NS&I appoints Bevan Brittan to £3.5m legal advice contract

NS&I said the advice and support services would include:

(a) Legal advice to support the ongoing needs of the business at the point of need. “This will include, but may not be limited to, ongoing advice to manage the BPO agreement currently with Atos IT Services UK Ltd, and specialist legal advice on matters such as procurement, contract management and contractual change, Retail, B2B services, data protection, security and risk management.”

(b) Strategic advice to support NS&I’s longer term business planning. “This will include, but may not be limited to, future procurement for the delivery of outsourced elements of the business from 2024, and health checking any future plans NS&I has around business growth and development.”

The contract was awarded on the basis of:

• Quality of legal solution (weighting: 12.50).
• Resource formation and assignment (weighting: 7.50).
• Cost optimisation (weighting: 5).
• Quality of knowledge and knowledge retention (weighting: 5).
• Social value: living wage (weighting: 5).
• Social value: corporate social responsibility (weighting: 5).
• Price (weighting: 60).

NS&I said it received five tenders.