Provision of Legal Services to Tusla (Child and Family Agency)
The Office of Government Procurement on behalf of Tusla (Child & Family Agency)
This competition is being conducted by OGP on behalf of Tusla, Child & Family Agency. This public procurement competition is for the provision of a range of legal services to Tusla. The competition will be divided into twenty two (22) lots with each Lot resulting in a separate contract. In summary, the Services comprise of legal services relating to childcare (including education welfare services), legal services relating to special care, legal services relating to adoption, corporate and commercial legal services, employment law services and management and administration services.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2017-01-10. The procurement was published on 2016-11-29.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
- • Arthur Cox
- • Beauchamps
- • Binchy Solicitors
- • ByrneWallace
- • Comyn Kelleher Tobin
- • Dermot G O'Donovan Solicitors
- • Farrell and Partners Soilicitors
- • Hegarty & Armstrong
- • Keaveny Walsh & Co
- • Mason Hayes & Curran
- • Nolan Farrell & Goff
- • Padhraic Harris & Co
- • Patrick J. Durcan & Co.
- • VP McMullin
- • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security › Legal services
- • Miscellaneous business-related services › Contract administration services
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2016-11-29 | Contract notice |
| 2017-11-29 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2016-11-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Legal services
Reference number: PLI073F
Short description:
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 📦
Additional CPV: Contract administration services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
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 on behalf of Tusla (Child & Family Agency)
Postal address: 3A Mayor Street Upper
Postal code: D01 PF72
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.procurement.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: support@ogp.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +76 1008000 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=105695&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=105695&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-11-29 📅
Submission deadline: 2017-01-10 📅
Publication date: 2016-12-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 232-422780
Refers to notice: 2015/S 250-457915
OJ-S issue: 232
Additional information
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 35 000 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots:
Title of the lot: Lot 1 — Dublin North Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 1
Short description: Dublin North Child Care Legal Services.
Duration: 48 months
Title of the lot: Lot 2 — Dublin North City Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 2
Short description: Dublin North City Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 3 — Dublin South Central Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 3
Short description: Dublin South Central Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 4 — Dublin South East, Wicklow Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 4
Short description: Dublin South East, Wicklow Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 5 — Dublin South West, Kildare, West Wicklow Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 5
Short description: Dublin South West, Kildare, West Wicklow Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 6 — Midlands Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 6
Short description: Midlands Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 7 — Waterford, Wexford Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 7
Short description: Waterford, Wexford Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 8 — Carlow Kilkenny, South Tipperary Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 8
Short description: Carlow Kilkenny, South Tipperary Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 9 — Cork Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 9
Short description: Cork Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 10 — Kerry Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 10
Short description: Kerry Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 11 — Mid West Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 11
Short description: Mid West Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 12 — Galway, Roscommon Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 12
Short description: Galway, Roscommon Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 13 — Mayo Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 13
Short description: Mayo Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 14 — Sligo, Leitrim, West Cavan Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 14
Short description: Sligo, Leitrim, West Cavan Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 15 — Donegal Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 15
Short description: Donegal Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 16 — Cavan, Monaghan Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 16
Short description: Cavan, Monaghan Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 17 — Louth, Meath Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 17
Short description: Louth, Meath Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 18 — Special Care (National)
Lot number: 18
Short description: Special Care (National).
Title of the lot: Lot 19 — Adoption (National)
Lot number: 19
Short description: Adoption (National).
Title of the lot: Lot 20 — Commercial & Corporate Services (National)
Lot number: 20
Short description: Commercial & Corporate Services (National).
Title of the lot: Lot 21 — Employment Law Services (National)
Lot number: 21
Short description: Employment Law Services (National).
Title of the lot: Lot 22 — Management & Administration Services
Lot number: 22
Short description: Management & Administration Services.
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Please refer to geographical areas relevant to each Lot.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
Information about a particular profession: Services
Reference to relevant legislative or regulatory provisions:
Contract performance conditions: If applicable, will be specified in the procurement documents.
Procedure
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 4 months
Tender opening date: 2017-01-10 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Tender Operations
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/351 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=105695&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices: Likely to recur on completion of these Services Contracts.
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Information about review deadlines: Please consult with your own legal advisers.
Source: OJS 2016/S 232-422780 (2016-11-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Legal services
Reference number: PLI073F
Short description:
This competition is being conducted by OGP on behalf of Tusla, Child & Family Agency. This public procurement competition is for the provision of a range of legal services to Tusla. The competition will be divided into twenty two (22) lots with each Lot resulting in a separate contract. In summary, the Services comprise of legal services relating to childcare (including education welfare services), legal services relating to special care, legal services relating to adoption, corporate and commercial legal services, employment law services and management and administration services.
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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 📦
Additional CPV: Contract administration services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
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 on behalf of Tusla (Child & Family Agency)
Postal address: 3A Mayor Street Upper
Postal code: D01 PF72
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.procurement.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: support@ogp.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +76 1008000 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=105695&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=105695&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-11-29 📅
Submission deadline: 2017-01-10 📅
Publication date: 2016-12-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 232-422780
Refers to notice: 2015/S 250-457915
OJ-S issue: 232
Additional information
Parties interested in this competition can access procurement documents by completing the Request for Competition Documents and submitting same to the email address outlined in the form.
A Tenderers Briefing will be conducted at a venue in Dublin on 13th December 2016. Further details are available in the procurement documents.
