ETENDERS

Contract notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 16/12/2014

Expire date: 19/01/2015

External Reference: 2014-440899

TED Reference: 2014/S 245-432297

Contract notice

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Contract notice

Classic Sector

Directive 2004/18/EC

Services

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name, addresses and contact point(s)

National Roads Authority ( NRA )
N/A
St Martin's House
Waterloo Road  Dublin 4
IE
For the attention of: Tony Redmond
Telephone: +353 16463508
E-mail: tredmond@nra.ie
Fax: +353 16680009
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.nra.ie
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1153
Electronic access to information: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=83412&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=83412&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.3)

Main activity

  • Other: Roads Administration & Light Rail
I.4)

Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes
Railway Procurement Agency
Parkgate Street
8  Dublin
IE

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Corporate Legal Services Framework Agreement

II.1.2)

Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
    Category No21:  Legal services
    Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:

    Dublin 4

    NUTS code
    IRELAND
    II.1.3)

    Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

    The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement
    II.1.4)

    Information on framework agreement

    Framework agreement with a single operator
    Duration of the framework agreement
    Duration in years: 4
    Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
    Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded:

    See tender documents

    II.1.5)

    Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

    The procurement of the Corporate Legal Services Framework will be by means of a single-operator framework for the following non-exhaustive list of services:

    PPP (all aspects including procurement, contracts etc.);

    Procurement (non-PPP), Competition Law, general litigation and dispute resolution;

    Employment Law, Organisational and Merger issues, and Data Protection

    Administrative Law – Roads Acts, Railway Safety Legislation, Health and Safety

    Legislation, Freedom of Information and general regulatory;

    Planning, Environmental, Motorway Orders, Railway Orders, Property, CPO; and

    • Any other legal advisory services, of a general nature that might not fit within the scope of the above list, as required by the Clients.

    II.1.6)

    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    79100000   Legal services
    II.1.7)

    Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

    The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):  no
    II.1.8)

    Lots

    This contract is divided into lots:  no
    II.1.9)

    Information about variants

    Variants will be accepted:  no
    II.2)

    Quantity or scope of the contract

    II.2.1)

    Total quantity or scope:

    The Irish Government published a Public Sector Reform Plan on 17 November 2011. Under this plan, the Government announced its intention to merge the NRA with the RPA. Both organisations are due to merge in the near future, the Corporate Legal Services Framework will be procured through the same procurement and contractual arrangements.

    NRA and RPA are procuring a Framework Agreement for the provision of legal services. The users of the Framework Agreement are NRA and RPA. These bodies will be entitled (but not obliged) to draw down services from the Framework Agreement in accordance with the rules of the Framework Agreement. It is envisaged that there will be one Framework Agreement signed by the NRA, RPA and the successful tenderer.

    The Framework Agreement has an anticipated duration of 3 years, with an option for the Clients to extend the duration, at their discretion, for up to a further 1 year. The successful tenderer(s) in this competition will be required to enter into a Framework Agreement, a specimen of which will be provided to tenderers at the next stage of the competition. As will be set out in the specimen Framework Agreement, neither of the Clients guarantee that any work will be procured under the Framework Agreement and each reserves the right to carry out separate procurement processes for services within the scope of the Framework Agreement should they, at their discretion, consider it appropriate to do so.

    II.2.2)

    Information about options

    Options: yes
    Description of these options:

    Contract is for 3 years with an option to extend by 12 months

    Provisional timetable for recourse to these options:
    II.2.3)

    Information about renewals

    This contract is subject to renewal: no
    II.3)

    Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

    Duration in months: 048 (from the award of the contract)

    Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

    III.1)

    Conditions relating to the contract

    III.1.4)

    Other particular conditions

    The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
    III.2)

    Conditions for participation

    III.2.1)

    Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
    III.2.2)

    Economic and financial ability

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

    Minimum of €10 Million turnover per annum averaged over the past three years.

    Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
    III.2.3)

    Technical capacity

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

    It is a requirement of this tender competition that a Tenderer satisfies the following minimum criteria for participation:

    A Candidate must have achieved a minimum turnover of €10,000,000 (ten million euro) in respect of the provision of legal services in each of the three previous audited financial years of the Candidate preceding the date of submission of this request to participate. In the case of a consortium this level of turnover must be reached by at least one member of the consortium;

    A Candidate must have acted as main legal adviser at tender submission and at preferred bidder/contract close stage to either, a contracting authority, a bidding consortium or a funder for a PPP project involving over €100 million in private funding during the last three years. (A Candidate may satisfy this requirement through involvement in two separate projects during the last three years – one at tender submission stage and the second at preferred bidder/ contract close stage – subject to each project involving over €100 million in private debt funding);

    A Candidate must be able to provide legal representation to clients in Ireland and entitled to appear in such capacity before an Irish Court; and

    A Candidate must provide confirmation that, if successful in the competition, it will procure and maintain professional indemnity insurance with a minimum level of cover of €6,500,000 for each and every claim or series of claims arising out of any one event from an insurer authorised to provide that service in Ireland for the period of the contract.

    III.3)

    Conditions specific to services contracts

    III.3.1)

    Information about a particular profession

    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: yes
    Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:

    Applicants must be able to provide legal representation to clients in Ireland and be entitled to appear in such capacity before an Irish court.

    III.3.2)

    Staff responsible for the execution of the service

    Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

    Section IV: Procedure

    IV.1)

    Type of procedure

    IV.1.1)

    Type of procedure

    Restricted
    IV.1.2)

    Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

    Envisaged minimum number  3  and  maximum number  5
    Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: 

    See Pre-Qualification Documents.

    IV.2)

    Award criteria

    IV.2.1)

    Award criteria

    The most economically advantageous tender in terms of , the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
    IV.2.2)

    Information about electronic auction

    An electronic auction will be used: no
    IV.3)

    Administrative information

    IV.3.1)

    File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

    NRA311

    IV.3.2)

    Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    no
    IV.3.3)

    Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

    Payable documents: no
    IV.3.4)

    Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

    19.01.2015 - 12:00
    IV.3.6)

    Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

    EN

    Section VI: Complementary information

    VI.1)

    Information about recurrence

    This is a recurrent procurement: no
    VI.2)

    Information about European Union funds

    The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
    VI.3)

    Additional information:

    This is an Annex II B service under EU Council Directive 2004/18/EC and is, therefore not subject to the general procedures set out in that Directive. This notice is not a mandatory notice.

    VI.4)

    Procedures for appeal

    VI.4.1)

    Body responsible for appeal procedures

    High Court
    Inns Quay
    7  Dublin
    IE
    Telephone: +353 18886000
    E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie
    Fax: +353 18886125
    Internet address: http://www.courts.ie
     

    Body responsible for mediation procedures

    VI.4.2)

    Lodging of appeals

    Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:
    VI.4.3)

    Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

    High Court
    Inns Quay
    7  Dublin
    IE
    Telephone: +353 18886000
    E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie
    Fax: +353 18886125
    Internet address: http://www.courts.ie