Request for Tender (RFT) For the Provision of Competition Law Legal Services
Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)
In summary, the Competition Law Legal Services comprise: the provision of legal advice and ligation services relating primarily to the CCPC's competition enforcement function. The services include: (A) Full civil litigation support services relating to the Contracting Authorityโs competition enforcement and merger review functions, including litigation support and legal advice on issues that arise in the course of such litigation. The successful Tenderer(s) will provide professional legal support services to the Contracting Authority when the Contracting Authority: (i) Initiates legal proceedings / applies to court under the Competition Act 2002, as amended (the โ2002 Actโ) and the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (the โ2014 Actโ) (ii) Becomes a party to legal proceedings or litigation brought by a third party relating to the CCPCโs competition enforcement and merger review function. (B) Legal support services that may be required in relation to the Contracting Authorityโs administrative adjudication regime including representation at any potential oral hearings.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-02-27. The procurement was published on 2026-01-29.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
- โข Bird and Bird
- โข DAC Beachcroft Dublin
- โข Fieldfisher Ireland LLP
- โข Philip Lee LLP
- โข Legal advisory and representation services โบ Legal advisory services
- โข Legal services โบ Legal advisory and information services
- โข Aฯฯฮนฮบฮฎ โบ ฮฯฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ ฮฮธฮทฮฝฯฮฝ
- โข Eastern and Midland โบ Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | Contract notice |
| 2026-02-19 | Contract notice |
| 2026-05-14 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2026-01-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Request for Tender (RFT) For the Provision of Competition Law Legal Services
Short description:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Legal services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Internal identifier:
Additional products/services: Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Duration: 48 months
Award criteria
Cost criterion (name): Cost of Services
Cost criterion (weighting): 25
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Services
Quality criterion (weighting): 75
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-02-27 12:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-02-27 12:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7419364
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏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 โ
Maximum number of participants: 4
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-02-27 12:30:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7419364
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used โ
Electronic payment will be used โ
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-02-17 12:00:00 ๐
Award criteria
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)
National registration number:
Postal address: Bloom House, Railway Street
Postal code: D01 C576
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Contact point: procurement
E-mail: procurement@ccpc.ie ๐ง
Phone: 014025513 ๐
URL: https://www.ccpc.ie ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.ccpc.ie ๐
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=7419364 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7419364 ๐
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2026/S 021-068969 (2026-01-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Request for Tender (RFT) For the Provision of Competition Law Legal Services
Short description:
In summary, the Competition Law Legal Services comprise: the provision of legal advice and ligation services relating primarily to the CCPC's competition enforcement function. The services include: (A) Full civil litigation support services relating to the Contracting Authorityโs competition enforcement and merger review functions, including litigation support and legal advice on issues that arise in the course of such litigation. The successful Tenderer(s) will provide professional legal support services to the Contracting Authority when the Contracting Authority: (i) Initiates legal proceedings / applies to court under the Competition Act 2002, as amended (the โ2002 Actโ) and the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (the โ2014 Actโ) (ii) Becomes a party to legal proceedings or litigation brought by a third party relating to the CCPCโs competition enforcement and merger review function. (B) Legal support services that may be required in relation to the Contracting Authorityโs administrative adjudication regime including representation at any potential oral hearings.
