Request for Tender for the provision of Operational Legal Services to Health Services Executive

The Office of Government Procurement

This public procurement competition (‘Competition’) relates to the provision of Operational Legal Services to the Health Service Executive (HSE) including Community Health Offices and Hospitals including Voluntary Hospitals (‘Framework Agreement’). The Framework Agreement has been structured in such a way that it contains seven (7) separate framework lots (each a ‘Framework Lot’). Lots 1 to 7 represent separate geographical areas to which a range of operational legal services will be delivered. The purpose of this Competition is to establish a number of single supplier operator Frameworks with a maximum number of seven (7) framework members (‘Framework Member’) across the Framework Lots 1 to 7 to provide the Services.
Further details relating to the requirements are set out at Appendix 1, Requirements and Specification.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-01-20. The procurement was published on 2015-12-16.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2015-12-16 Contract notice
2016-08-05 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2015-12-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Legal services
Quantity or scope: 12 400 000
Total value of the procurement: 12 400 000 💰
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: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: The Office of Government Procurement
Postal address: 3A Mayor Street Upper
Postal code: 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: support@ogp.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 761008000 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-12-16 📅
Submission deadline: 2016-01-20 📅
Publication date: 2015-12-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 246-447453
Refers to notice: 2015/S 038-065008
OJ-S issue: 246
Additional information
As the subject matter of the framework agreement comprises (Annex II B services in accordance with European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/18/EC on the co-ordination of procedures for the award of public works, public supply and public services contracts (the ‘Procurement Directive’), this Competition is not fully subject to the to the full rules of the Procurement Directive.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
This public procurement competition (‘Competition’) relates to the provision of Operational Legal Services to the Health Service Executive (HSE) including Community Health Offices and Hospitals including Voluntary Hospitals (‘Framework Agreement’). The Framework Agreement has been structured in such a way that it contains seven (7) separate framework lots (each a ‘Framework Lot’). Lots 1 to 7 represent separate geographical areas to which a range of operational legal services will be delivered. The purpose of this Competition is to establish a number of single supplier operator Frameworks with a maximum number of seven (7) framework members (‘Framework Member’) across the Framework Lots 1 to 7 to provide the Services.
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Further details relating to the requirements are set out at Appendix 1, Requirements and Specification.
Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Request for Tender for the provision of Operational Legal Services to Health Services Executive
Short description: See lotting details in RFT.
Duration: 036 months
Reference number: PLI056F
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: National.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As described in RFT.
Economic and financial standing: As described in RFT.
Minimum level(s) of standards: As described in RFT.
Technical and professional ability: As described in RFT.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: If applicable will be set out in RFT.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: If applicable will be set out in RFT.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: If applicable will be set out in RFT.
Other particular conditions: As described in RFT.
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
This competition is specific to those that are regulated by the Solicitors Act 1954 (as amended), or in the case of Solicitors from outside the Republic of Ireland, the equivalent legislation, rules or regulations.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff

Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in months: 36
Tender validity period: 090 days
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Tender Operations
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/351 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=95089&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=95089&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2015-02-24 📅
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: PLI056F
Notice number in the OJ S: 2015/S 038-065008

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Central Office of the High Court, Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2015/S 246-447453 (2015-12-16)
Contract award notice (2016-08-05)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Reference number: PL1056F
Short description:
This public procurement competition (‘Competition’) relates to the provision of Operational Legal Services to the Health Service Executive (HSE) including Community Health Offices and Hospitals including Voluntary Hospitals (‘Framework Agreement’). The Framework Agreement has been structured in such a way that it contains seven (7) separate framework lots (each a ‘Framework Lot’). Lots 1 to 7 represent separate geographical areas to which a range of operational legal services will be delivered. The purpose of this Competition is to establish a number of single supplier operator Frameworks with a maximum number of seven (7) framework members (‘Framework Member’) across the Framework Lots 1 to 7 to provide the Services. Further details relating to the requirements are set out at Appendix 1, Requirements and Specification.
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Total value of the procurement: 12 400 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Additional CPV: Legal services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Contact
Internet address: http://www.procurement.ie/ 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-08-05 📅
Publication date: 2016-08-10 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 153-277157
Refers to notice: 2015/S 246-447453
OJ-S issue: 153
Additional information
(‘Framework Agreement’). The Framework Agreement has been structured in such a way that it contains seven (7) separate framework lots (each a ‘Framework Lot’). Lots 1 to 7 represent separate geographical areas to which a range of operational legal services will be delivered. The purpose of this Competition is to establish a number of single supplier operator Frameworks with a maximum number of seven (7) framework members (‘Framework Member’) across the Framework Lots 1 to 7 to provide the Services.
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Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): B1. quality of the relevant experience of the firm
Quality criterion (weighting): 160
Quality criterion (name): B2. quality of approach and methodology to service delivery
B3. quality of proposals for continuous improvement
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Quality criterion (name): B4. quality and relevance of the team
Quality criterion (weighting): 150
Quality criterion (name): B5. quality of approach to contract management
B6. quality of proposals for added value
Quality criterion (weighting): 30
Cost criterion: Cost
Cost weighting: 300

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2016-03-31 📅

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a

Complementary information
Review body
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Information about review deadlines: Please consult your own legal advisors.
Source: OJS 2016/S 153-277157 (2016-08-05)