Request for Tenders to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Legal and Debt Collection Services to Westmeath County Council

The Office of Government Procurement

Request for Tenders to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Legal and Debt Collection Services to Westmeath County Council.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-08-10. The procurement was published on 2015-07-09.

Suppliers

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

Who?

• The Office of Government Procurement

What?

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

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2015-07-09	Contract notice
2016-06-14	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2015-07-09)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Legal services
Quantity or scope:

Request for Tenders to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Legal and Debt Collection Services to Westmeath County Council.

Total value of the procurement: 134 000 💰
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 one or more lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: The Office of Government Procurement
Postal address: Bishop's Square, Redmond's Hill
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.procurement.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: support@ogp.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 761008000 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-07-09 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-08-10 📅
Publication date: 2015-07-14 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 133-245762
Refers to notice: 2015/S 38-065008
OJ-S issue: 133
Additional information

Please refer to the Request for Tender documents available with this competition notice on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT: 97858).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Request for Tenders to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Legal and Debt Collection Services to Westmeath County Council.

Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Lot 1: Core Legal Services
Short description:

Sub Lot 1: Property Based Services. Sub Lot 2: Procurement. Sub Lot 3: Code Enforcement — Planning/Building Control/Fire Safety and Structures.Sub Lot 4: Code Enforcement Environment. Sub Lot 5: Code Enforcement Housing. Sub Lot 6: Code Enforcement Penalty Fines. Sub Lot 7: Code Enforcement General and Other.

Sub Lot 1: Property Based Services.

Sub Lot 2: Procurement.

Sub Lot 3: Code Enforcement — Planning/Building Control/Fire Safety and Structures.

Sub Lot 4: Code Enforcement Environment.

Sub Lot 5: Code Enforcement Housing.

Sub Lot 6: Code Enforcement Penalty Fines.

Sub Lot 7: Code Enforcement General and Other.

Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Lot 2: Specialist Legal Advisory Services
Short description:

These services are furnished to the various sections of Westmeath County Council, as and when required, under the direction of the Chief…

… Executive.— advice in relation to planning legislation,— advice in relation to CPO's and oral hearings,— advice on Public Works Contracts and Tenders,— advice in relation to Procurement Law and in particular Procurement Directives (E.U. & National),— advice on matters under Labour and Employment Law,— advice on criminal prosecution and prosecution of WCC or it employees in terms of Non Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997, or by Health and Safety Authority or the Environmental Protection Agency and others,— checking and sealing of capital works contracts for Housing, Roads and Water Service, Environment and others.

… Executive.

— advice in relation to planning legislation,

— advice in relation to CPO's and oral hearings,

— advice on Public Works Contracts and Tenders,

— advice in relation to Procurement Law and in particular Procurement Directives (E.U. & National),

— advice on matters under Labour and Employment Law,

— advice on criminal prosecution and prosecution of WCC or it employees in terms of Non Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997, or by Health and Safety Authority or the Environmental Protection Agency and others,

— checking and sealing of capital works contracts for Housing, Roads and Water Service, Environment and others.

Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: Lot 3: Debt Collection Services
Short description:

Sub Lot 1: Debt Collection (services normally provided by debt collection agencies or in some cases by solicitors'…

… practices). Sub Lot 2: Financial Recovery and Litigation.

… practices).

Sub Lot 2: Financial Recovery and Litigation.
Number of possible renewals: 2
Time frame for subsequent contracts: 12 months
Duration: 012 months
Reference number: PLI053F

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

Please refer to the Request for Tender documents available with this competition notice on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT: 97858).

Economic and financial standing:

Please refer to the Request for Tender documents available with this competition notice on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT: 97858).

Minimum level(s) of standards:

Please refer to the Request for Tender documents available with this competition notice on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT: 97858).

Technical and professional ability:

Please refer to the Request for Tender documents available with this competition notice on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT: 97858).

Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required:

Please refer to the Request for Tender documents available with this competition notice on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT: 97858).

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

Please refer to the Request for Tender documents available with this competition notice on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT: 97858).

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

Please refer to the Request for Tender documents available with this competition notice on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT: 97858).

Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Maximum number of operators of the framework agreement: 4
Duration of the framework agreement in months: 12
Tender validity period: 006 months
Tender opening date: 2015-08-10 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Westmeath County Council
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=90947&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=90947&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2015-02-24 📅
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: PLI053F
Notice number in the OJ S: 2015/S 38-065008
Source: OJS 2015/S 133-245762 (2015-07-09)

Contract award notice (2016-06-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Reference number: PL1053F
Short description:

Request for Tenders to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Legal & Debt Collection Services to Westmeath County Council.

Total value of the procurement: 134 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Additional CPV: Legal services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: 3A Mayor Street
Postal code: 1

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-06-14 📅
Publication date: 2016-06-17 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 116-205852
Refers to notice: 2015/S 133-245762
OJ-S issue: 116

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Request for Tenders to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the

Provision of Legal & Debt Collection Services to Westmeath County Council.

Sub Lot 1: Property Based Services, Sub Lot 2:

Procurement, Sub Lot 3: Code Enforcement -

Planning/Building Control/Fire Safety & Structures,

Sub Lot 4: Code Enforcement Environment, Sub Lot

5: Code Enforcement Housing, Sub Lot 6: Code

Enforcement Penalty Fines, Sub Lot 7: Code

Enforcement General and Other.

— Advice in relation to planning legislation,

— Advice in relation to CPO's and oral hearings,

— Advice on Public Works Contracts and Tenders,

— Advice in relation to Procurement Law and in particular Procurement Directives (E.U. and National),

— Advice on matters under Labour and Employment Law,

— Advice on criminal prosecution and prosecution of WCC or it employees in terms of Non Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997, or by Health & Safety Authority or the Environmental Protection Agency and others.

— Checking and sealing of capital works contracts for Housing, Roads and Water Service, Environment and others.

Sub Lot 1: Debt Collection (services normally

provided by debt collection agencies or in some

cases by solicitors' practices) Sub Lot 2: Financial

Recovery and Litigation.

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Approach and Methodology to Service Delivery
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Quality criterion (name): Quality and Relevance of Proposed Team
Contract Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 35
Quality criterion (name): Value Added Services
Quality criterion (weighting): 15
Cost criterion: Cost
Cost weighting: 50
Quality criterion (name): Quality & Relevance of Proposed Team
Quality criterion (weighting): 80
Cost weighting: 20

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2016-03-11 📅

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Source: OJS 2016/S 116-205852 (2016-06-14)

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