Request for Tenders for the Provision of Primary Legislative Drafting Services for Private Members

Houses of the Oireachtas Service

The scope of requirements is as follows: to create a framework agreement for access to drafters to provide a private members' Bill drafting service โ€” or primary legislative drafting for private members (i.e., members who are not Ministers). The intention is to provide a resource of three drafters (service providers) who will operate in rotation (subject to satisfactorily meeting Qualification and Award Criteria), to be availed of by private members for the drafting of primary legislation, or Bills, in accordance with those members' parliamentary and Constitutional prerogatives. A similar framework agreement has been in operation since 2012.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-01-19. The procurement was published on 2014-12-16.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2014-12-16 Contract notice
2015-03-04 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2014-12-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Executive and legislative services
Quantity or scope:
The scope of requirements is as follows: to create a framework agreement for access to drafters to provide a private members' Bill drafting service โ€” or primary legislative drafting for private members (i.e., members who are not Ministers). The intention is to provide a resource of three drafters (service providers) who will operate in rotation (subject to satisfactorily meeting Qualification and Award Criteria), to be availed of by private members for the drafting of primary legislation, or Bills, in accordance with those members' parliamentary and Constitutional prerogatives. A similar framework agreement has been in operation since 2012.
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Total value of the procurement: 165 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Executive and legislative services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Other
Awarding authority name: Houses of the Oireachtas Service
Postal address: Leinster House, Kildare Street
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.oireachtas.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: tenders@oireachtas.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 16183636 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 16184305 ๐Ÿ“ 

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-12-16 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2015-01-19 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2014-12-19 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 245-432296
OJ-S issue: 245
Additional information
As set out in RFT.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The scope of requirements is as follows: to create a framework agreement for access to drafters to provide a private members' Bill drafting service โ€” or primary legislative drafting for private members (i.e., members who are not Ministers). The intention is to provide a resource of three drafters (service providers) who will operate in rotation (subject to satisfactorily meeting Qualification and Award Criteria), to be availed of by private members for the drafting of primary legislation, or Bills, in accordance with those members' parliamentary and Constitutional prerogatives. A similar framework agreement has been in operation since 2012.
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Reference number: 2014/1036
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 2.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As set out in RFT.
Economic and financial standing: As set out in RFT.
Minimum level(s) of standards: As set out in RFT.
Technical and professional ability: As set out in RFT.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: As set out in RFT.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As set out in RFT.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: As set out in RFT.

Procedure
Number of operators of the framework agreement: 3
Duration of the framework agreement in months: 36
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Irish ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Other type of contracting authority: Other
Contact
Contact point: Breda O'Mahony
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1166 ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=83471&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=83471&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Start date: 2014-02-03 ๐Ÿ“…
End date: 2018-02-02 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 2014/1036

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 1
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Fax: +353 18886125 ๐Ÿ“ 
Source: OJS 2014/S 245-432296 (2014-12-16)
Contract award notice (2015-03-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 135 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-03-04 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2015-03-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 046-079554
Refers to notice: 2014/S 245-432296
OJ-S issue: 46

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. 1) Understanding the Requirements (375)
2. 2) Contract Management/ Service Delivery (125)
3. 3) Cost (500)

Award of contract

1๏ธโƒฃ
Date of contract conclusion: 2015-01-29 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Brian Hunt Legislative Drafting
Postal address: The Mews, Rocky Valley Drive, Kilmacanogue, Co Wicklow
Postal town: Bray
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: brianhuntdrafting@aol.com ๐Ÿ“ง

2๏ธโƒฃ
Name: Law Library
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 1
E-mail: david.dodd@fourcourts.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: 6862914M
Source: OJS 2015/S 046-079554 (2015-03-04)