Legal Services Framework with Local Authorities (LA) and Transport Infrastructure Ireland acting as Client

Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)

Transport Infrastructure Ireland is procuring the provision of legal services under a number of Framework Agreements. The legal services are associated with the design, construction, operation, maintenance, and all other aspects of roads, active travel, and light rail projects nationwide. Tenderers will note that this competition contains four lots.
The legal services to be provided are those required to deliver the various phases of the Project Management Guidelines, as they apply to Roads and Active Travel projects, as well as light rail projects.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-10-12. The procurement was published on 2022-08-31.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

Who?

• Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2022-08-31	Contract notice
2022-10-04	Additional information
2022-10-17	Additional information
2023-09-05	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2022-08-31)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Legal services
Reference number: TII335
Short description:

Transport Infrastructure Ireland is procuring the provision of legal services under a number of Framework Agreements. The legal services are associated with the design, construction, operation, maintenance, and all other aspects of roads, active travel, and light rail projects nationwide. Tenderers will note that this competition contains four lots. The legal services to be provided are those required to deliver the various phases of the Project Management Guidelines, as they apply to Roads and Active Travel projects, as well as light rail projects.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Legal services 📦
Additional CPV: Legal advisory and representation services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)
Postal address: Parkgate Business Centre, Parkgate Street
Postal code: D08DK10
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.tii.ie 🌏
E-mail: emma.noone@tii.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16463441 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=220792&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=220792&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-08-31 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-10-12 📅
Publication date: 2022-09-05 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 170-482254
OJ-S issue: 170
Additional information

Tenderers will need to register on the etenders government website to download the tender documents The contract notice value of this contract for all Lots is €5m, with a contingency for any unexpected events bringing the total anticipated expenditure on the Framework value to €10m.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The legal services to be provided are those required to deliver the various phases of the Project Management Guidelines, as they apply to Roads and Active Travel projects, as well as light rail projects.

Estimated total value: 5 000 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 1 - West and North Region Legal Services
Lot number: 1
Short description:

• General legal services in relation to the performance of statutory functions;

• General legal services and representation;

• Advice in relation to CPO, EIS, environmental issues, and procurement issues;

• Advice and services relating to land acquisition.

• Representation at Oral Hearings regarding CPO and EIS;

• Commercial and contract law issues; and

• Health and safety issues.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals: There is a possibility for an extension of 1 year plus 1 year on this Framework.
Additional information:

Tenderers will need to register on the etenders

government website to download the tender documents

The contract notice value of this contract for all Lots is €5m, with a contingency for any unexpected events bringing the total anticipated expenditure on the Framework value to €10m.

Title of the lot: Lot 2 - South East and Dublin Region Legal Services
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Lot 3 - Southwest Region Legal Services
Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: Lot 4 - Nationwide Legal Advice and Representation
Lot number: 4
Short description:

Provision of all necessary advice and representation in respect of procurement, contractual and dispute-related issues, with particular emphasis on conciliation, arbitration, adjudication, other forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), and litigation.

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:

West & North Region

South East & Dublin Region

South West Region

Nationwide

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Number of participants to be contemplated: 28
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 2023-06-30 📅
Tender opening date: 2022-10-12 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: 9510201H
Contact
Contact point: Emma Noone
Internet address: www.tii.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/120261 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=220792&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

TII will not be liable for any participant’s costs arising in connection with participating in the

competition, irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is cancelled

or postponed.

- TII has the right at any time and without notice to:

(i) terminate the competition (or part of it);

(ii) change the competition’s basis or procedures;

(iii) procure the contract by other means,

(iv) negotiate with one or more parties at any time;

(v) reject any, or all, of the applications/tenders;

(vi) not furnish a candidate or tenderer with additional information

or to do any combination of the foregoing or anything else deemed appropriate. In no

instance will TII be required to give any reason for any alteration or termination of the

process.

- If any past or future contracts or other documents are summarised or described in this

document, or in other information given to Candidates, the summary or description must not

be taken as comprehensive, or as a substitute for reading the contract or other document

itself when it becomes available.

- Award of contract will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

- Award of contract may be subject to successful interview.

- Interested parties are advised that TII is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2014

(together with other legislation governing access to information). If a candidate/tenderer

considers that any information supplied as part of this procurement procedure should not be

disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity, confidentiality or otherwise, they must, when

providing this information, clearly identify the specific information they do not wish to be

disclosed and clearly specify the reasons for its sensitivity. Please note, it is not sufficient to

include a statement of confidentiality encompassing all the information provided in the

response.

- An ITT and ESPD are available on the etenders Website at http://www.etenders.gov.ie.

Interested parties wishing to participate should ensure that the ESPD, supporting documents,

and Criterion Responses relating to the tender are completed and returned in accordance

with the requirements set out in the ITT.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Central Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886511 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2022/S 170-482254 (2022-08-31)

Additional information (2022-10-04)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Legal representation services 📦

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-10-04 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-10-19 📅
Publication date: 2022-10-07 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 194-550545
Refers to notice: 2022/S 170-482254
OJ-S issue: 194
Additional information

Extension of 1 week for tender responses changing to Wednesday 19th October 2022 at 12 Noon. There will be no further extensions.

Source: OJS 2022/S 194-550545 (2022-10-04)

Additional information (2022-10-17)
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-10-17 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-11-07 📅
Publication date: 2022-10-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 204-582248
OJ-S issue: 204
Additional information

Extension of 3 weeks for tender responses changing to Monday 7th November 2022 at 12 Noon. There will be no further extensions.

Source: OJS 2022/S 204-582248 (2022-10-17)

Contract award notice (2023-09-05)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 10 000 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-09-05 📅
Publication date: 2023-09-08 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 173-542146
OJ-S issue: 173

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality
Quality criterion (weighting): 700
Price (weighting): 300

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2023-07-24 📅
Name: A&L Goodbody LLP
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Name: Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
McCann FitzGerald LLP
Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP
Postal town: Cork
Name: Philip Lee LLP
MHP Sellors
Postal town: Clare
Name: Regan McEntee & Partners
Postal town: Meath
Total value of the procurement: 2 500 000 EUR 💰
Name: Leahy Reidy
Postal town: Limerick
Name: Beauchamps LLP
Rdj llp
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7

Reference
Additional information

In relation to the 'total value of the procurement' of 10 million euro across all lots noted in

section 2.1.7. That amount is the maximum amount not to be exceeded throughout the 24

month framework period. There is a possibility for an extension of 1 year plus 1 year on this framework.

The actual estimated framework spend is circa 5 million euro some 50% less than the 10

million euro not to be exceeded amount specified. The 5 million euro is an estimated amount

only to cover call offs under the framework agreements for all lots (1 & 2 & 3 & 4) for the

duration of the framework.. The estimate is based on historical records and certain

assumptions over the next 24 months. The estimate is based on awarding numerous call offs

over the duration of the framework. TII does not commit to any amount, any retainer and all

projects are subject to approval by the appropriate authorities.

This Award notice related to the appointment of applicants onto Lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 of the TII335

Framework Agreement.

Source: OJS 2023/S 173-542146 (2023-09-05)

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