Legal Services Relating to Private Equity, Seed and Venture Funds and Advice in Relation to Private Equity and Debt Instruments

Enterprise Ireland

The framework agreement will be established for the provision of legal services relating to Enterprise Ireland’s investment in Irish and international private equity, seed and venture capital funds and advice in relation to private equity and debt instruments. It is envisaged that contracts will principally provide legal services with respect to
(i) Enterprise Ireland’s commitment to funds under a new Seed and Venture Capital (‘SVC’) scheme; and to
(ii) Enterprise Ireland’s commitment to existing funds under schemes. The framework agreement will be for two (2) years, with the option to extend by periods of one (1), subject to a maximum duration of (4) four years, subject to satisfactory performance, business needs and budgetary constraints.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-04-24. The procurement was published on 2020-03-11.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-03-11 Contract notice
2020-03-30 Additional information
2020-04-30 Additional information
Contract notice (2020-03-11)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Enterprise Ireland
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: The Plaza, East Point Business
Postal town: Dublin 3
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Catherine Gore
Phone: +353 17272435 📞
E-mail: catherine.gore@enterprise-ireland.com 📧
Region: Dublin 🏙️
URL: http://www.enterprise-ireland.com 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/434 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=156432&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=156432&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Legal Services Relating to Private Equity, Seed and Venture Funds and Advice in Relation to Private Equity and Debt Instruments 2019-37”
Products/services: Legal services 📦
Short description:
“The framework agreement will be established for the provision of legal services relating to Enterprise Ireland’s investment in Irish and international...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 200 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Legal services 📦
Additional products/services: Legal advisory and information services 📦
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 3.
Description of the procurement:
“The framework agreement will be established principally to provide legal services with respect to (i) Enterprise Ireland’s commitment to funds under a new...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 600 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the objective criteria in respect of this competition. This can be...”    Show more
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

Procedure
Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 10
Information about negotiation
The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-04-24 14:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 24

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information

“ETenders RFT ID: 159703 1) The services covered by the framework agreement are legal services within the meaning of Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU. The...”    Show more
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
URL: www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2020/S 053-126128 (2020-03-11)
Additional information (2020-03-30)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The framework agreement will be established for the provision of legal services relating to Enterprise Ireland’s investment in Irish and international...”    Show more

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2020/S 053-126128

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Old value
Date: 2020-04-24 📅
Time: 14:00
New value
Date: 2020-05-08 📅
Time: 14:00
Other additional information

“In light of the current environment with Covid-19, Enterprise Ireland has decided to extend the deadline date for receipt of queries in relation to this...”    Show more
Source: OJS 2020/S 065-155864 (2020-03-30)
Additional information (2020-04-30)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The framework agreement will be established for the provision of legal services relating to Enterprise Ireland’s investment in Irish and international...”    Show more

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Old value
Date: 2020-05-08 📅
New value
Date: 2020-05-29 📅
Source: OJS 2020/S 087-208595 (2020-04-30)