lot with a value of £1,527,600, it was awarded to Burges Salmon, Fieldfisher, Mills and Reeve and TLT.
Lot 2 was awarded to firms with administrative law and national lottery specialisms. This includes matters relating to: Administrative Law; Corporate Governance; National Lottery Act; and Public Law and Policy
Valued at £636,500, this lot was awarded to Browne Jacobson, Burges Salmon, Hogan Lovells and RPC Consulting.
Lot 3 was awarded to firms with sports law specialisms, including matters relating to: Athletes Rights and Conduct; Athlete Endorsements, Image Rights; Bidding and Hosting Major Sports Events; Regulatory and Disciplinary (Anti-Doping, Anti-Corruption etc.); Sports Sponsorship (incl. Value-in-Kind); Sport High Performance; and Research in sports science, medicine, research & innovation
This lot was valued at £381,900 and awarded to Muckle, and Sheridans Solicitors.
The proposed framework contract will initially be for a period of three years, with an option to extend it for an additional one-year period (i.e. total length of up to four years).
The award criteria for each lot were the same. The criteria weighted 'Price' at 30%, 'Provision of Legal Services' at 20%, 'Understanding of Sport England - Environments and Expertise Experience' at 20%, 'Understanding of Sport England & UK Sport - Examples of Work Leads Influence at Senior Level' at 15%, 'Skills Transfer & Access to Resources' at 10% and 'Quality of Reporting' at 5%.
Adam Carey