Banking and investment services

Description

Crown Commercial Service as the contracting authority has put in place a pan government Framework Agreement for use by UK public sector bodies which include Central Government Departments and their Arm's Length Bodies and Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies and Local Authorities. The above contracting authority(s) have a need for Corporate Finance Services (CFS). The Services are sub-divided into 7 Lots, namely: Lot 1: General corporate finance advice, separate to any transaction execution; Lot 2: Advice on and execution of specific corporate transactions (typically referred to as mergers and acquisitions, or M&A); Lot 3: Advice on and execution of specific equity or equity related capital markets transactions (typically referred to as equity capital markets, or ECM); Lot 4: Advice on and execution of specific debt capital markets transactions (typically referred to as debt capital markets, or DCM); Lot 5: Specialist retail offer advice and execution in relation to specific capital markets transactions; Lot 6: Specialist corporate finance advice in relation to the infrastructure sector; Lot 7: Specialist corporate finance advice in relation to portfolios of, or discrete, financial assets. These Lots represent the various roles that Contracting Bodies may choose to appoint 1 or more Supplier to fulfil their requirements, at call-off stage under the CFS Framework. Each Lot sets out the scope of work that a Supplier may be required to undertake under each lot, split between the mandatory services that a Supplier is expected to be able to undertake.