The contracting authority intends to award contracts for legal services, pursuant to a separate public procurement process currently underway. The contracting authority wishes to maintain an element of management and administration to these legal services and therefore intends to appoint a single tenderer to provide legal services management and administration services. The tenderer appointed will be responsible for the following:
• monitoring and reporting on cost and activity from firms appointed to provide legal services,
• collating, consolidating management information from those firms,
• providing Tusla with required management information including but not limited to resource inputs by professional grade,
• preparing all invoices including disbursements from each of the firms for discharge of payment, to all participating firms, by Tusla,
• (payments to Guardian ad Litem and Counsel are not in scope).
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-03-05.
The procurement was published on 2021-02-01.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Legal Services Contract Management and Administration Services
Tusla 01022021
Products/services: Contract administration services📦
Short description:
“The contracting authority intends to award contracts for legal services, pursuant to a separate public procurement process currently underway. The...”
Short description
The contracting authority intends to award contracts for legal services, pursuant to a separate public procurement process currently underway. The contracting authority wishes to maintain an element of management and administration to these legal services and therefore intends to appoint a single tenderer to provide legal services management and administration services. The tenderer appointed will be responsible for the following:
• monitoring and reporting on cost and activity from firms appointed to provide legal services,
• collating, consolidating management information from those firms,
• providing Tusla with required management information including but not limited to resource inputs by professional grade,
• preparing all invoices including disbursements from each of the firms for discharge of payment, to all participating firms, by Tusla,
• (payments to Guardian ad Litem and Counsel are not in scope).
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 700 000 💰
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Additional products/services: Legal services📦
Place of performance: Ireland🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“The contracting authority intends to award contracts for legal services, pursuant to a separate public procurement process currently underway. The...”
Description of the procurement
The contracting authority intends to award contracts for legal services, pursuant to a separate public procurement process currently underway. The contracting authority wishes to maintain an element of management and administration to these legal services and therefore intends to appoint a single tenderer to provide legal services management and administration services. The tenderer appointed will be responsible for the following:
• monitoring and reporting on cost and activity from firms appointed to provide legal services,
• collating, consolidating management information from those firms,
• providing Tusla with required management information including but not limited to resource inputs by professional grade,
• preparing all invoices including disbursements from each of the firms for discharge of payment, to all participating firms, by Tusla,
• (payments to Guardian ad Litem and Counsel are not in scope).
Tenderers must be in a position to provide management information that gives Tusla full and early visibility of all service-related issues arising including court activity, spend issues, activity issues, etc.
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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 1 700 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅ Description
Description of renewals:
“The contract will be for an initial period of 36 months with an option to extend for a further 12 months.”
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-03-05
12:00 📅
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: 3
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-03-05
12:00 📅
Complementary information Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement ✅
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 36 to 48 months.
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2021/S 025-060479 (2021-02-01)
Contract award notice (2022-01-10) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Postal code: Dublin
Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Contracting Authority intends to award contracts for legal services, pursuant to a separate public procurement process currently underway. The...”
Short description
The Contracting Authority intends to award contracts for legal services, pursuant to a separate public procurement process currently underway. The Contracting Authority wishes to maintain an element of management and administration to these legal services and therefore intends to appoint a single tenderer to provide legal services management and administration services. The Tenderer appointed will be responsible for the following;
• Monitoring and reporting on cost and activity from firms appointed to provide legal services
• Collating, consolidating management information from those firms
• Providing Tusla with required management information including but not limited to resource inputs by professional grade.
• Preparing all invoices including disbursements from each of the firms for discharge of payment, to all participating firms, by Tusla
• (payments to Guardian ad Litem and Counsel are not in scope)
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1 700 000 💰
Description
Additional products/services: Contract administration services📦
Description of the procurement:
“The Contracting Authority intends to award contracts for legal services, pursuant to a separate public procurement process currently underway. The...”
Description of the procurement
The Contracting Authority intends to award contracts for legal services, pursuant to a separate public procurement process currently underway. The Contracting Authority wishes to maintain an element of management and administration to these legal services and therefore intends to appoint a single tenderer to provide legal services management and administration services. The Tenderer appointed will be responsible for the following;
• Monitoring and reporting on cost and activity from firms appointed to provide legal services
• Collating, consolidating management information from those firms
• Providing Tusla with required management information including but not limited to resource inputs by professional grade.
• Preparing all invoices including disbursements from each of the firms for discharge of payment, to all participating firms, by Tusla
• (payments to Guardian ad Litem and Counsel are not in scope)
Tenderers must be in a position to provide management information that gives Tusla full and early visibility of all service-related issues arising including court activity, spend issues, activity issues etc.
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Quality criterion (name): Qualitative Criteria
Quality criterion (weighting): 700
Cost criterion (name): Cost Criterion
Cost criterion (weighting): 300
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 025-060479
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title: Legal Services Contract Management and Administration Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-09-01 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Arthur Cox Consultancy Services
Postal address: Ten Earlsfort Terrace
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D02 T380
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 700 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 700 000 💰
Source: OJS 2022/S 010-020356 (2022-01-10)