23/057 - Panel for the Provision of Legal Services to Gas Networks Ireland and its Affiliates

Gas Networks Ireland

Gas Networks Ireland (โ€œGNIโ€) is seeking to establish a new legal panel to support the in-house legal team when advising and supporting GNI and any subsidiary, holding company or affiliated company of GNI, including GNI (UK) Limited, as well as any subsidiary of a subsidiary or holding company of GNI (the โ€œAffiliatesโ€). The work is divided into six Lots covering all practice areas: six Lots comprise work in the Republic of Ireland (incl. legal support solutions) and one Lot comprises work across the UK. Up to a maximum of 19 providers will be appointed across all Lots.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2024-05-02. The procurement was published on 2024-03-19.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2024-03-19 Contract notice
Contract notice (2024-03-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: 23/057 - Panel for the Provision of Legal Services to Gas Networks Ireland and its Affiliates
Short description:
Gas Networks Ireland (โ€œGNIโ€) is seeking to establish a new legal panel to support the in-house legal team when advising and supporting GNI and any subsidiary, holding company or affiliated company of GNI, including GNI (UK) Limited, as well as any subsidiary of a subsidiary or holding company of GNI (the โ€œAffiliatesโ€). The work is divided into six Lots covering all practice areas: six Lots comprise work in the Republic of Ireland (incl. legal support solutions) and one Lot comprises work across the UK. Up to a maximum of 19 providers will be appointed across all Lots.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Legal services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 5
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 6
Tenders may be submitted for all lots โœ…

1๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 1
Title: 23/057 - Legal work in the Republic of Ireland
Description of the procurement:
Legal work in the Republic of Ireland across all practice areas listed in the Specification at Appendix 1 of the RFT and as more specifically described (by way of examples) in Annex 1 of Appendix 1. Lot 1 comprises the bulk of the legal work required by the Contracting Entity.
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Additional products/services: Maximum renewals: 2
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

2๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 2
Title: 23/057 - Litigation work in the Republic of Ireland
Description of the procurement:
Litigation work in the Republic of Ireland, as more specifically described (by way of examples) in Annex 1 of Appendix 1 of the RFT.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0002

3๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 3
Title: 23/057 - Energy work in the Republic of Ireland
Description of the procurement:
Energy work in the Republic of Ireland, as more specifically described (by way of examples) in Annex 1 of Appendix 1 of the RFT.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0003

4๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 4
Title: 23/057 - Property work in the Republic of Ireland
Description of the procurement:
Property work in the Republic of Ireland, as more specifically described (by way of examples) in Annex 1 of Appendix 1 of the RFT and Schedule 11 of the Agreement.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0004

5๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 5
Title: 23/057 - Legal work in England and Wales, Scotland and/or Northern Ireland
Description of the procurement:
Legal work in England and Wales, Scotland and/or Northern Ireland, as more specifically described (by way of examples) in Annex 1 of Appendix 1 of the RFT.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0005

6๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 6
Title: 23/057 - Legal support solutions
Description of the procurement:
Legal support solutions in the Republic of Ireland, as more specifically described (by way of examples) in section 5 of Appendix 1 of the RFT.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0006

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition โœ…
Legal basis: Directive 2014/25/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-05-02 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 180 days
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators โœ…
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
The contract has performance execution conditions โœ…

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Tenders may be submitted by single entities or by groups of service providers (i.e. a Consortium). A Consortium will not be required to convert into a specific legal form in order to submit a tender but may be required to do so prior to award of the Contract. GNI reserves the right, amongst other solutions, to require that the Agreement be entered into with each member of the Consortium on the basis of joint and several liability or to contract with one member of the Consortium as prime contractor to whom the other members will be sub-contractors. The composition of the Consortium may only be changed with the consent of GNI.
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Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: N/A
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: Please refer to tender documents and the Agreement.

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Gas Networks Ireland
National registration number: 555744
Postal address: Gasworks Road
Postal code: T12RX96
Postal town: Cork
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: tenders@gasnetworks.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 0000000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.gasnetworks.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gasnetworks.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
General public services
Production, transport and distribution of gas and heat
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=3261091 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/eawarding/showTenderList.do?resourceId=3261091 ๐ŸŒ
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Additional information
You must submit through the eTenders system before the deadline. It is very important that you commence the scanning & uploading of your response in a timely manner. The system will automatically lockdown at the exact time specified in the Tender documents. Tenders that are not fully uploaded by the response deadline will not be accepted by the system. Please submit via the eTenders system not later than 12:00hrs (local time) on Thursday 02nd May 2024. www.etenders.gov.ie/system-user-guides
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Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Source: OJS 2024/S 058-169598 (2024-03-19)