The Contracting Authority is conducting this Competition by way of open competition. As the subject matter of Lots 1 to 21 comprises Annex XIV services in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement (the ‘Procurement Directive’), Lots 1 to 21 are not subject to the full rules of the Procurement Directive.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 35 000 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots:
(i) Tenderers may submit Tenders in respect of any number of Lots
(ii) For Lots 1-17, Tenderers will only be appointed to a maximum of four (4) Lots
(iii) The Tenderer appointed to Lot 22 cannot be appointed to any other Lot.
Lot number: 1
Short description: Dublin North Child Care Legal Services.
Duration: 48 months
Title of the lot: Lot 2 — Dublin North City Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 2
Short description: Dublin North City Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 3 — Dublin South Central Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 3
Short description: Dublin South Central Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 4 — Dublin South East, Wicklow Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 4
Short description: Dublin South East, Wicklow Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 5 — Dublin South West, Kildare, West Wicklow Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 5
Short description: Dublin South West, Kildare, West Wicklow Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 6 — Midlands Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 6
Short description: Midlands Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 7 — Waterford, Wexford Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 7
Short description: Waterford, Wexford Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 8 — Carlow Kilkenny, South Tipperary Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 8
Short description: Carlow Kilkenny, South Tipperary Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 9 — Cork Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 9
Short description: Cork Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 10 — Kerry Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 10
Short description: Kerry Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 11 — Mid West Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 11
Short description: Mid West Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 12 — Galway, Roscommon Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 12
Short description: Galway, Roscommon Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 13 — Mayo Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 13
Short description: Mayo Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 14 — Sligo, Leitrim, West Cavan Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 14
Short description: Sligo, Leitrim, West Cavan Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 15 — Donegal Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 15
Short description: Donegal Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 16 — Cavan, Monaghan Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 16
Short description: Cavan, Monaghan Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 17 — Louth, Meath Child Care Legal Services
Lot number: 17
Short description: Louth, Meath Child Care Legal Services.
Title of the lot: Lot 18 — Special Care (National)
Lot number: 18
Short description: Special Care (National).
Title of the lot: Lot 19 — Adoption (National)
Lot number: 19
Short description: Adoption (National).
Title of the lot: Lot 20 — Commercial & Corporate Services (National)
Lot number: 20
Short description: Commercial & Corporate Services (National).
Title of the lot: Lot 21 — Employment Law Services (National)
Lot number: 21
Short description: Employment Law Services (National).
Title of the lot: Lot 22 — Management & Administration Services
Lot number: 22
Short description: Management & Administration Services.
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Please refer to geographical areas relevant to each Lot.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
In all cases, selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
Economic operators can access procurement documents by completing the Request for Competition Documents Proforma associated with this notice.
Reference to relevant legislative or regulatory provisions:
For Lots 1 to 21, this contract is reserved for those regulated by Solicitors Act 1954 (as amended), or in the case of Solicitors from outside the Republic of Ireland, the equivalent legislation, rules or regulations.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: If applicable, will be specified in the procurement documents.
Procedure
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 4 months
Tender opening date: 2017-01-10 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Tender Operations
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/351 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=105695&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices: Likely to recur on completion of these Services Contracts.
Parties interested in this competition can access procurement documents by completing the Request for Competition Documents and submitting same to the email address outlined in the form.
A Tenderers Briefing will be conducted at a venue in Dublin on 13th December 2016. Further details are available in the procurement documents.
The Contracting Authority is conducting this Competition by way of open competition. As the subject matter of Lots 1 to 21 comprises Annex XIV services in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement (the ‘Procurement Directive’), Lots 1 to 21 are not subject to the full rules of the Procurement Directive.
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Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Information about review deadlines: Please consult with your own legal advisers.
Source: OJS 2016/S 232-422780 (2016-11-29)
Contract award notice (2017-11-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 35 000 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: The Office of Government Procurement on behalf of Tusla (Child and Family Agency)
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-11-29 📅
Publication date: 2017-12-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 231-482030
Refers to notice: 2016/S 232-422780
OJ-S issue: 231
Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Approach & Methodology to Service Delivery
Quality criterion (weighting): 300
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Proposed Service Delivery Team
Quality criterion (weighting): 350
Quality criterion (name): Value Added Services
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Cost criterion: Cost
Cost weighting: 300
Quality criterion (name): Approach & Methodology to Service Delivery
Proposed Service Delivery Team
Quality of Value Added Services
Quality of Depth, Expertise & Experience of Proposed Service Delivery Team
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Management Reporting Capability
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Cost criterion: Guaranteed Maximum Service Cost
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2017-05-01 📅
2017-08-01 📅
Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 1
Source: OJS 2017/S 231-482030 (2017-11-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 35 000 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: The Office of Government Procurement on behalf of Tusla (Child and Family Agency)
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-11-29 📅
Publication date: 2017-12-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 231-482030
Refers to notice: 2016/S 232-422780
OJ-S issue: 231
Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Approach & Methodology to Service Delivery
Quality criterion (weighting): 300
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Proposed Service Delivery Team
Quality criterion (weighting): 350
Quality criterion (name): Value Added Services
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Cost criterion: Cost
Cost weighting: 300
Quality criterion (name): Approach & Methodology to Service Delivery
Proposed Service Delivery Team
Quality of Value Added Services
Quality of Depth, Expertise & Experience of Proposed Service Delivery Team
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Management Reporting Capability
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Cost criterion: Guaranteed Maximum Service Cost
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2017-05-01 📅
2017-08-01 📅
Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 1
Source: OJS 2017/S 231-482030 (2017-11-29)
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