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contracts from government departments, local councils, and other public bodies.
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The Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) has a project to replace both SAN's in Edinburgh and Oban as the current Dell EMC VNX5300's reach end of life and support on 31 December 2020 with a like for like replacement. In addition there are two Fibre switches currently in use at each site that are no longer under support due to their age. This equipment is critical to the running of the NLB's network infrastructure and their replacement must be carried out with the utmost speed. The NLB use VMware and host virtual servers disks on the datastores on these SAN's. These virtual servers encompass Email, Document Management, Database and Application Servers as well as our Citrix servers that are used for remote acess to data and applications. These servers are critical to the day to day operation of the NLB network. Data migration from the current VNX5300's to the new SAN's is also required.
NLB wish to appoint a Legal Services Provider for services to support the Procurement process, contract award and contract delivery activties to replace NLV Pole Star with a replacement vessel.
The Procurement activity will follow the Governments approval process "Green Book". NLB also have a requirement for Procurement Assurance Advice as part of the process that will be completed with the Department for Transport. NLB follow the UK Procurement Regulations and will complete a Commercial Assurance Framework with the DfT for each stage of the Procurement Process. Assurance will be required for each stage of the Outsourcing Playbook version 2 dated June 2020.
The requirement will be for Legal support and advice from December 2020 to the completion of the ship
build in 2024 and for the warranty period after the build, expected to be for one year therefore 2025.
It is important for NLB to appoint a contractor who can demonstrate previous experience covering the Green Book and the Outsourcing Playbook in additon to the following key aspects
1. Consideration and support on all contract matters
2. Assistance with the preparation of the tender documents and subsequent award agreement
3. Terms and Conditions - knowledge and experience of BIMCO for shipbuilding.
4. Insurance, required by NLB and the successful yard, in addition to their supply chain (as appropriate)
5. Risk - what should be retained by the letting authority, what can be passed to the successful yard. In addition to legal advice relating to any potential risk transfer options.
6. Contract Law - English and Scottish
7. EU Law (including the resolution of Brexit conglicts and clarifications).
8. Public Sector Procurement Law
9. Experience and Knowledge of Maritime ship building contract and dispute resolution
10. Health and Safety Law associated with Ship building.
11. Dispute Resolution - Impact within the ITT Documents including the various contractual interfaces
12. Environmental Law
13. Arbitration Services
14. Contract negotiation services
15. Letter of Assurance for the Procurement process to the effect that NLB have an effective contract, mitigated risk and identified residual risk.
Route to market is unclear at this stage, a PIN has been advertised within the European Market at the start of October 2020 to notify the market of NLB requirements. The actual notice maybe placed outwith this market and following World Trade Organisation instead. Knowledge of these options and the provisiono of best legal advice and direction will be required.
The successful contractor will be required to provide support to NLB at various stages of the Assurance process, this may also include attending the Commercial Assurance Board (CAB) meetings to provide support. Timelines for the process are detailed in table 1.
To provide a supplementary enforcement service to the council to tackle environmental issues such as littering and dog fouling but with a scope to potentially increase this to other offences in the future. The contract shall commence on 1st April 2021 and terminate on 31st March 2024. The council may extend the opportunity for a further 2 years. The tenderer/s who submits the Most Economically Advantageous Tender, (MEAT) will be awarded the contract. Expressions of Interest and Invitation to Tender (I.T.T.) must be submitted / uploaded on the Council's e-tendering portal. The closing date for submission of Expressions of Interest and the closing date for the I.T.T. is 7th December 2020 at 09:00.
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One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Litres (120,000) - Marine Gas Oil - Conforming to ISO 8217 DMA with a maximum sulphur content of 0.1%
To be delivered to vessel NLV Pharos in Leith Docks on Wednesday 23rd December 2020 at 0900 Hours.
Supplier to provide a sample and delivery note containing all relevant information before pumping commences in compliance with Marpol Annex VI Regulations.
Vessel IMO No. 9338606
Please provide prices by 12pm today,
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The Salvage & Marine Operations (SALMO) Team, part of UK MOD, has a requirement for the supply of Water Safety Equipment to ensure safety requirement of the SALMO operations staff are met.