Legal Advisory Services in two Lots: Lot 1 — General Legal Advisory Services; Lot 2 — Property Related Legal Advisory Services

Land Development Agency

The LDA requires legal advisory services in relation to its ongoing activities envisaged to form part of the LDA mandate. As well as advice in relation the legal issues associated with a Stage Agency, the framework members will be required to provide advice on a wide-ranging number of topics, including but not limited to:
Lot 1: General Legal Advisory Services,
Lot 2: Property Related Legal Advisory Services.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-05-27. The procurement was published on 2020-05-08.

Who?

• Land Development Agency

What?

Where?

• Eastern and Midland › Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2020-05-08	Contract notice

Contract notice (2020-05-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Legal advisory services
Short description:

The LDA requires legal advisory services in relation to its ongoing activities envisaged to form part of the LDA mandate. As well as advice in relation the legal issues associated with a Stage Agency, the framework members will be required to provide advice on a wide-ranging number of topics, including but not limited to: Lot 1: General Legal Advisory Services, Lot 2: Property Related Legal Advisory Services.

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: 2nd Floor Ashford House, Tara Street
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: https://lda.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: info@greenville.ie 📧
Phone: +353 14020114 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=166689&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=166689&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-05-08 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-05-27 📅
Publication date: 2020-05-13 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 093-222400
OJ-S issue: 93
Additional information

Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding submission of applications/tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 169389.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Lot 1: General Legal Advisory Services,

Lot 2: Property Related Legal Advisory Services.

Estimated total value: 25 000 000 EUR 💰
Maximum number of lots per tenderer: 1
Title of the lot: General Legal Advisory Services
Lot number: 1
Short description:

As well as advice in relation the legal issues associated with a Stage Agency, the framework members will be required to provide advice on a wide-ranging number of topics, including but not limited to the following and shall include all other services that are reasonably ancillary and incidental thereto:

• design team appointments:

— design team appointments and collateral warranties;

• procurement:

— Procurement strategy and execution including EU procurement issues;

• property and land transfers:

— procurement/transfers of land from other State Agencies,

— title reviews,

— title rectification,

— storage of title documents and deeds,

— conveyances of land/property/units,

— affordable covenants,

— general advices;

• planning permissions:

— environmental and planning related advices,

— advices re-judicial reviews;

• delivery and mechanisms:

— delivery mechanisms including the drafting the negotiation of construction contracts, development agreements to include but not limited to:

(i) contractor appointments,

(ii) licence agreements,

(iii) joint venture agreements,

(iv) site sales/forward sales of property,

(v) hybrids of the above;

— contractor appointments and collateral warranties to include direct contractor appointments, licence agreements and joint venture agreements,

— Bonds, securities and guarantees,

— project insurances;

• property related tax advices to include pre-funding agreements and tax structuring of land transactions;

• affordable housing/cost rental:

— advices on the implications of the commitment to deliver affordable units on:

(i) site and property transfers,

(ii) onward site disposals,

(iii) public procurement,

(iv) financing implications,

(v) leases / licences;

• social housing — sales to AHB’s/local authorities;

• finance:

— debt and equity financing,

— shareholder agreements;

• state aid;

• employment law:

— employment law advices;

• dispute resolution;

• tenancy:

— landlord and tenancy advices,

— letting agreements,

— management company formation, structures and engagement,

— dispute resolution;

• information law:

— FOI legislation,

— data protection legislation;

• insurance

• general legal advices.

The legal services to be provided may also include the provision of:

• legal secondees upon request of the contracting authority and subject to terms to be agreed between the contracting authority and the legal advisor(s);

• training on topics to be agreed between the contracting authority and the legal advisor(s) from time to time; and

• referrals to law firms in other jurisdictions or to other legal advisors, to the extent that the contracting authority so requests.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 15 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 48 months
Description of renewals:

The framework will be established for a period of 4 years, with an option to extend yearly up to a maximum of 8 years subject to annual review, performance and fulfilling the contracting authority’s requirements with such extension or extensions on the same terms and conditions, subject to the contracting authority’s obligations at law.

Additional information:

Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding submission of applications/tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 169389.

Title of the lot: Property Related Legal Advisory Services
Lot number: 2
Short description:

— advices re-Judicial Reviews;

(v) leases/licences;

• employment law;

• insurance;

• tax;

Estimated value excluding VAT: 10 000 000 EUR 💰
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: IRELAND.

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

Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding submission of applications/tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 169389.

Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:

Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding submission of applications/tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 169389.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Envisaged number of candidates: 8
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As set out in the procurement documents.
Envisaged number of candidates: 12
Number of participants to be contemplated: 5
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: Ireland
Contact
Contact point: Jeanne Copeland
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=166689&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
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 (www.etenders.gov.ie) 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 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 (RFT ID:169389) as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those tenderers 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 contract/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.

12) Applicants should note that LDA have advertised two lots for legal services:

Lot 1: General legal advisory services,

Lot 2: Property related legal advisory services.

While applicants may submit an application/tender for both lots, they will only be appointed to one lot. On that basis they should indicate their preference in the response to the qualification questionnaire.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 118886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:

The framework is covered by the application of the Remedies Directive and the relevant standstill period applied at time of notification.

Body responsible for mediation procedures
Postal town: Dublin
Source: OJS 2020/S 093-222400 (2020-05-08)

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