EirGrid has a requirement for a panel of legal advisors to provide legal advice to certain EirGrid Group companies (as detailed in Part 3 Section 2) for the lots more particularly described below. Candidates are invited to submit a qualification application for inclusion on the tender list for 1 or more or all of the applicable Lots in accordance with this PQQ.
Lot 1 – ROI Full Service Irish Legal Advice
Lot 2 – ROI Legal Process Outsourcing (Irish law)
Lot 3 – NI Full Service Northern Irish Legal Advice
Lot 4 – NI Legal Process Outsourcing (Northern Irish law)
Lot 5 – ROINI commercial, energy and regulation (both Irish and Northern Irish/UK law).
The Framework Agreement period will be for an initial duration of 4 years with the option to extend 1 or more Lots annually for up to an additional 4 years. EirGrid envisages qualifying up to 5 Candidates per Lot from this pre-qualification process, subject to the quality of responses received.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-01-18.
The procurement was published on 2018-12-05.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: EirGrid Group Legal Services Framework
ENQEIR632
Products/services: Legal services📦
Short description:
“EirGrid has a requirement for a panel of legal advisors to provide legal advice to certain EirGrid Group companies (as detailed in Part 3 Section 2) for the...”
Short description
EirGrid has a requirement for a panel of legal advisors to provide legal advice to certain EirGrid Group companies (as detailed in Part 3 Section 2) for the lots more particularly described below. Candidates are invited to submit a qualification application for inclusion on the tender list for 1 or more or all of the applicable Lots in accordance with this PQQ.
Lot 1 – ROI Full Service Irish Legal Advice
Lot 2 – ROI Legal Process Outsourcing (Irish law)
Lot 3 – NI Full Service Northern Irish Legal Advice
Lot 4 – NI Legal Process Outsourcing (Northern Irish law)
Lot 5 – ROINI commercial, energy and regulation (both Irish and Northern Irish/UK law).
The Framework Agreement period will be for an initial duration of 4 years with the option to extend 1 or more Lots annually for up to an additional 4 years. EirGrid envisages qualifying up to 5 Candidates per Lot from this pre-qualification process, subject to the quality of responses received.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 20 000 000 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
General legal advisory services including, but not limited to, the following areas of Irish law:
— environmental and planning, construction and health and safety,
— corporate governance, general corporate and company secretary,
— pensions,
— employment,
— data protection, privacy and Freedom of Information (FOI), and
— property.
This excludes Lot 2 and Lot 5.
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Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 4 800 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
“Please see Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire attached to this notice.” Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
“The Framework Agreement period will be for an initial duration of 4 years with the option to extend 1 or more lots annually for up to an additional 4 years,...”
Description of options
The Framework Agreement period will be for an initial duration of 4 years with the option to extend 1 or more lots annually for up to an additional 4 years, subject always to the satisfactory performance of the members.
2️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: ROI Legal Process Outsourcing (Irish Law)
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.
Description of the procurement:
“Includes services for labour intensive legal tasks including, but not limited to:
— large scale contract and document reviews,
— due diligence,
—...”
Description of the procurement
Includes services for labour intensive legal tasks including, but not limited to:
— large scale contract and document reviews,
— due diligence,
— discovery,
— legal research,
— data protection,
— FOI requests.
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Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 400 000 💰
3️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: NI Full Service Northern Irish Legal Advice
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3
Description
Place of performance: Northern Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Northern Ireland.
Description of the procurement:
“General legal advisory services including, but not limited to, the following areas of Irish law:
— environmental and planning, construction and health and...”
Description of the procurement
General legal advisory services including, but not limited to, the following areas of Irish law:
— environmental and planning, construction and health and safety,
— corporate governance, general corporate and company secretary,
— pensions,
— employment,
— data protection, privacy and Freedom of Information (FOI), and
— property.
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Estimated total value excluding VAT: GBP 4 000 000 💰
4️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: NI Legal Process Outsourcing (Northern Irish law)
Title
Lot Identification Number: 4
Description
Main site or place of performance: Northen Ireland.
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: GBP 400 000 💰
5️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: ROINI Commercial, Energy and Regulation
Title
Lot Identification Number: 5
Description
Main site or place of performance: Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Description of the procurement:
“It is anticipated that the successful Tenderer for Lot 5 will be a law firm:
(i) established in Ireland and in Northern Ireland/the UK; or
(ii) if the law...”
Description of the procurement
It is anticipated that the successful Tenderer for Lot 5 will be a law firm:
(i) established in Ireland and in Northern Ireland/the UK; or
(ii) if the law firm concerned does not have a direct presence in any of those jurisdictions, by a law firm having an association with 1 or more other law firms established in those jurisdictions.
