Establishment of a multi-party Framework Agreement for Legal advisory services and related litigation services

Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman

The establishment of a multi-party Framework Agreement for Legal advisory services and related litigation services, to include statutory appeals, judicial review proceedings and enforcement actions, as set out in more detail in the tender documents.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-02-10. The procurement was published on 2022-12-22.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2022-12-22 Contract notice
2023-01-24 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2022-12-22)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Lincoln House
Postal town: Dublin 2
Postal code: Lincoln Place
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Leo Stronge
Phone: +353 868399824 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: leo@iprocure.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: https://www.fspo.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/548 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=231348&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=231348&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œEstablishment of a multi-party Framework Agreement for Legal advisory services and related litigation services FSPO 22122022โ€
Products/services: Legal advisory and representation services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe establishment of a multi-party Framework Agreement for Legal advisory services and related litigation services, to include statutory appeals, judicial...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 500 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Legal services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Legal advisory services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Legal representation services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Legal advisory and information services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe establishment of a multi-party Framework Agreement for Legal advisory services and related litigation services, to include statutory appeals, judicial...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 1 500 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals:
โ€œAny Framework Agreement that may result from this competition will be for an initial period of two (2) years. The Contracting Authority reserves the right...โ€    Show more
Information about options
Options โœ…
Description of options:
โ€œAny Framework Agreement that may result from this competition will be for an initial period of two (2) years. The Contracting Authority reserves the right...โ€    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 230421)
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: Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 230421)
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 230421)
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
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: 4
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-02-10 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2023-02-10 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Please consult your own legal advisors.
Source: OJS 2022/S 249-727619 (2022-12-22)
Contract award notice (2023-01-24)
Object
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality
Quality criterion (weighting): 70%
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 30%

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2022/S 249-727619

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
โ€œEstablishment of a multi-party Framework Agreement for Legal advisory services and related litigation servicesโ€
Information on non-award
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)

Complementary information
Additional information

โ€œThe Contracting Authority wishes to advise that this tender process has been cancelled. Thank you for your interest in this matter. The Contracting...โ€    Show more
Source: OJS 2023/S 020-054644 (2023-01-24)