EirGrid Group Legal Services Framework

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.

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 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.