The Provision of Legal Services for the Teaching Council

The Teaching Council

The provision of legal services for the teaching council for fitness to teach, registration, professional accreditation of programmes of Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and Qualifications Assessment and Corporate Governance and associated functions.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-02-15. The procurement was published on 2021-01-14.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-01-14 Contract notice
2021-06-10 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-01-14)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: The Teaching Council
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Block A, , Co.Kildare, Maynooth Business Campus
Postal town: Maynooth
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Ruth Flynn
Phone: +353 16517902 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: rflynn@teachingcouncil.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: www.teachingcouncil.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/479 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=181151&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=181151&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: The Provision of Legal Services for the Teaching Council 2021 Legal Services
Products/services: Legal services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe provision of legal services for the teaching council for fitness to teach, registration, professional accreditation of programmes of Initial Teacher...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 3 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Legal advisory and representation services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Legal advisory services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Legal representation services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Legal documentation and certification services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Legal advisory and information services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe provision of legal services for the teaching council for fitness to teach, registration, professional accreditation of programmes of Initial Teacher...โ€    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 3 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals: Two possible 12-month extensions.
Information about electronic catalogues
Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Stated in procurement 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
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: Stated in 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
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-02-15 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Irish ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
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: 2021-02-15 13:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: Teaching Council
Postal address: Maynooth Business Campus
Postal town: Maynooth
Postal code: W23 Y7X0
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 16517900 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: rflynn@teachingcouncil.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: www.teachingcouncil.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2021/S 012-025167 (2021-01-14)
Contract award notice (2021-06-10)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: Block A
Postal town: Maynooth, Co. Kildare
Postal code: Maynooth Business Ca
Phone: +353 16517900 ๐Ÿ“ž

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe provision of legal services for the Teaching Council for Fitness to Teach, registration, professional accreditation of programmes of Initial Teacher...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 3 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Main site or place of performance: Maynooth, Co. Kildare.
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe provision of legal services for the Teaching Council for fitness to teach, registration, professional accreditation of programmes of Initial Teacher...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name):
โ€œQuality of the proposed service delivery team โ€“ registration of teachers, professional accreditation of programmes of ITE and qualifications assessmentโ€
Quality criterion (weighting): 15 %
Quality criterion (name): Quality of the proposed service delivery team โ€“ fitness to teach
Quality criterion (name):
โ€œQuality of the proposed service delivery team โ€“ corporate, including corporate governance, human resources and commercialโ€
Quality criterion (weighting): 10 %
Quality criterion (name): Quality of services delivery team โ€“ support
Quality criterion (name): Approach and methodology to service delivery
Quality criterion (weighting): 20 %
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 30 %

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 012-025167

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: The Provision of Legal Services for the Teaching Council
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-06-10 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Fieldfisher
National registration number: 9526914L
Postal address: Capel Building, Mary's Abbey
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18280600 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: orlagh.colman@fieldfisher.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 18280614 ๐Ÿ“ 
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.fieldfisher.ie ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 3 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2021/S 114-300151 (2021-06-10)