SINGLE SUPPLIER SERVICES FRAMEWORK CONTRACT for the Provision of Employment Law Legal Services to the Department of Expenditure and Reform

The Office of Government Procurement

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (the “Contracting Authority”) is issuing this
request for tenders (“RFT”). The Contracting Authority invitestenders(“Tenders”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for appointment to a single-supplier Services Framework Contract for the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (“the Services”).
The provision of Employment Law legal services to either (i) the Department of Public
Expenditure and Reform (“DPER”) or (ii) DPER and one or more of the framework clients jointly (see RFT paragraph 1.3), where the parties have a common interest in obtaining such employment law legal services.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-03-21. The procurement was published on 2022-02-17.

Who?

What?

Where?

Procurement history
Date Document
2022-02-17 Contract notice
Contract notice (2022-02-17)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: The Office of Government Procurement
National registration number: IE3229842HH
Postal address: 3A Mayor Street Upper
Postal town: Dublin 1, D01 PF72
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: OGP Support
E-mail: support@ogp.gov.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.ogp.gov.ie/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/351 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=207780&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=207780&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“SINGLE SUPPLIER SERVICES FRAMEWORK CONTRACT for the Provision of Employment Law Legal Services to the Department of Expenditure and Reform PROJ000007113”
Products/services: Legal advisory services 📦
Short description:
“The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (the “Contracting Authority”) is issuing this request for tenders (“RFT”). The Contracting Authority...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 8 000 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Legal services 📦
Additional products/services: Legal advisory and representation services 📦
Additional products/services: Legal representation services 📦
Additional products/services: Legal documentation and certification services 📦
Additional products/services: Legal advisory and information services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 1
Description of the procurement:
“The provision of Employment Law legal services to either (i) the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (“DPER”) or (ii) DPER and one or more of the...”    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 800 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24
Information about options
Options
Description of options:
“The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to six (6) months with a maximum of two (2) such extension(s)...”    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 208153)
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria: Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 208153)
Conditions for participation
Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 208153)
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria: Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 208153)
Conditions for participation
Conditions for participation (technical and professional ability): Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 208153)
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 208153)
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 208153)
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: 2022-03-21 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: 12
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2022-03-21 12:00 📅

Complementary information
Additional information

“Please refer to the Request for Tender Documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT 208153)”
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18866000 📞
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Please consult your own legal advisors.
Source: OJS 2022/S 037-095794 (2022-02-17)