Legal Subscription Services
Central Bank of Ireland
The Central Bank of Ireland has a requirement for access to online legal subscriptions services. The Competition covers three separate Sub-lots (each a “Lot”) and a summary of the lots is provided below. Each Lot will result in a separate Contract.
Sub-lot A - Legal Research Subscriptions with coverage of UK, European Union and International Law
Sub-lot B Legal Research Subscriptions with coverage of Ireland
Sub-lot C - Legal Precedent and Guidance Subscriptions
The Central Bank has more detailed requirements in relation to the requirements for each Sub-lot and Tenderers are referred to Appendix 1A of the ITT for further details on each of these requirements.
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-03-20. The procurement was published on 2023-02-16.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- • Printed books, brochures and leaflets › Publications
- • Journals › Official journals
- • Research and experimental development services › Research services
- • Legal services › Legal advisory and information services
- • Miscellaneous business and business-related services › Subscription services
- • Guidance and counselling services › Guidance services
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2023-02-16 | Contract notice |
| 2023-03-16 | Additional information |
| 2023-08-18 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2023-02-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Subscription services
Reference number: 2023P016
Short description:
“The Central Bank of Ireland has a requirement for access to online legal subscriptions services. The Competition covers three separate Sub-lots (each a...”
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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: Subscription services 📦
Additional CPV: Research 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: Central Bank of Ireland
Postal address: PO Box 559
Postal code: New Wapping Street,
Postal town: Dublin 1
Contact
Internet address: http://www.centralbank.ie 🌏
E-mail: geraldine.sherlock@centralbank.ie 📧
Phone: +353 12246485 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=234136&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=234136&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-02-16 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-03-20 📅
Publication date: 2023-02-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 037-110074
OJ-S issue: 37
Additional information
“Tenderers should be aware, having regard to the above, that the estimated value of the Contract, as set out in the Contract Notice, is the Central Bank’s...”
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Central Bank of Ireland has a requirement for access to online legal subscriptions services. The Competition covers three separate Sub-lots (each a...”
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“Sub-lot A - Legal Research Subscriptions with coverage of UK, European Union and International Law”
“Sub-lot B Legal Research Subscriptions with coverage of Ireland”
“Sub-lot C - Legal Precedent and Guidance Subscriptions”
“The Central Bank has more detailed requirements in relation to the requirements for each Sub-lot and Tenderers are referred to Appendix 1A of the ITT for...”
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Estimated total value: 770 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Sub-lot A
Lot number: 1
Short description:
“The Central Bank require online legal research subscription services for sixty (60) licences relating to UK Law, European Law and International Law.”
“The Central Bank may require additional licences in any of the Sub-lot subscriptions from time to time over the term of the contract and costs for any...”
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 205 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals:
“The Central Bank has the right to extend the duration of the Contract by any period or series of periods up to a total of two (2) years, so that the...”
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Additional information:
“Tenderers should be aware, having regard to the above, that the estimated value of the Contract, as set out in the Contract Notice, is the Central Bank’s...”
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Title of the lot: Sub-lot B
Lot number: 2
Short description:
“The Central Bank require online subscription services for sixty (60) licences relating to Irish Law.”
“The Central Bank may require additional licences in any of the Sub-lot subscriptions from time to time over the term of the contract and costs for any...”
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 200 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Sub-lot C
Lot number: 3
Short description:
“The Central Bank require online legal research subscription services for thirty (30) licences relating to UK Law, European Law and International Law.”
Estimated value excluding VAT: 365 000 EUR 💰
Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2023-03-20 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Geraldine Sherlock
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/329 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=234136&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices:
“5 years”
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Internet address: https://courts.ie/ 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
“Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:”
“As set out at section 7 of the European Communities (Public Authorities’ Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations SI 130/2010, as amended.”
Source: OJS 2023/S 037-110074 (2023-02-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Subscription services
Reference number: 2023P016
Short description:
“The Central Bank of Ireland has a requirement for access to online legal subscriptions services. The Competition covers three separate Sub-lots (each a...”
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: Subscription services 📦
Additional CPV: Research 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: Central Bank of Ireland
Postal address: PO Box 559
Postal code: New Wapping Street,
Postal town: Dublin 1
Contact
Internet address: http://www.centralbank.ie 🌏
E-mail: geraldine.sherlock@centralbank.ie 📧
Phone: +353 12246485 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=234136&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=234136&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-02-16 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-03-20 📅
Publication date: 2023-02-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 037-110074
OJ-S issue: 37
Additional information
“Tenderers should be aware, having regard to the above, that the estimated value of the Contract, as set out in the Contract Notice, is the Central Bank’s...”
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Central Bank of Ireland has a requirement for access to online legal subscriptions services. The Competition covers three separate Sub-lots (each a...”
“Sub-lot A - Legal Research Subscriptions with coverage of UK, European Union and International Law”
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“Sub-lot B Legal Research Subscriptions with coverage of Ireland”
“Sub-lot C - Legal Precedent and Guidance Subscriptions”
“The Central Bank has more detailed requirements in relation to the requirements for each Sub-lot and Tenderers are referred to Appendix 1A of the ITT for...”