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Products/services: Legal services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Internal identifier:
0
Additional products/services: Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Duration: 48 months
Award criteria
Cost criterion (name): Cost of Services
Cost criterion (weighting): 25
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Services
Quality criterion (weighting): 75
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-02-27 12:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-02-27 12:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7419364
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏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 โ
Maximum number of participants: 4
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-02-27 12:30:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7419364
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used โ
Electronic payment will be used โ
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-02-17 12:00:00 ๐
Award criteria
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)
National registration number:
0000
Postal address: Bloom House, Railway Street
Postal code: D01 C576
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Contact point: procurement
E-mail: procurement@ccpc.ie ๐ง
Phone: 014025513 ๐
URL: https://www.ccpc.ie ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.ccpc.ie ๐
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=7419364 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7419364 ๐
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
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2026/S 021-068969 (2026-01-29)
Contract notice (2026-02-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Changes
Other additional information
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 73cf57f5-1f70-4a9e-98a7-b71a02cb5cbb-01
Source: OJS 2026/S 036-123252 (2026-02-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Changes
Other additional information
We have reduced the number of contract references required from three contracts to two contracts as we understand that some information will need to be anonymised due to conflict of interest and therefore have reduced the number of contracts required and will accept two examples of relevant previous experience
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Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 73cf57f5-1f70-4a9e-98a7-b71a02cb5cbb-01
Source: OJS 2026/S 036-123252 (2026-02-19)
Contract award notice (2026-05-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Maximum value of the framework agreements in this notice: 3 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded โ
Lot Identification Number:
Contract Number:
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-05-14 ๐
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 7
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Maximum value of the framework agreement: 3 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Name and address of the contractor
Name: DAC Beachcroft Dublin
National registration number:
Postal code: D04 T253
Postal town: Three Haddington Buildings, Percy Place, Dublin 4,
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: bidteam2@dacbeachcroft.com ๐ง
Size of the economic operator: Micro, small, or medium
Tender identifier:
Name: Fieldfisher Ireland LLP
National registration number:
Postal address: 45 Mespil Road
Postal code: D04 W2F1
Postal town: Dublin 4
E-mail: orlagh.colman@fieldfisher.com ๐ง
Phone: 01 828 0600 ๐
URL: https://www.fieldfisher.com/en-ie/locations/ireland ๐
Size of the economic operator: Medium
Tender identifier:
Name: Philip Lee LLP
National registration number:
Postal address: Connaught House One Burlington Road Dublin 4,
Postal code: D04 C5Y6
E-mail: mbaker@philiplee.ie ๐ง
Phone: 01 237 3700 ๐
Fax: 01 678 7794 ๐
URL: www.philiplee.ie ๐
Tender identifier:
Name: Bird and Bird
National registration number:
Postal address: 127 St Stephen's Green
Postal code: D02 C628
Postal town: Dublin
E-mail: julieanne.hand@twobirds.com ๐ง
Phone: 087 490 0732 ๐
URL: www.twobirds.com ๐
Size of the economic operator: Small
Source: OJS 2026/S 094-335734 (2026-05-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Maximum value of the framework agreements in this notice: 3 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded โ
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Contract Number:
439373
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-05-14 ๐
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 7
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Maximum value of the framework agreement: 3 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Tender identifier:
000159694
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0001
Name and address of the contractor
Name: DAC Beachcroft Dublin
National registration number:
379736
Postal code: D04 T253
Postal town: Three Haddington Buildings, Percy Place, Dublin 4,
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: bidteam2@dacbeachcroft.com ๐ง
Size of the economic operator: Micro, small, or medium
Tender identifier:
000159761
Name: Fieldfisher Ireland LLP
National registration number:
Fieldfisher LLP
Postal address: 45 Mespil Road
Postal code: D04 W2F1
Postal town: Dublin 4
E-mail: orlagh.colman@fieldfisher.com ๐ง
Phone: 01 828 0600 ๐
URL: https://www.fieldfisher.com/en-ie/locations/ireland ๐
Size of the economic operator: Medium
Tender identifier:
000159964
Name: Philip Lee LLP
National registration number:
9522629P
Postal address: Connaught House One Burlington Road Dublin 4,
Postal code: D04 C5Y6
E-mail: mbaker@philiplee.ie ๐ง
Phone: 01 237 3700 ๐
Fax: 01 678 7794 ๐
URL: www.philiplee.ie ๐
Tender identifier:
000159763
Name: Bird and Bird
National registration number:
0000
Postal address: 127 St Stephen's Green
Postal code: D02 C628
Postal town: Dublin
E-mail: julieanne.hand@twobirds.com ๐ง
Phone: 087 490 0732 ๐
URL: www.twobirds.com ๐
Size of the economic operator: Small
Source: OJS 2026/S 094-335734 (2026-05-14)
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