Request for Tenders for the Establishment of a Single Party Framework Agreement for Advisory Services with Emphasis on IT Law, Procurement Law and Cloud Technology

Houses of the Oireachtas Service

The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, a body corporate, (hereinafter referred to as โ€˜the Contracting Authorityโ€™) proposes to engage in a process for the establishment of a single-party Framework Agreement for the provision of advisory services with emphasis on IT law, procurement law and cloud technology to assist the Contracting Authority in procuring cloud services.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-07-17. The procurement was published on 2019-06-27.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2019-06-27 Contract notice
2019-11-04 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-06-27)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Legal advisory services
Reference number: 2019/1014
Short description:
The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, a body corporate, (hereinafter referred to as โ€˜the Contracting Authorityโ€™) proposes to engage in a process for the establishment of a single-party Framework Agreement for the provision of advisory services with emphasis on IT law, procurement law and cloud technology to assist the Contracting Authority in procuring cloud services.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Legal advisory services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Information systems and servers ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Restricted procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Other
Awarding authority name: Houses of the Oireachtas Service
Postal address: Leinster House, Kildare Street
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.oireachtas.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: david.gorman@oireachtas.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 16183433 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=149611&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=149611&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-06-27 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2019-07-17 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2019-07-02 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 125-305744
OJ-S issue: 125

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 400 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Short description:
The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, a body corporate, (hereinafter referred to as โ€˜the Contracting Authorityโ€™) proposes to engage in a process for the establishment of a single-party framework agreement for the provision of advisory services with emphasis on IT Law, procurement law and cloud technology to assist the Contracting Authority in procuring cloud services.
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The Contracting Authority is seeking professional advisory services in 4 core areas.
1) The cloud service industry, with particular emphasis on the application and negotiation of terms and conditions within the industry;
2) International and European Law as well as common law (domestic as well as decisions of the European Court of Justice). Areas to include but not be limited to GDPR, security, privacy and data bank locations and their importance in cloud service contracts terms;
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3) The procurement of cloud services with a particular emphasis on the competitive procedure with negotiation;
4) Industry pricing models.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 400 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 48 months

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Minimum number of candidates: 5
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2019-07-24 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 12 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Other type of contracting authority: Parliament
Contact
Contact point: David Gorman
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1166 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=149611&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office, The Four Courts, Inns Quay Dublin 1
Postal town: Dublin 1
Postal code: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.thecourts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2019/S 125-305744 (2019-06-27)
Contract award notice (2019-11-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, a body corporate, (hereinafter referred to as โ€˜the Contracting Authorityโ€™) proposes to engage in a process for the establishment of a single-party framework agreement for the provision of advisory services with emphasis on IT law, procurement law and cloud technology to assist the Contracting Authority in procuring cloud services.
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Total value of the procurement: 433 350 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-11-04 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2019-11-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 214-526109
Refers to notice: 2019/S 125-305744
OJ-S issue: 214

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Contracting Authority is seeking professional advisory services in four core areas.
1) The Cloud Service industry, with particular emphasis on the application and negotiation of terms and conditions within the industry;
2) International and European Law as well as Common Law (domestic as well as decisions of the European Court of Justice). Areas to include but not be limited to GDPR, security, privacy and data bank locations and their importance in cloud service contracts terms.
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3) The procurement of cloud services with a particular emphasis on the competitive procedure with negotiation.
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Understanding of the procurement of cloud service for public sector bodies
Quality criterion (weighting): 250
Quality criterion (name): Service delivery methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Quality criterion (name): Contract management
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Quality criterion (name): Quality, relevant expertise and availability of resources of proposed team
Price (weighting): 200

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2019-09-30 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Best Practice Group
National registration number: 3903926
Postal address: Atria
Postal town: Bolton
Postal code: Greater Manchester
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
Phone: +44 8453450130 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: marketing@bestpracticegroup.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.bestpracticegroup.com ๐ŸŒ
Name: Arthur Cox
National registration number: 0659305A
Postal address: Ten Earlsfort Terrace
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D02 T380
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Source: OJS 2019/S 214-526109 (2019-11-04)