Legal Services Framework

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  "tender": {
    "description": "National Energy System Operator (NESO) is awarding a framework agreement under competitive flexible procedure across a full range of legal services to support NESO\u0027s requirements and activities.\nSuppliers will partner with the internal NESO Legal team to provide high quality advice and support NESO to meet its objectives.\nThe framework agreement is split into 2 Lots and amounts to \u00a330.5m (including VAT):\nLOT 1 - Energy Regulation \u0026 Frameworks\nAdvising on all aspects of the United Kingdom (UK) and, where relevant, European Union (EU) regulatory regimes and frameworks for gas and electricity, including sector-specific European legislation and rules (where relevant) and Great Britain (GB) primary and secondary legislation that impacts on or are relevant to the business activities of NESO (licensed and unlicensed). This includes:\n1. Advising on the specific rules applicable to NESO, as well as on the regimes applicable to other sector participants including transmission networks, distribution networks, interconnectors, generators, storage and suppliers as are or may be relevant to NESO\u0027s activities.\n2. Advising on matters relating to the interaction of the UK and EU regulatory regimes with the gas and electricity arrangements, including relationships with European institutions such as ENTSO-E and ENTSOG.\n3. Advising on any innovation matters that arise as the gas and electricity markets and regulatory regimes develop.\n4. Advising on all matters relating to the compliance with the UK and EU regulatory regimes for electricity and gas and how they impact on all the activities of NESO in Great Britain, including the impact on contractual arrangements NESO has with third parties.\n5. Advising on the specific legal framework applicable to NESO as the designated independent system operator and planner under the Energy Act 2023 including:\n5.1 Advising on the application of NESO\u0027s general statutory duties to its activities, including its duty to have regard to the Strategy and Policy Statement.\n5.2 Advising NESO on the use of its power to request information.\n5.3 Advising on NESO\u0027s independence requirements and requirements relating to conflict of interest.\n6. Advising on the sector specific commercial arrangements relevant to NESO\u0027s energy activities, as set out in further detail below.\nMore specific areas within Lot 1 are detailed below - no subcontracting is allowed cross Lot 1 disciplines:\n1 Electricity/ gas codes\n2 Electricity connections\n3 Balancing services (electricity)\n4 Electricity interconnectors\n5 Electricity Market Reform\n6 Network competition\n7 Gas markets\n8 Developing/adapting to new energy legal frameworks\n9 Licence change, investigations and other regulatory issues\n10 Public Investigation and inquiry processes\n11 Planning and major infrastructure projects\n12 Information management (energy)\n13 Public Law (energy)\n14 Competition law and dawn raids (energy)\n15 Litigation (energy)\nThe requirements for advice and support set out in this Lot 1 relate to both non-contentious and contentious matters unless expressly stated otherwise.\nLOT 2 - GENERAL SERVICES\nThis lot includes advising NESO on all corporate and commercial aspects of its operations to support its organisational functions, taking into account NESO\u0027s status as a public corporation.\nMore specific areas within Lot 1 are detailed below -subcontracting permitted only for specific Lot 2 disciplines (Trademark \u0026 Patent Services, Pensions, and Insurance):\n1 General commercial and transactions\n2 Public procurement\n3 Technology expertise (including Cyber Security, AI, ICT \u0026 IoT)\n4 Innovation\n5 Commercial property/ construction\n6 Corporate\n7 Finance\n8 Intellectual Property (including trademark and patent services)\n9 Health, safety and environmental\n10 Employment\n11 Pensions\n12 Insurance (including insurance claims)\n13 Information Management (non-energy)\n14 Public Law (non-energy)\n15 Competition law \u0026 dawn raids (non-energy)\n16 Litigation (non-energy)\nThe requirements for advice and support set out in this Lot 2 relate to both non-contentious and contentious matters unless expressly stated otherwise.\nIndividual workpackages will be awarded to suppliers based on the call-off mechanism detailed in the framework agreement.",
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        "description": "Not published",
        "documentType": "conflictOfInterest",
        "id": "conflictOfInterest"
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      "id": "2023/54",
      "scheme": "UKPGA",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents"
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        "id": "1",
        "status": "complete"
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      {
        "id": "2",
        "status": "complete"
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    "procurementMethod": "open",
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    "status": "complete",
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        "description": "NESO has the right to source Services through this agreement via:\n1. direct award of Services by following the process set out in clause 4.2; or\n2. conduct a mini competition for the Services in accordance with the process set out in clause 4.3\nDirect award of Services will generally apply to Services where the total Charges are expected to be at the Direct Award Threshold (\u00a3215,000 excluding VAT). The Customer may, however, elect to follow the mini-competition process for any award of Services even when total Charges are expected to be below the Direct Award Threshold. \nThe Customer will conduct a mini competition for Services where the total Charges are expected to be in excess of the Direct Award Threshold (\u00a3215,000 excluding VAT), except where urgency makes this impractical in the Customer\u0027s reasonable opinion. \nEach competitive allocation will have its own weighting between  technical, commercial \u0026 social value (wherever applicable), which will be pre-determined by NESO prior to the launch of the competitive event.",
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    "title": "Legal Services Framework"
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}