Scottish Water has gone out to tender with three separate legal services frameworks worth an estimated £8. 5 million in total.
The water company is inviting law firms to bid for appointment as legal services framework suppliers to support its in-house legal team which is headed by Emma Campbell, Group Legal Counsel.
The successful firms will be key in helping to deliver £4.5 billion of investment over the next six-years to meet the challenges of maintaining high-quality services for current and future customers while tackling the impacts of climate change and transitioning to net zero emissions.
The three frameworks are as follows:
Commercial Legal Services (£6 million)
The framework will include corporate, commercial, construction, procurement, intellectual property, PFI, technology, and energy and renewables legal services.
Land & Property Legal Services (£1.8 million)
The framework will include: land purchases; deeds of servitude and occupational leases and compulsory purchases; disposals of property including auction sales; voluntary registration; rural and agricultural property advice; renewable energy; statutory vesting of infrastructure; commercial leasing and environmental and planning legal services.
Litigation Services (£700,000)
The framework will include employment, health and safety, and debt recovery litigation and advice and alternative dispute resolution.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 13th January 2021. The submission of pre-qualification questionnaires in January will be followed by the issue of invitations to negotiate to selected bidders with a view to concluding contracts to commence in April 2021. The contracts are intended to run for an initial four years with the option for two extensions of two years each.
Land & Property Legal Services Click here to download tender documentation
Commercial Legal Services Click here to download tender documentation
Litigation Services Click here to download tender documentation
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