Provision of dedicated Legal Service Providers
Léargas - The Exchange Bureau
Léargas - The Exchange Bureau is seeking to engage a legal services provider to support its statutory functions, governance responsibilities, compliance with regulatory and contractual obligations, employment matters, reduce legal risk, and provide guidance on a wide range of legal matters relevant to a publicly funded, charitable organisation. The current legal services providers are completing their contract for which a competitive procurement process is required to source professional legal services for said services. The appointed legal partner will provide services across the following core areas: •Employment law, including contract drafting, disputes, and compliance •Governance, board and trustee legal duties, and organisational structures •Contractual advice, drafting, negotiation, and dispute resolution •Compliance with GDPR and data processing regulations •Procurement and public tendering legislation •Property and lease management •Charity law, including engagement with the Charities Regulator •Risk management and protected disclosures •Training for board and senior leadership on legal responsibilities
DeadlineDeadline 2026-08-17
Who? What?- • Legal advisory and representation services › Legal advisory services
- • Legal advisory and representation services › Legal representation services
- • Legal services › Legal advisory and information services
- • Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
- • Eastern and Midland › Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | Contract notice |
Contract notice (2026-07-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of dedicated Legal Service Providers
Short description:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Legal advisory services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 60 000 EUR 💰
Description
Internal identifier:
Additional products/services:
Aim of strategic procurement: Innovative purchase
Competition to meet the MEAT criteria best
Innovation procurement: The procured works, supplies or services are novel or significantly improved compared to other works, supplies, or services already on the market.
Town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 3 years
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Description
Town: Dublin City
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-08-17 23:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-08-18 00:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8617481
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 120 days
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-08-18 00:00:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8617481
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-08-17 17:00:00 📅
The CVD legal basis to establish which category of procurement procedure applies: Other service contract
The procurement falls within the scope of the European Parliament and Council 2009/33/EC (Clean Vehicles Directive – CVD) ✅
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Selection criterion: Relevant educational and professional qualifications
List and brief description of rules and criteria: Previous Experience in Public Sector
Exclusion ground: Breaching of obligations set under purely national exclusion grounds
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Léargas - The Exchange Bureau
National registration number:
Postal address: 189 193
Postal code: D01A3Y8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact point: 1. Itisha Sharma - isharma@leargas.ie as Procurement & Compliance Officer 2. Terri Cole - tcole@leargas.ie as Head of SEC
E-mail: isharma@leargas.ie 📧
Phone: 0899655297 📞
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.leargas.ie/ 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Education
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=8617481 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=8617481 🌏
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 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2026/S 132-482614 (2026-07-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of dedicated Legal Service Providers
Short description:
Léargas - The Exchange Bureau is seeking to engage a legal services provider to support its statutory functions, governance responsibilities, compliance with regulatory and contractual obligations, employment matters, reduce legal risk, and provide guidance on a wide range of legal matters relevant to a publicly funded, charitable organisation. The current legal services providers are completing their contract for which a competitive procurement process is required to source professional legal services for said services. The appointed legal partner will provide services across the following core areas: •Employment law, including contract drafting, disputes, and compliance •Governance, board and trustee legal duties, and organisational structures •Contractual advice, drafting, negotiation, and dispute resolution •Compliance with GDPR and data processing regulations •Procurement and public tendering legislation •Property and lease management •Charity law, including engagement with the Charities Regulator •Risk management and protected disclosures •Training for board and senior leadership on legal responsibilities
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Products/services: Legal advisory services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 60 000 EUR 💰
Description
Internal identifier:
1
Additional products/services:
Competition to meet the MEAT criteria best
Innovation procurement: The procured works, supplies or services are novel or significantly improved compared to other works, supplies, or services already on the market.
Town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 3 years
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Description
Town: Dublin City
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-08-17 23:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-08-18 00:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8617481
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 120 days
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-08-18 00:00:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8617481
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-08-17 17:00:00 📅
The CVD legal basis to establish which category of procurement procedure applies: Other service contract
The procurement falls within the scope of the European Parliament and Council 2009/33/EC (Clean Vehicles Directive – CVD) ✅
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Selection criterion: Relevant educational and professional qualifications
List and brief description of rules and criteria: Previous Experience in Public Sector
Exclusion ground: Breaching of obligations set under purely national exclusion grounds
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Léargas - The Exchange Bureau
National registration number:
Registered Charity Number 20020330
Postal address: 189 193
Postal code: D01A3Y8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact point: 1. Itisha Sharma - isharma@leargas.ie as Procurement & Compliance Officer 2. Terri Cole - tcole@leargas.ie as Head of SEC
E-mail: isharma@leargas.ie 📧
Phone: 0899655297 📞
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.leargas.ie/ 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Education
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=8617481 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=8617481 🌏
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 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2026/S 132-482614 (2026-07-10)
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