23/062 - Legal Services Panel

Uisce ร‰ireann

The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process for a multi-supplier panel for the provision of legal services, split into โ€œlotsโ€ as follows: โ€ข Lot 1: All Legal Services โ€“ the provision of the full variety of legal services required by the Contracting Entity (excluding advice relating to debt collection and insurance claims) โ€ข Lot 2: Volume Property Work โ€“ the provision of specific, high volume property work (including resulting litigation) โ€ข Lot 3: Litigation โ€“ full and comprehensive case management support and advice in respect of (a) litigation (including in respect of criminal matters and judicial reviews) across all court forums/jurisdictions, and (b) all other forms of dispute resolution and investigation including regulatory investigations, conciliation, mediation, adjudication and arbitration โ€ข Lot 4: Legal Support Solutions โ€“ administrative and volume legal services Full details are contained in the attached procurement documents.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2024-05-27. The procurement was published on 2024-03-28.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2024-03-28 Contract notice
2024-04-18 Contract notice
Contract notice (2024-03-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: 23/062 - Legal Services Panel
Short description:
The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process for a multi-supplier panel for the provision of legal services, split into โ€œlotsโ€ as follows: โ€ข Lot 1: All Legal Services โ€“ the provision of the full variety of legal services required by the Contracting Entity (excluding advice relating to debt collection and insurance claims) โ€ข Lot 2: Volume Property Work โ€“ the provision of specific, high volume property work (including resulting litigation) โ€ข Lot 3: Litigation โ€“ full and comprehensive case management support and advice in respect of (a) litigation (including in respect of criminal matters and judicial reviews) across all court forums/jurisdictions, and (b) all other forms of dispute resolution and investigation including regulatory investigations, conciliation, mediation, adjudication and arbitration โ€ข Lot 4: Legal Support Solutions โ€“ administrative and volume legal services Full details are contained in the attached procurement documents.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Legal services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 40 040 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 4

1๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 1
Title: All Legal Services
Additional products/services: Legal advisory services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

2๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 2
Title: Volume Property Work (and resulting litigation)
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0002

3๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 3
Title: Litigation
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0003

4๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 4
Title: Legal Support Solutions
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0004

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Legal basis: Directive 2014/25/EU
Main features of the procedure:
Light regime, single submission, consisting of: - Step one: exclusion - Step two: minimum requirements - Step three: shortlisting - Step four: evaluation The full details of the procedure can be found in the accompanying procurement documents.
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-05-27 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-05-27 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=3317704
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2024-05-27 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=3317704

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria: Please see tender docs

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Uisce ร‰ireann
National registration number: 00
Postal town: Cork
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: tenders@water.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 021 423 9000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.water.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=3317704 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/eawarding/showTenderList.do?resourceId=3317704 ๐ŸŒ
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
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 064-189213 (2024-03-28)
Contract notice (2024-04-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 40 040 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
24 024 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
8 008 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
4 004 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Changes
New value
Text:
Uisce Eireann wish to update the contract notice for 23/062 - Legal Services Panel to include a breakdown of the estimated contract value per Lot. The existing contract notice refers to a cumulative value for each Lot. The estimated value per Lot is as follows; Lot 1 All Legal Services: โ‚ฌ24,024,000.00; Lot 2 Volume Property Work: โ‚ฌ8,008,000.00; Lot 3 Litigation: โ‚ฌ4,004,000.00; Lot 4 Legal Support Solutions: โ‚ฌ4,004,000.00. In addition, we wish to clarify per 5.1.6 of the contract notice that the project is not financed with EU funds
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Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 3d999f0e-861c-4740-8cae-b84794b67d40-01
Source: OJS 2024/S 078-232626 (2024-04-18)