Provision of Legal Advisory Services to the Land Development Agency

Land Development Agency

The LDA requires legal advisory services in relation to start up activities and other ongoing activities envisaged to form part of the LDA mandate. As well as advice in relation the legal issues associated with the general set up of a new stage agency, the legal advisor will be required to provide advice on a wide-ranging number of topics, including but not limited to:
— corporate, commercial and contract law,
— European law,
— property law,
— construction law,
— employment and information law.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-05-20. The procurement was published on 2019-04-30.

Suppliers

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

• Arthur Cox

Who?

• Land Development Agency

What?

Where?

• Eastern and Midland › Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2019-04-30	Contract notice
2020-05-14	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2019-04-30)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Legal advisory services
Short description:

The LDA requires legal advisory services in relation to start up activities and other ongoing activities envisaged to form part of the LDA mandate. As well as advice in relation the legal issues associated with the general set up of a new stage agency, the legal advisor will be required to provide advice on a wide-ranging number of topics, including but not limited to: — corporate, commercial and contract law, — European law, — property law, — construction law, — employment and information law.

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 advisory services 📦
Additional CPV: Legal services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Competitive procedure with negotiation
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: Land Development Agency
Postal address: 77 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Block C, Grand Canal Docklands, Co.Dublin
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.lda.ie 🌏
E-mail: info@greenville.ie 📧
Phone: +353 14020114 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=146324&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=146324&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-04-30 📅
Submission deadline: 2019-05-20 📅
Publication date: 2019-05-03 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 086-206902
OJ-S issue: 86
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) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders website in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to respond electronically to the competition. There is a maximum upload limit of 2 GB per document on etenders. Documents larger than this should be divided into smaller files prior to upload or zipped; 3) Should you experience difficulty when uploading documents please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email etenders@eu-supply.com or Telephone: 353(0)212439277 (9:00 a.m. — 17:30 p.m. GMT); 4) All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those parties that have registered an interest in this notice on www.etenders.gov.ie The details of the person making a query will not be disclosed when circulating the response; 5) This is the sole call for competition for this framework; 6) The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers; 7) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.; 8) It will be a condition of award that the successful tenderer is and remains tax compliant; 9) At its absolute discretion, the Contracting Authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the Framework Agreement or any contract awarded under the Framework Agreement at any time; 10) 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; 11) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the Contracting Authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of the procurement documents with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, respondents are advised to ensure that they return completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

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) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders website in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to respond electronically to the competition. There is a maximum upload limit of 2 GB per document on etenders. Documents larger than this should be divided into smaller files prior to upload or zipped;

3) Should you experience difficulty when uploading documents please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email etenders@eu-supply.com or Telephone: 353(0)212439277 (9:00 a.m. — 17:30 p.m. GMT);

4) All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those parties that have registered an interest in this notice on www.etenders.gov.ie

The details of the person making a query will not be disclosed when circulating the response;

5) This is the sole call for competition for this framework;

6) The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers;

7) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.;

8) It will be a condition of award that the successful tenderer is and remains tax compliant;

9) At its absolute discretion, the Contracting Authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the Framework Agreement or any contract awarded under the Framework Agreement at any time;

10) 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;

11) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the Contracting Authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of the procurement documents with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, respondents are advised to ensure that they return completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

— corporate, commercial and contract law,

— European law,

— property law,

— construction law,

— employment and information law.

Estimated total value: 5 000 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 48 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: To support work in various locations throughout Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

As per procurement documents — available to download from RFT ID 150171 on www.etenders.gov.ie

Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: As per tender documents available at the 2

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

Based on responses to the qualification questionnaire it is anticipated that the top 5 scoring firms will be invited to tender, subject to that number qualifying under the rules of the competition.

Accelerated procedure:

As the subject matter of the framework is Title III services, therefore the choice of procedure and timescales is at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. In this instance the LDA is a new entity mandated to address the housing crisis and urgently needs to appoint a legal advisor.

Time of receipt of tenders: 16:00
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2019-06-10 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Marian Regan
Internet address: www.lda.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/165460 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=146324&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

2) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders website in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to respond electronically to the competition. There is a maximum upload limit of 2 GB per document on etenders. Documents larger than this should be divided into smaller files prior to upload or zipped;

3) Should you experience difficulty when uploading documents please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email etenders@eu-supply.com or Telephone: 353(0)212439277 (9:00 a.m. — 17:30 p.m. GMT);

4) All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those parties that have registered an interest in this notice on www.etenders.gov.ie

The details of the person making a query will not be disclosed when circulating the response;

5) This is the sole call for competition for this framework;

6) The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers;

7) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.;

8) It will be a condition of award that the successful tenderer is and remains tax compliant;

9) At its absolute discretion, the Contracting Authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the Framework Agreement or any contract awarded under the Framework Agreement at any time;

10) 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;

11) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the Contracting Authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of the procurement documents with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, respondents are advised to ensure that they return completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 118886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Consult legal advisor
Postal town: A
Source: OJS 2019/S 086-206902 (2019-04-30)

Contract award notice (2020-05-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The LDA required legal advisory services in relation to start up activities and other ongoing activities envisaged to form part of the LDA mandate. As well as advice in relation the legal issues associated with the general set up of a new stage agency, the legal advisor is required to provide advice on a wide-ranging number of topics, including but not limited to: • corporate, commercial and contract law • European law • property law • construction law • employment and information law.

Total value of the procurement: 5 000 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: 77 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Block C, Grand Canal Docklands, Co. Dublin

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-05-14 📅
Publication date: 2020-05-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 096-229998
Refers to notice: 2019/S 086-206902
OJ-S issue: 96

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

• corporate, commercial and contract law

• European law

• property law

• construction law

• employment and information law.

Procedure
Accelerated procedure:

As the subject matter of the framework is Title III services, therefore the choice of procedure and timescales is at the discretion of the contracting authority. In this instance the LDA is a new entity mandated to address the housing crisis and urgently needs to appoint a legal advisor.

Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Resourcing of the project/technical merit of the team
Quality criterion (weighting): 40
Quality criterion (name): Methodology for delivery of the service
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Contract management proposal
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate cost for the initial contract
Cost criterion (weighting): 30

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2019-09-11 📅
Name: Arthur Cox
Postal address: Ten Earlsfort Terrace
Postal town: Dublin 2
Postal code: D02 T380
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Dublin 🏙️
Total value of the procurement: 5 000 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4

Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin 7
Source: OJS 2020/S 096-229998 (2020-05-14)

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