Provision of Legal Services (Debt Recovery)

Roscommon County Council

This notice for Annex IIB Category No 21 Legal Services is published voluntarily in the OJEU to bring it to the attention of the wider public and possible cross border interest, and is not subject to the timelines applicable to procedures covered by the Directive.
Roscommon County Council acting as the Lead Authority (the “Contracting Authority”) requires the submission of Tenders in respect of the provision of legal services as follows:
— Debt Recovery.
The RFT is to appoint a service provider for the provision of legal services to both Roscommon and Leitrim County Council.
The sucessful service provider will be appointed for a duration of 18 months initially, with the possibility to renew it on the annual basis for an additional twelve (12) months.
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=303672.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-02-14. The procurement was published on 2012-01-04.

Who?

• Roscommon County Council

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2012-01-04	Contract notice

Contract notice (2012-01-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: legal services
Quantity or scope:

For this competition debt recovery includes recovery of payments that is due such as commercial rates, development levies, property entry levies non payment of loans, fire charges litter fines and other miscellaneous income, with proceedings in the various court jurisdictions.50 000150 000

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Legal services 📦

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Regional or local authority
Awarding authority name: Roscommon County Council
Postal address: Courthouse, Co. Roscommon
Postal town: Roscommon
Contact
Internet address: http://www.roscommoncoco.ie 🌏
Phone: +353 906637100 📞
Fax: +353 906637108 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-01-04 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-02-14 📅
Publication date: 2012-01-06 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 3-004856
OJ-S issue: 3
Additional information
(ET Ref:303672).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Roscommon County Council acting as the Lead Authority (the “Contracting Authority”) requires the submission of Tenders in respect of the provision of legal services as follows:

— Debt Recovery.

The RFT is to appoint a service provider for the provision of legal services to both Roscommon and Leitrim County Council.

The sucessful service provider will be appointed for a duration of 18 months initially, with the possibility to renew it on the annual basis for an additional twelve (12) months.

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=303672.

Quantity or scope:

Estimated value excluding VAT: 50 000 💰
150 000 💰
Duration: 18 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: County Leitrim & County Roscommon.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

(1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.

(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process.

(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.

(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession.

(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register.

(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process.

(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevant organisation.

(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law or of the relevant State in which the candidate is established.

(9) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law or of the relevant State in which the economic operator is established.

Economic and financial standing:

(1) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.

Technical and professional ability:

(1) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the contract.

Contract execution
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:

Practising solicitors, legal practices and legal counsel. Details as described in ITT.

Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Tender validity period: 3 months
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Leitrim County Council
Contact
Contact point: Finance
Senior Executive Officer
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01631 🌏
Name: Roscommon County Council
Contact point: Procurement Officer
Fax: +353 6637108 📠
URL for further information: http://www.roscommoncoco.ie 🌏
URL for documents: http://www.roscommoncoco.ie 🌏
Contact point: Corporate Services
URL for participation: http://www.roscommoncoco.ie 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The Chief Registrar, High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 16684341 📞
Source: OJS 2012/S 003-004856 (2012-01-04)

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