Provision of legal services across three separate lots

Housing Agency

Lot 1 - Legal conveyancing services in respect of the acquisition of property by The Housing Agency across its relevant programmes.
Lot 2 โ€“ Legal conveyancing services for leasing of properties by local authorities and Legal Advice and practical assistance on Compulsory Purchase Orderโ€™s (CPOโ€™s)
Lot 3 โ€“ Legal conveyancing services for the acquisition of land by The Housing Agency.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-04-12. The procurement was published on 2023-03-07.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2023-03-07 Contract notice
2023-07-19 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2023-03-07)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Housing Agency
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 53 Mount Street Upper
Postal town: Dublin 2
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Patrick McCarthy
Phone: +353 016564100 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: patrick.mccarthy@housingagency.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.housingagency.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/552 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=235602&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=235602&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of legal services across three separate lots. 23 19 a, b, c
Products/services: Legal services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œLot 1 - Legal conveyancing services in respect of the acquisition of property by The Housing Agency across its relevant programmes. Lot 2 โ€“ Legal...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 6 650 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œLot 1 - Legal conveyancing services in respect of the acquisition of property by The Housing Agencyโ€
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Legal advisory services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Legal advisory and information services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Republic of Ireland
Description of the procurement:
โ€œLot 1 - Legal conveyancing services in respect of the acquisition of property by The Housing Agency across its relevant programmes. (Est. Aggregate Contract...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 650 000 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 twelve month extension options

2๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œLot 2 - Legal conveyancing services for leasing of properties by local authorities and Legal Aโ€
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œLot 2 โ€“ Legal conveyancing services for leasing of properties by local authorities and Legal Advice and practical assistance on Compulsory Purchase Orderโ€™s (CPOโ€™s)โ€    Show more
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 1 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Description of renewals: Two 12 month extension options

3๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 3 Legal conveyancing services for the acquisition of land.
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œLot 3 โ€“ Legal conveyancing services for the acquisition of land by The Housing Agency.โ€
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 5 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
โ€œMinimum Professional Qualification: โ€ข Tenderers must hold a valid 2022 Practising Certificate issued by the Law Society of Ireland. Experience: minimum 5...โ€    Show more
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:
โ€œTenderers must hold a valid 2022 Practising Certificate issued by the Law Society of Ireland.โ€
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: 3
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-04-12 17:00 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: 2023-04-12 17:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2023/S 050-145972 (2023-03-07)
Contract award notice (2023-07-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 6 650 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Award criteria
Price

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2023/S 050-145972
Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice

Award of contract

1๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 1
Lot Identification Number: 1
Title:
โ€œLot 1 - Legal conveyancing services in respect of the acquisition of property by The Housing Agencyโ€
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-06-12 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 24
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 24
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Beauchamps LLP, Nolan Farrell & Goff LLP, Fieldfisher
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 650 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 650 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

2๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 2
Lot Identification Number: 2
Title:
โ€œLot 2 - Legal conveyancing services for leasing of properties by local authorities and Legal Aโ€
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-06-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 21
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 21
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Philip Lee, Blake & Kenny, Beauchamps LLP
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

3๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 3
Title: Lot 3 Legal conveyancing services for the acquisition of land.
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-07-12 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 26
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 26
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Hugh J Ward & Company, J.D. Scanlon & Company, Joynt & Crawford
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 5 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 5 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2023/S 140-447447 (2023-07-19)