RFT# 132086 Request for Tenders to establish a Single Supplier Framework Contract for the provision of Employment Law Legal Services

The Office of Government Procurement

Employment law legal services to either (i) DPER or (ii) DPER and one or more of the framework clients jointly, where the parties have a common interest in obtaining such employment law legal services.
It should be noted that the office of the Attorney general including the Chief state solicitor’s office is the primary legal advisor to Government Departments and DPER will continue to obtain advice from that source. It is anticipated, however, that in exceptional circumstances, such as during peak periods and in other cases from time to time, DPER may require access to additional legal resources.
Tenderers should be aware that the services sought herein are within Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (“the Directive”) and therefore this public procurement competition is subject only to the rules in Part 3 Chapter 1 of the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 (SI 284/2016).

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-05-04. The procurement was published on 2018-04-03.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2018-04-03 Contract notice
2018-08-14 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2018-04-03)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Legal services
Reference number: PLI084F
Short description:
Employment law legal services to either (i) DPER or (ii) DPER and one or more of the framework clients jointly, where the parties have a common interest in obtaining such employment law legal services. It should be noted that the office of the Attorney general including the Chief state solicitor’s office is the primary legal advisor to Government Departments and DPER will continue to obtain advice from that source. It is anticipated, however, that in exceptional circumstances, such as during peak periods and in other cases from time to time, DPER may require access to additional legal resources. Tenderers should be aware that the services sought herein are within Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (“the Directive”) and therefore this public procurement competition is subject only to the rules in Part 3 Chapter 1 of the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 (SI 284/2016).
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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: Legal 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: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: The Office of Government Procurement
Postal address: 3A Mayor Street Upper
Postal code: Dublin
Postal town: Dublin 1. D01 PF72.
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ogp.gov.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: support@ogp.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 761008000 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=127148&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=127148&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-04-03 📅
Submission deadline: 2018-05-04 📅
Publication date: 2018-04-05 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 066-146908
OJ-S issue: 66
Additional information
RFT# 132086 — Tenderers should be aware that the services sought herein are within Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (“the Directive”) and therefore this public procurement competition is subject only to the rules in Part 3 Chapter 1 of the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 (SI 284/2016).
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Employment law legal services to either (i) DPER or (ii) DPER and one or more of the framework clients jointly, where the parties have a common interest in obtaining such employment law legal services.
It should be noted that the office of the Attorney general including the Chief state solicitor’s office is the primary legal advisor to Government Departments and DPER will continue to obtain advice from that source. It is anticipated, however, that in exceptional circumstances, such as during peak periods and in other cases from time to time, DPER may require access to additional legal resources.
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Tenderers should be aware that the services sought herein are within Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (“the Directive”) and therefore this public procurement competition is subject only to the rules in Part 3 Chapter 1 of the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 (SI 284/2016).
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Estimated total value: 750 000 EUR 💰
Short description:
Employment law legal services to either (i) the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (“DPER”) or (ii) DPER and one or more of the framework clients jointly, where the parties have a common interest in obtaining such employment law legal services.
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It should be noted that the office of the Attorney general including the Chief state solicitor’s office is the primary legal advisor to Government Departments and the DPER will continue to obtain advice from that source. It is anticipated, however, that in exceptional circumstances, such as during peak periods and in other cases from time to time, DPER may require access to additional legal resources.
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Tenderers should be aware that the Services sought herein are within Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (“the Directive”) and therefore this public procurement competition is subject only to the rules in Part 3 Chapter 1 of the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 (SI 284/2016).
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 750 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals:
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the term for a period or periods of up to 6 months with a maximum of 2 such extension or extensions on the same terms and conditions, subject to the Contracting Authority’s obligations at law. The Term will not exceed 3 years in aggregate.
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Additional information:
RFT# 132086 — Tenderers should be aware that the services sought herein are within Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (“the Directive”) and therefore this public procurement competition is subject only to the rules in Part 3 Chapter 1 of the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 (SI 284/2016).
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Procedure
Time of receipt of tenders: 13:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2018-05-04 📅
Tender opening time: 13:00
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): QualiTy of proposed resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 300
Quality criterion (name): Quality of approach to knowledge management
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Quality criterion (name): Quality of approach to service delivery
Quality criterion (weighting): 150
Quality criterion (name): Quality of proposals for added value services
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Cost criterion: Cost
Cost weighting: 300

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=127148&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Information about review deadlines: Please see own legal advice.
Source: OJS 2018/S 066-146908 (2018-04-03)
Contract award notice (2018-08-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Employment law legal services to either (i) DPER or (ii) DPER and one or more of the framework clients jointly, where the parties have a common interest in obtaining such employment law legal services. It should be noted that the Office of the Attorney General including the Chief State Solicitor’s Office is the primary legal advisor to Government Departments and DPER will continue to obtain advice from that source. It is anticipated, however, that in exceptional circumstances, such as during peak periods and in other cases from time to time, DPER may require access to additional legal resources. Tenderers should be aware that the Services sought herein are within Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (“the Directive”) and therefore this public procurement competition is subject only to the rules in Part 3 Chapter 1 of the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 (SI 284/2016).
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Total value of the procurement: 750 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal code: D01 PF72.
Postal town: Dublin 1

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-08-14 📅
Publication date: 2018-08-17 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 157-360241
Refers to notice: 2018/S 066-146908
OJ-S issue: 157
Additional information
RFT No. 132086 — Tenderers should be aware that the Services sought herein are within Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (“the Directive”) and therefore this public procurement competition is subject only to the rules in Part 3 Chapter 1 of the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 (SI 284/2016).
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
It should be noted that the Office of the Attorney General including the Chief State Solicitor’s Office is the primary legal advisor to Government Departments and…
… DPER will continue to obtain advice from that source. It is anticipated, however, that in exceptional circumstances, such as during peak periods and in other cases from time to time, DPER may require access to additional legal resources.
… the DPER will continue to obtain advice from that source. It is anticipated, however, that in exceptional circumstances, such as during peak periods and in other cases from time to time, DPER may require access to additional legal resources.
Additional information:
RFT No. 132086 — Tenderers should be aware that the Services sought herein are within Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (“the Directive”) and therefore this public procurement competition is subject only to the rules in Part 3 Chapter 1 of the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 (SI 284/2016).
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Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of proposed resources
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 300

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2018-08-01 📅
Name: ByrneWallace
National registration number: 4610600L
Postal address: 88 Harcourt Street
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 16915231 📞
E-mail: btenders@byrnewallace.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.byrnewallace.com 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 750 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6

Complementary information
Review body
Information about review deadlines: Please see own legal advice
Source: OJS 2018/S 157-360241 (2018-08-14)
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