The National Transport Authority requires legal advisory services in the areas of public procurement, commercial/contract administration, environmental, planning and other statutory and regulatory areas, litigation and judicial review, general advisory, European law and competition law and data protection and intellectual property law.
Further details is provided in the pre-qualification documents attached to this contract notice.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-05-11.
The procurement was published on 2020-04-07.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Legal Services
Products/services: Legal services📦
Short description:
“The National Transport Authority requires legal advisory services in the areas of public procurement, commercial/contract administration, environmental,...”
Short description
The National Transport Authority requires legal advisory services in the areas of public procurement, commercial/contract administration, environmental, planning and other statutory and regulatory areas, litigation and judicial review, general advisory, European law and competition law and data protection and intellectual property law.
Further details is provided in the pre-qualification documents attached to this contract notice.
The National Transport Authority requires legal advisory services in the areas of public procurement, commercial/contract administration, environmental, planning and other statutory and regulatory areas, litigation and judicial review, general advisory, European law and competition law and data protection and intellectual property law.
Further details is provided in the pre-qualification documents attached to this contract notice.
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Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 60
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅ Description
Description of renewals:
“The term of the contract will be for an initial period of 5 years. The contract may be renewed annually, at the option of the authority, up to a maximum of...”
Description of renewals
The term of the contract will be for an initial period of 5 years. The contract may be renewed annually, at the option of the authority, up to a maximum of 2 years after the end of the fifth year.
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Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As set out in the pre-qualification documents.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: As set out in the pre-qualification documents.
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 a particular profession
Reserved to a particular profession
Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision: As set out in the pre-qualification documents.
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: As set out 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
Restricted procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-05-11
12:00 📅
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2020-06-29 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2021-02-06 📅
Complementary information Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information
“The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award...”
The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award procedure irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is postponed or cancelled. All costs incurred by interested parties in participating in this competition must be borne by them.
Any contract award will be subject to a number of preconditions, including production of a current tax clearance certificate or tax clearance statement from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland. The contracting authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof), change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process, at any time or procure the project by alternative means if it appears that the project can thereby be more advantageously procured.
The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted. Refer to pre-qualification documents for further information.
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Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“As set out in S.I. No 130/2010 European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).”
Source: OJS 2020/S 072-171843 (2020-04-07)
Contract award notice (2020-11-09) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Legal Services
APR168184-2020
Short description:
“The National Transport Authority requires legal advisory services in the areas of public procurement, commercial/ contract administration, environmental,...”
Short description
The National Transport Authority requires legal advisory services in the areas of public procurement, commercial/ contract administration, environmental, planning and other statutory and regulatory areas, litigation and judicial review, general advisory, European law and competition Law and data protection and intellectual property law.
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 4 153 325 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The National Transport Authority requires legal advisory services in the areas of public procurement, commercial/contract administration, environmental,...”
Description of the procurement
The National Transport Authority requires legal advisory services in the areas of public procurement, commercial/contract administration, environmental, planning and other statutory and regulatory areas, litigation and judicial review, general advisory, European law and competition Law and data protection and intellectual property law.
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Quality criterion (name):
“Quality of approach to performing the services and overall experience, expertise and qualifications of the proposed team under advisory Area 1: public...”
Quality criterion (name)
Quality of approach to performing the services and overall experience, expertise and qualifications of the proposed team under advisory Area 1: public procurement advisory services
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Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name):
“Quality of approach to performing the services and overall experience, expertise and qualifications of the proposed team under advisory Area 2:...”
Quality criterion (name)
Quality of approach to performing the services and overall experience, expertise and qualifications of the proposed team under advisory Area 2: commercial/contract administration advisory services
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Quality criterion (name):
“Quality of approach to performing the services and overall experience, expertise and qualifications of the proposed team under advisory area 3:...”
Quality criterion (name)
Quality of approach to performing the services and overall experience, expertise and qualifications of the proposed team under advisory area 3: environmental, planning and other advisory services
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Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Quality criterion (name):
“Quality of approach to performing the services and overall experience, expertise and qualifications of the proposed team under advisory area 5: general...”
Quality criterion (name)
Quality of approach to performing the services and overall experience, expertise and qualifications of the proposed team under advisory area 5: general advisory services
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Quality criterion (name):
“Quality of approach to performing the services and overall experience, expertise and qualifications of the proposed team under advisory Area 6: European law...”
Quality criterion (name)
Quality of approach to performing the services and overall experience, expertise and qualifications of the proposed team under advisory Area 6: European law and competition law services
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Quality criterion (name):
“Overall experience, expertise and qualifications of the proposed team under advisory Area 4: litigation and judicial review services”
Quality criterion (name):
“Overall experience, expertise and qualifications of the proposed team under advisory area 7: data protection and intellectual property law services”
Quality criterion (name):
“Quality of the approach to governance and contract management and experience, expertise and qualifications of the dedicated point of contact”
Cost criterion (name): Volume discount
Cost criterion (weighting): 5
Cost criterion (name): Price
Cost criterion (weighting): 30
Description
Additional information:
“The expected term of the contract will be for an initial period of five (5) years. The contract may be renewed annually, at the option of the NTA, up to a...”
Additional information
The expected term of the contract will be for an initial period of five (5) years. The contract may be renewed annually, at the option of the NTA, up to a maximum of two (2) years after the end of the fifth year. The value stated relates to the initial contract period of five (5) years.
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 072-171843
Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title: Provision of Legal Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-10-12 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
Name and address of the contractor
Name: McCann FitzGerald
Postal address: Riverside One Sir John Rogerson's Quay
Postal town: Dublin 2
Postal code: D02 X576
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 4 153 325 💰
Complementary information Additional information
“The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award...”
The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award procedure irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is postponed or cancelled. All costs incurred by interested parties in participating in this competition must be borne by them.
Any contract award will be subject to a number of preconditions, including production of a current tax clearance certificate or tax clearance statement from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland. The contracting authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof), change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process, at any time, or procure the project by alternative means if it appears that the project can thereby be more advantageously procured. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted.
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Source: OJS 2020/S 222-545502 (2020-11-09)