LS 2014 - Provision of Legal Services 2014 - 2017

Commission for Aviation Regulation

The Commission for Aviation Regulation ('the Commission') intends to award a contract to provide legal services, in particular services from solicitors with a right of audience before the Courts of Ireland, in support of the Commission's in-house Legal Adviser, primarily in relation to judicial reviews and other proceedings arising from the Commission's economic regulatory decisions and determinations before the Superior Courts of Ireland but also more broadly on the implementation and enforcement of national/EU legislation in the field of travel trade licensing, ground handling, air carrier licensing, air passenger rights enforcement, slot allocation at Irish airports and employment law.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-03-21. The procurement was published on 2014-01-27.

Who?

• Commission for Aviation Regulation

What?

• Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security › Legal services

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2014-01-27	Contract notice

Contract notice (2014-01-27)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Legal services
Quantity or scope:

The total value of the contract is primarily dependnet on the degree of judiical challenges tot eh Commission's work. It is not possibile to precisley forecast this in advance, but it may exceed the current EU threshold for such services contracts of EUR 134 000.134 000

Total value of the procurement: 134 000 💰
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: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: Commission for Aviation Regulation
Postal address: 3rd Floor, Alexandra House, Earlsfort Terrace
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.aviationreg.ie 🌏
E-mail: davidhodnett@aviationreg.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16346855 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-01-27 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-03-21 📅
Publication date: 2014-01-29 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 020-031471
OJ-S issue: 20
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=73381&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Quantity or scope:

Duration: 36 months
Reference number: LS 2014
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin, Ireland.

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 a reference from their bank.

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

Technical and professional ability:

(1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3 years.

(2) 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;

(3) Details of organisation structure, manpower levels, software and full range of skills available

Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

Reflecting the fact that the Commission for Aviation Regulation is funded in arrears by levy instalments from specified entities in the Irish aviation sector, the Commission anticipates that tenderers will make provision in their proposals for similar payment by instalment

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

Tenders must be solicitors with a right of appearance before the Courts of Ireland.

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: Solicitors with a right of audience before the Courts of Ireland
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in months: 36
Tender validity period: 3 months
Tender opening date: 2014-03-21 📅
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Relevant Experience (40)
2. Total Cost (35)
3. Service Management (25)
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Conditions for opening tenders
Address: Comission for Aviation Regulation, earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2.

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Legal Adviser
David Hodnett

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: LS 2014

Complementary information
Recurrent procurement
January 2017
Source: OJS 2014/S 020-031471 (2014-01-27)

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