The purpose of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire is to invite qualification applications from interested parties (Candidates) for the provision to the Companies, acting together, of Legal Support Services for the Celtic Interconnector project and in particular regarding the Engineer, Procure and Construct (EPC) contracts that will be awarded to design and build the Celtic Interconnector Project.
This procurement is being run by EirGrid on behalf of EirGrid and RTE.
See the Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the etenders notice for this tender at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-07-02.
The procurement was published on 2018-05-24.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Contracting authority (additional)
Name: Réseau de Transport d'Electricité
Postal address:
“Direction achats, immeuble Coeur Défense — tour B, 100 esplanade du Général de Gaulle”
Postal town: Paris La Défense Cedex
Contracting authority
Country: France 🇫🇷
Contracting authority (additional)
Contact person: Anthony Flood
Phone: +353 012370123📞
Contracting authority
Region: France 🏙️
URL: www.rte-france.com🌏 Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Irish.
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Legal Support Services for the Celtic Interconnector Project
ENQEIR615
Products/services: Legal services📦
Short description:
“Legal support services for the Celtic Interconnector Project and in particular regarding the Engineer, Procure and Construct (EPC) contracts that will be...”
Short description
Legal support services for the Celtic Interconnector Project and in particular regarding the Engineer, Procure and Construct (EPC) contracts that will be awarded to design and build the Celtic Interconnector Project.
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Additional products/services: Legal advisory services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Main site or place of performance: IRELAND and FRANCE.
Description of the procurement:
“EirGrid is the Transmission System Operator (TSO) and Market Operator (MO) in the wholesale trading system in Ireland, and is the owner of the System...”
Description of the procurement
EirGrid is the Transmission System Operator (TSO) and Market Operator (MO) in the wholesale trading system in Ireland, and is the owner of the System Operator Northern Ireland (SONI Ltd), the licensed TSO and market operator in Northern Ireland.
Réseau de Transport d'Électricité (RTE) is the French TSO; it owns, operates and develops the french electricity transmission system with the primary objectives of balancing electricity generation with consumption and guaranteeing the secure operation of the power system.
RTE and EirGrid, together referred to herein as ‘the Companies’, have been engaged in exploring the feasibility of an interconnector project between Ireland and France, which will hereafter be referred to as either the ‘Celtic Interconnector Project’ and/or ‘Project’.
This procurement is being run by EirGrid on behalf of EirGrid and RTE.
The companies shall require the successful tenderer to provide legal advice and support relating to legal issues regarding the Celtic Interconnector Project. The required services will mainly comprise of legal advice on and assistance with the legal elements of the EPC procurement process. The EPC contractor will likely be sourced through the negotiated procedure as set out in Council Directive 2014/25/EU.
The general requirements will include working with the companies’ legal and procurement teams, including external advisers, to provide advice on all legal support services required for the project including:
— EPC contracts strategy,
— EPC contracts preparation (drafting of the EPC and other relevant contracts and updating after each round of negotiation and final tuning),
— EPC contracts negotiations with preferred suppliers,
— legal market intelligence on EPC contracts,
— other third party contracts arising from EPC contracts strategy related to this scope,
— any other ancillary legal services (under Irish law, French law or both) as may be required by the Companies or the IJV as appropriate.
The range of work within the scope of requirements will change from year to year depending on the project requirements. It is anticipated that the scope will be confirmed at the beginning of each stage of the project although, it should be noted that there may be a requirement to increase/decrease the scope of work during the specific stages depending on project requirements.
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Quality criterion (name): Resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 40 %
Quality criterion (name): Approach and methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 10 %
Quality criterion (name): Legal
Quality criterion (weighting): 5 %
Price (weighting): 45 %
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
“The initial framework agreement period will be from framework agreement start date to EPC award date, currently estimated to be mid 2021, with the option to...”
Description of options
The initial framework agreement period will be from framework agreement start date to EPC award date, currently estimated to be mid 2021, with the option to extend annually for a period afterwards, the total of which will not exceed 8 years.
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Information about European Union funds: Celtic Interconnector Project.
Description
Additional information: This is a framework agreement and fees shall depend on the work required.
Procedure Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 098-224724
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title: Legal Support Services for the Celtic Interconnector Project
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-12-12 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Eversheds
Postal address: One Earlsfort Centre, Earlsfort Terrace
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 2
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Complementary information Review body
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 Irish Statutory Instrument SI 130 of 2010,...”
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 Irish Statutory Instrument SI 130 of 2010, 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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Source: OJS 2019/S 247-610994 (2019-12-19)