Single Party Framework Agreement For The Provision Of Legal Services

Grangegorman Development Agency

The Grangegorman Development Authority (GDA) is a statutory agency established in 2006 to redevelop the Grangegorman site in Dublin city centre. The challenge is to plan for and implement a complex, multi-phased development that provides:
— a high quality area with physical linkages to Smithfield, Phibsborough, Prussia Street, and the City Centre,
— new health care facilities for the Health Service Executive (HSE),
— new urban campus for Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT),
— new arts, cultural, recreational and public spaces to serve the community and the city,
— primary school, public library and children’s play spaces, and
— complementary mixed-use development.
As a statutory agency, the GDA currently requires legal services across the range of its core and non-core functions. In this regard, the GDA is establishing a single party framework agreement, the successful member of which will assume responsibility for providing advice and guidance concerning decision making, statutory interpretation and the drafting of processes, policies and rules. It is anticipated that required support will fall within the following general categories:
— Corporate law,
— Contract law,
— Employment law,
— Construction law,
— Conveyance/land transfer,
— Legal representation services,
— Dispute resolution,
— Insurance advice,
— Procurement law,
— Property law,
— Public private partnership advice,
— Taxation advice.
It is imperative that the successful framework member is fully capable of providing a service of the highest quality across all of the areas outlined above.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=338452.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-12-05. The procurement was published on 2011-11-15.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2011-11-15 Contract notice
Contract notice (2011-11-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: legal services
Quantity or scope:
A single-party framework for legal services under various disciplines for 5 years.600 0001 000 000
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Legal services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Grangegorman Development Agency
Postal address: Former Nurses Training Centre, St. Brendan's Hospital, Grangegorman
Postal code: 7
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ggda.ie 🌏
E-mail: procurement@ggda.ie 📧

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-11-15 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-12-05 📅
Publication date: 2011-11-17 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 221-359647
Refers to notice: 2011/S 134-222939
OJ-S issue: 221
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on www.etenders.gov.ie in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on this website, registration for which is free of charge. The GDA will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties. 2) This is the sole call for competition for this service. 3) The GDA will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers. 4) The establishment the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. 5) If, for any reason, it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if, having concluded the framework agreement, the contracting authority terminates the agreement; the contracting authority reserves the right to admit at any time during the tender validity period the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis of the same terms as tendered by that party. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion. 7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement at any time. 8) As a the subject matter of this framework agreement is a non-priority (Annex IIB) service, the establishment of this framework is not subject to the provisions of Directive 2004/18/EC with regard to the choice of procedure or the specified timescales. Therefore, the GDA reserves the right to employ the negotiated procedure provided for in the aforementioned Directive in order to establish this framework. Under this procedure, the GDA is availing of proportionate timescales chosen by the GDA. 9) This notice is being published on a voluntary basis. (ET Ref:338452).
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 600 000 💰
800 000 💰
Short description:
The Grangegorman Development Authority (GDA) is a statutory agency established in 2006 to redevelop the Grangegorman site in Dublin city centre. The challenge is to plan for and implement a complex, multi-phased development that provides:
— a high quality area with physical linkages to Smithfield, Phibsborough, Prussia Street, and the City Centre,
— new health care facilities for the Health Service Executive (HSE),
— new urban campus for Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT),
— new arts, cultural, recreational and public spaces to serve the community and the city,
— primary school, public library and children’s play spaces, and
— complementary mixed-use development.
As a statutory agency, the GDA currently requires legal services across the range of its core and non-core functions. In this regard, the GDA is establishing a single party framework agreement, the successful member of which will assume responsibility for providing advice and guidance concerning decision making, statutory interpretation and the drafting of processes, policies and rules. It is anticipated that required support will fall within the following general categories:
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— Corporate law,
— Contract law,
— Employment law,
— Construction law,
— Conveyance/land transfer,
— Legal representation services,
— Dispute resolution,
— Insurance advice,
— Procurement law,
— Property law,
— Public private partnership advice,
— Taxation advice.
It is imperative that the successful framework member is fully capable of providing a service of the highest quality across all of the areas outlined above.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=338452.
Quantity or scope:
A single-party framework for legal services under various disciplines for 5 years.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 000 000 💰
Duration: 60 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Grangegorman, Dublin 7.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
Please see Pre-Qualification Questionnaire available to download from the Irish Government Public Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie).
Economic and financial standing:
Please see Pre-Qualification Questionnaire available to download from the Irish Government Public Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie).
Minimum level(s) of standards:
Please see Pre-Qualification Questionnaire available to download from the Irish Government Public Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie).
Technical and professional ability:
Please see Pre-Qualification Questionnaire available to download from the Irish Government Public Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie).
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: To be agreed at the time of establishing the framework agreement.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
If the Candidate is a consortium or grouping of members, the Candidate must specify the commercial and legal relationship amongst its members and any agreements giving effect to same. The GDA reserves the right to request copies of any such agreements.
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The GDA reserves the right, at its absolute discretion, to require the Lead Firm to contract:
— on the basis of joint and several liability with each member of the Candidate executing the contract,
— with a particular single member of the Candidate as the prime contractor, with the other members providing collateral warranties and/or guarantees; or,
— as an incorporated or unincorporated special purpose vehicle, with collateral warranties and/or guarantees from the members of the Candidate.
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
Candidates must be eligible to provide legal services in Ireland under the terms of the Solicitors Act, 1954 (as amended) and relevant EU law.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 5
Justification for framework agreement duration over four years:
As legal services constitute an Annex II B service, the four year limitation in respect of framework agreements does not apply.
Envisaged number of candidates: 6
Objective criteria for selection:
It is envisaged that, subject to the quality and number of Responses received, the top 7 scoring Candidates meeting the minimum criteria and rules for selection will be invited to tender.
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2012-01-10 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Corporate Affairs Manager
Ms. Nora Rahill
Internet address: www.ggda.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA13521 🌏
Name: Available to download from Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal
URL for further information: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for documents: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2011-07-15 📅
Identifiers
Notice number in the OJ S: 2011/S 134-222939
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on www.etenders.gov.ie in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on this website, registration for which is free of charge. The GDA will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
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2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.
3) The GDA will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
4) The establishment the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) If, for any reason, it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if, having concluded the framework agreement, the contracting authority terminates the agreement; the contracting authority reserves the right to admit at any time during the tender validity period the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis of the same terms as tendered by that party. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion.
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7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement at any time.
8) As a the subject matter of this framework agreement is a non-priority (Annex IIB) service, the establishment of this framework is not subject to the provisions of Directive 2004/18/EC with regard to the choice of procedure or the specified timescales. Therefore, the GDA reserves the right to employ the negotiated procedure provided for in the aforementioned Directive in order to establish this framework. Under this procedure, the GDA is availing of proportionate timescales chosen by the GDA.
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9) This notice is being published on a voluntary basis.
(ET Ref:338452).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Information about review deadlines: As per S.I. 130 of 2010.
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The Courts Service
Postal address: 15 / 24 Phoenix Street, North Smithfield
Fax: +353 18735242 📠
Source: OJS 2011/S 221-359647 (2011-11-15)
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