Services include, but not limited to:
— advisory,
— corporate/commercial,
— contractual advice,
— issues/disputes arising.
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Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 4 000 000 💰
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
“Please see Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire attached to this notice”
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“Please see Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire attached to this notice.” Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“Please see Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire attached to this notice.”
Procedure Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 11
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-01-18
12:00 📅
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2019-03-06 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2020-04-11 📅
Complementary information Additional information
“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for...”
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The Contracting Authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.
3) The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate or eTax Clearance from the Revenue Commissioners when requested.
6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next ranked tenderer as appropriate.
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded.
8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words “or equivalent” will always be appended.
9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the Contracting Authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The Contracting Authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The Contracting Authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification on concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The Statutory Instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the reviewable public contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation in this contract.
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Name: Central office of the High Courts (Appeal Section)
Postal address: Ground Floor, East Wing, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏
Source: OJS 2018/S 237-541424 (2018-12-05)
Contract award notice (2020-04-16) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Postal address: Block 2 — The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road, Dublin 4
Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“This tender process is now complete. EirGrid has appointed a panel of legal advisors to provide legal advice to certain EirGrid Group companies (as detailed...”
Short description
This tender process is now complete. EirGrid has appointed a panel of legal advisors to provide legal advice to certain EirGrid Group companies (as detailed in Part 3 section 2 of the RFP) for the lots more particularly described below:
Lot 1: ROI Full Service Irish Legal Advice,
Lot 2: ROI Legal Process Outsourcing (Irish law),
Lot 3: NI Full Service Northern Irish Legal Advice,
Lot 4: NI Legal Process Outsourcing (Northern Irish law),
Lot 5: ROINI Commercial, Energy and Regulation (Both Irish and Northern Irish/UK law).
The framework agreement period will be for an initial duration of 4 years with the option to extend one or more lots annually for up to an additional 4 years.
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 14 040 000 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅ Description
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.
Description of the procurement:
“General legal advisory services including, but not limited to, the following areas of Irish law:
— environmental and planning, construction and health and...”
Description of the procurement
General legal advisory services including, but not limited to, the following areas of Irish law:
— environmental and planning, construction and health and safety,
— corporate governance, general corporate and company secretary,
— pensions,
— employment,
— data protection, privacy and freedom of information (FOI), and
— property.
This excludes lot 2 and lot 5.
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Quality criterion (name): Quality, quantity and balance of human resources — core services team
Quality criterion (weighting): 40 %
Quality criterion (name): Quality, quantity and balance of human resources — additional services team
Quality criterion (weighting): 10 %
Quality criterion (name): Approach and methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 5 %
Quality criterion (name): Service levels
Cost criterion (name): Total hourly rates schedule
Cost criterion (weighting): 30 %
Cost criterion (name): Volume discounts
Cost criterion (weighting): 5 %
Cost criterion (name): Secondee rates
Information about options
Description of options:
“The framework agreement period will be for an initial duration of 4 years with the option to extend one or more lots annually for up to an additional 4...”
Description of options
The framework agreement period will be for an initial duration of 4 years with the option to extend one or more lots annually for up to an additional 4 years, subject always to the satisfactory performance of the members.
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Additional information:
“The estimated contract value of EUR 14 040 000 covers all lots taking into account the contracts being extended for the additional 4 years.” Scope of the procurement
Title: ROI Legal Process Outsourcing (Irish law)
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Servlce levels
Quality criterion (weighting): 15 %
Cost criterion (name): Total weekly rate schedule
Cost criterion (name): Total monthly rate schedule
Cost criterion (weighting): 40 %
Description
Main site or place of performance: Northern ireland.
Description of the procurement:
“General legal advisory services including, but not limited to, the following areas of Irish law:
— environmental and planning, construction and health and...”
Description of the procurement
General legal advisory services including, but not limited to, the following areas of Irish law:
— environmental and planning, construction and health and safety,
— corporate governance, general corporate and company secretary,
— pensions,
— employment,
— data protection, privacy and freedom of information (FOI), and
— property.
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Main site or place of performance: IRELAND and NORTHERN IRELAND.
Description of the procurement:
“It is anticipated that the successful tenderer for lot 5 will be a law firm:
(i) established in Ireland and in Northern Ireland/the UK; or
(ii) if the law...”
Description of the procurement
It is anticipated that the successful tenderer for lot 5 will be a law firm:
(i) established in Ireland and in Northern Ireland/the UK; or
(ii) if the law firm concerned does not have a direct presence in any of those jurisdictions, by a law firm having an association with one or more other law firms established in those jurisdictions.
