Provision of Legal Services

Descriptions

This notice intends to facilitate early engagement with potential providers to seek the views and opinions of organisations that may be interested in delivering legal services and relates only to a pre-procurement Market Engagement Questionnaire (MEQ).The HCPC are currently developing their service specification, contracting process and commercial model for legal services and intend to commence a procurement process to award renewed contracts to provide the service from 1 April 2021. The new service will be for a period of 4 years, with the option to extend for a further 1 year at the HCPC’s discretion. The estimated costs associated with provision of this service (based on 5 years) are GBP 6 million. HCPC intends to open up their pool of on call legal expertise by structuring their requirement into three lots:Lot 1: Corporate Advice;Lot 2: Regulatory Advice;Lot 3: FTP Case Specific Advice.More detail on the proposed service can be found in the draft service specification.