Title of the lot: Sub-lot A
Lot number: 1
Short description:
“The Central Bank require online legal research subscription services for sixty (60) licences relating to UK Law, European Law and International Law.”
“The Central Bank may require additional licences in any of the Sub-lot subscriptions from time to time over the term of the contract and costs for any...”
Estimated value excluding VAT: 205 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals:
“The Central Bank has the right to extend the duration of the Contract by any period or series of periods up to a total of two (2) years, so that the...”
Additional information:
“Tenderers should be aware, having regard to the above, that the estimated value of the Contract, as set out in the Contract Notice, is the Central Bank’s...”
Title of the lot: Sub-lot B
Lot number: 2
Short description:
“The Central Bank require online subscription services for sixty (60) licences relating to Irish Law.”
“The Central Bank may require additional licences in any of the Sub-lot subscriptions from time to time over the term of the contract and costs for any...”
Estimated value excluding VAT: 200 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Sub-lot C
Lot number: 3
Short description:
“The Central Bank require online legal research subscription services for thirty (30) licences relating to UK Law, European Law and International Law.”
Estimated value excluding VAT: 365 000 EUR 💰
Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2023-03-20 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Geraldine Sherlock
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/329 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=234136&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices:
“5 years”
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Internet address: https://courts.ie/ 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
“Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:”
“As set out at section 7 of the European Communities (Public Authorities’ Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations SI 130/2010, as amended.”
Source: OJS 2023/S 037-110074 (2023-02-16)
Additional information (2023-03-16)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Research services 📦
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-03-16 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-03-24 📅
Publication date: 2023-03-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 057-167373
Refers to notice: 2023/S 037-110074
OJ-S issue: 57
Source: OJS 2023/S 057-167373 (2023-03-16)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Research services 📦
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-03-16 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-03-24 📅
Publication date: 2023-03-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 057-167373
Refers to notice: 2023/S 037-110074
OJ-S issue: 57
Source: OJS 2023/S 057-167373 (2023-03-16)
Contract award notice (2023-08-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Central Bank of Ireland requires access to online legal subscriptions services. The Competition run by the Central Bank for provision of these services...”
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Total value of the procurement: 770 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-08-18 📅
Publication date: 2023-08-23 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 161-509859
OJ-S issue: 161
Additional information
“During the lifetime of the Contracts, the Central Bank may require the successful tenderer to provide additional subscriptions that are relevant to the...”
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Central Bank of Ireland requires access to online legal subscriptions services. The Competition run by the Central Bank for provision of these services...”
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“The Central Bank require online legal research subscription services for thirty (30) licences relating to Legal Precedent and Guidance Subscriptions.”
Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Mandatory Requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): Pass/Fail
Quality criterion (name): Sub-lot Additional Requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Proposed Methodology and Approach to Service Delivery
Quality criterion (weighting): 25
Quality criterion (name): Quality and Breadth of Modules
Cost criterion (name): Price
Cost criterion (weighting): 40
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2023-08-01 📅
Name: Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited
Postal address: Canary Wharf
Postal town: London
Postal code: E14 5AQ
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Total value of the procurement: 205 000 EUR 💰
200 000 EUR 💰
Name: Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK
Total value of the procurement: 365 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Reference
Additional information
“During the lifetime of the Contracts, the Central Bank may require the successful tenderer to provide additional subscriptions that are relevant to the...”
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“The figure in Section II.1.7, and the figures in Sections V.2.4 for each sub-lot, represents the Central Bank’s best estimate of the anticipated total...”
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Source: OJS 2023/S 161-509859 (2023-08-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Central Bank of Ireland requires access to online legal subscriptions services. The Competition run by the Central Bank for provision of these services...”
Total value of the procurement: 770 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-08-18 📅
Publication date: 2023-08-23 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 161-509859
OJ-S issue: 161
Additional information
“During the lifetime of the Contracts, the Central Bank may require the successful tenderer to provide additional subscriptions that are relevant to the...”
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Central Bank of Ireland requires access to online legal subscriptions services. The Competition run by the Central Bank for provision of these services...”
“The Central Bank require online legal research subscription services for thirty (30) licences relating to Legal Precedent and Guidance Subscriptions.”
Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Mandatory Requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): Pass/Fail
Quality criterion (name): Sub-lot Additional Requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Proposed Methodology and Approach to Service Delivery
Quality criterion (weighting): 25
Quality criterion (name): Quality and Breadth of Modules
Cost criterion (name): Price
Cost criterion (weighting): 40
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2023-08-01 📅
Name: Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited
Postal address: Canary Wharf
Postal town: London
Postal code: E14 5AQ
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Total value of the procurement: 205 000 EUR 💰
200 000 EUR 💰
Name: Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK
Total value of the procurement: 365 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Reference
Additional information
“During the lifetime of the Contracts, the Central Bank may require the successful tenderer to provide additional subscriptions that are relevant to the...”
“The figure in Section II.1.7, and the figures in Sections V.2.4 for each sub-lot, represents the Central Bank’s best estimate of the anticipated total...”
Source: OJS 2023/S 161-509859 (2023-08-18)
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