Services include, but not limited to:
— advisory,
— corporate/commercial,
— contractual advice,
— issues/disputes arising.
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Quality criterion (name): Quality, quantity and balance of human resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 50 %
Cost criterion (weighting): 35 %
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 237-541424
Award of contract
1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Lot Identification Number: 1
Title: Lot 1: ROI Full Service Irish Legal Advice
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-03-26 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 7
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Arthur Cox
National registration number: IE0659305A
Postal address: Earlsfort Centre, Earlsfort Terrace
Postal town: Co.Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 16180850📞
E-mail: rachel.hussey@arthurcox.com📧
Fax: +353 16163811 📠
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
URL: http://www.arthurcox.com🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 4 800 000 💰
2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-03-27 📅
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Mason Hayes and Curran
National registration number: IE0040531I
Postal address: South Bank House, Barrow Street
Postal town: Dublin
Phone: +353 16142459📞
E-mail: hdempsey@mhc.ie📧
Fax: +353 16145001 📠
URL: http://www.mhc.ie🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 4 800 000 💰
3️⃣
Contract Number: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Philip Lee
National registration number: 9522629P
Postal address: 7, 8 Wilton Terrace
Postal town: Dublin 2
Phone: +353 12373700📞
E-mail: mbaker@philiplee.ie📧
Fax: +353 16787794 📠
URL: http://www.philiplee.ie🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 4 800 000 💰
4️⃣
Contract Number: 4
Title: Lot 2: ROI Legal Process Outsourcing (Irish law)
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-03-30 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
Name and address of the contractor
Name: McCann FitzGerald
National registration number: IE 0056560F
Postal address: Riverside One, Sir John Rogerson's Quay
Phone: +353 16071779📞
E-mail: busdev@mccannfitzgerald.com📧
URL: http://https://www.mccannfitzgerald.com/ 🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 400 000 💰
5️⃣
Contract Number: 5
Lot Identification Number: 3
Title: Lot 3: NI Full Service Northern Irish Legal Advice
Name and address of the contractor
Name: A&L Goodbody
Postal address: 42-44 Fountain Street
Postal town: Belfast
Postal code: BT1 5EF
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Phone: +44 2890727499📞
E-mail: mldonnelly@algoodbody.com📧
Region: Northern Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.algoodbody.com/🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: GBP 4 000 000 💰
6️⃣
Contract Number: 6
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-03-31 📅
Name and address of the contractor
Postal address: Victoria House, Gloucester Street
Postal code: BT1 4LS
Phone: +44 2890894531📞
E-mail: paul.mcbride@arthurcox.com📧 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: GBP 400 000 💰
7️⃣
Contract Number: 7
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Tughans
National registration number: 252025109
Postal address: Marlborough House, 30 Victoria Street, Antrim
Phone: +44 2890553300📞
E-mail: christine.adams@tughans.com📧
Fax: +28 90550096 📠
URL: http://www.tughans.com🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: GBP 4 000 000 💰
8️⃣
Contract Number: 8
Title: Lot 4: NI Legal Process Outsourcing (Northern Irish law)
Name and address of the contractor
National registration number: IE0040207W
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: GBP 400 000 💰
9️⃣
Contract Number: 9
Lot Identification Number: 5
Title: Lot 5: ROINI Commercial, Energy and Regulation
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 4 000 000 💰
1️⃣0️⃣
Contract Number: 10
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-04-01 📅
Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators ✅ Name and address of the contractor
Name: Bird and Bird LLP
National registration number: GB 927 5739 83
Postal address: 12 New Fetter Lane
Postal town: London
Postal code: EC4A 1JP
Phone: +44 2079826548📞
E-mail: intpitchteam@twobirds.com📧
Region: United Kingdom 🏙️
URL: http://www.twobirds.com🌏
Postal address: Marlborough House, 30 Victoria Street
Postal code: BT1 3GG
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 4 000 000 💰
1️⃣1️⃣
Contract Number: 11
Name and address of the contractor
Name: William Fry
National registration number: 4611749E
Postal address: 2 Grand Canal Square
Phone: +353 16395000📞
E-mail: caitriona.mcgonagle@williamfry.com📧
URL: http://www.williamfry.com🌏
Name: Cleaver Fulton Rankin
National registration number: NI031078
Postal address: 50 Bedford Street
Postal code: BTZ 7FW
Name: Matheson
Postal address: 70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 4 000 000 💰
Complementary information Review body
Postal town: Dublin 7
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Postal town: Dublin 7
Source: OJS 2020/S 076-180474 (2020-04-16)