Legal Services - Establishment of 5 Single-Party Framework Agreements

Quantity or scope

Establishment of 5 Single-Party Framework Agreements, each lasting up to a maximum of 5 years; subject tosatisfactory performance, budget and other factors.Candidates must be eligible to provide legal services in Ireland under the terms of the Solicitors Act 1954 (as amended) and relevant EU law.This tender is only in respect of legal services in the Republic of Ireland and matters dealt with under Irish law. Legal services in respect of other jurisdictions will be tendered for if and when such services are required.

Additional information

To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this tender, you must register your interest to this tender on the following site: https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=69314&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE

This notice is being published on a voluntary basis in the OJEU as the framework agreement is for a service which is a non-priority service (Annex IIB) and therefore not subject to the full rigours of the public procurement directive (2004/18/EC).

Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (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 the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Tourism Ireland will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.

Candidates must be eligible to provide legal services in Ireland under the terms of the Solicitors Act 1954 (as amended) and relevant EU law.

This tender is only in respect of legal services in the Republic of Ireland and matters dealt with under Irish law. Legal services in respect of other jurisdictions will be tendered for if and when such services are required.

Northern Ireland and Great Britain will be tendered separately.

Tourism Ireland will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.

Establishment of any of the 5 Frameworks will be subject to the approval of competent authorities.

It will be a condition of establishment that tenderers and all sub-contractors produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Irish Revenue Commissioners as part of their application for admission to the framework.

If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, Tourism Ireland reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the framework agreement as appropriate. If, following the conclusion of the competitive process, it is not possible to award the initial contract to the designated successful tenderer; or if having awarded the initial contract Tourism Ireland considers that the successful tenderer has not met its obligations; Tourism Ireland reserves the right to award the initial contract to the framework member with the next highest score on the basis of the original competition and as tendered by that party. This shall be without prejudice to the right of Tourism Ireland to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion.

At its absolute discretion, Tourism Ireland may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement and any contract awarded under the framework at any time.

Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

Please note that Tourism Ireland does not guarantee that the services will be carried out during the lifetime of the Framework Agreement.

One signed original plus two additional hard copies and one soft copy on USB Stick must be delivered by in a sealed envelope/package to the delivery address by the deadline stated in this Contract Notice.

Tourism Ireland cannot accept responsibility for applications that are lost or damaged in the post.

Late applications will not be accepted. Applications by fax or by email will not be accepted.

Tourism Ireland will not be responsible for costs, charges or expenses incurred by participants, whether or not a final contract is awarded.

Tourism Ireland is subject to the provisions of the Code of Practice on Freedom of Information for North South Implementation Bodies and Tourism Ireland.

Award of this contract will be subject to the winning Tenderer's compliance with the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 [if based in NI]

The contract will be subject to Irish law.

Tourism Ireland reserves the right without advance notice (and without giving reasons unless so required by law and without liability to the applicants) to amend or otherwise change the process or to terminate the process. This notice does not represent a commitment to enter into any contract(s).

Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded

Candidates for qualification may include individuals, partnerships, limited companies, groupings or any combination of the foregoing with or without legal personality. However, a grouping if successful will be required to establish legal personality in order to enter the framework agreement or deliver any contract. Candidates are reminded that they may rely on the resources of other entities in order to establish the suitability requirements, on condition that they can prove to the satisfaction of the contracting authority that they will have these resources at their disposal when necessary. If the application is from a consortium / joint venture Candidates are required to provide the information requested below separately for each party. The consortium must appoint a single supplier who will assume overall responsibility for delivery, and who is authorised to sign a contract on behalf of all consortia members. The contracting authority will not act as an arbitrator between members of project consortia.

Objective criteria for selection

The information requested in the Questionnaire is aimed solely at determining the degree to which Candidates meet the financial, economic and technical competency requirements and whether they achieve the scores needed for entry to the tender stage of the competition.