Date of dispatch of this notice: 10/01/2022
External Reference: 2022-233255
TED Reference: 2022/S 010-020356
Contract award notice
Information
Published
Contract award notice
Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)
Name and addresses
Tusla Child and Family Agency
3218849KH
The Brunel Building, Heuston South Quarter
Dublin 8
Dublin
IE
E-mail:
leo@iprocure.ie
NUTS code:
IE061 -
Dublin
Main address:
http://www.tusla.ie
Address of the buyer profile:
https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/105768
I.4)
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5)
Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1)
Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)
Title
Legal Services Contract Management and Administration Services
Reference number:
Tusla 01022021
II.1.2)
Main CPV code
79994000
-
Contract administration services
II.1.3)
Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)
Short description
The Contracting Authority intends to award contracts for legal services, pursuant to a separate public procurement process currently underway. The Contracting Authority wishes to maintain an element of management and administration to these legal services and therefore intends to appoint a single tenderer to provide legal services management and administration services. The Tenderer appointed will be responsible for the following;
• Monitoring and reporting on cost and activity from firms appointed to provide legal services
• Collating, consolidating management information from those firms
• Providing Tusla with required management information including but not limited to resource inputs by professional grade.
• Preparing all invoices including disbursements from each of the firms for discharge of payment, to all participating firms, by Tusla
• (payments to Guardian ad Litem and Counsel are not in scope)
• Monitoring and reporting on cost and activity from firms appointed to provide legal services
• Collating, consolidating management information from those firms
• Providing Tusla with required management information including but not limited to resource inputs by professional grade.
• Preparing all invoices including disbursements from each of the firms for discharge of payment, to all participating firms, by Tusla
• (payments to Guardian ad Litem and Counsel are not in scope)
II.1.6)
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
no
II.1.7)
Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1700000.00
EUR
II.2)
Description
II.2.2)
Additional CPV code(s)
79994000
-
Contract administration services
II.2.3)
Place of performance
NUTS code:
IE0 -
IRELAND
II.2.4)
Description of the procurement
The Contracting Authority intends to award contracts for legal services, pursuant to a separate public procurement process currently underway. The Contracting Authority wishes to maintain an element of management and administration to these legal services and therefore intends to appoint a single tenderer to provide legal services management and administration services. The Tenderer appointed will be responsible for the following;
• Monitoring and reporting on cost and activity from firms appointed to provide legal services
• Collating, consolidating management information from those firms
• Providing Tusla with required management information including but not limited to resource inputs by professional grade.
• Preparing all invoices including disbursements from each of the firms for discharge of payment, to all participating firms, by Tusla
• (payments to Guardian ad Litem and Counsel are not in scope)
Tenderers must be in a position to provide management information that gives Tusla full and early visibility of all service-related issues arising including court activity, spend issues, activity issues etc.
• Monitoring and reporting on cost and activity from firms appointed to provide legal services
• Collating, consolidating management information from those firms
• Providing Tusla with required management information including but not limited to resource inputs by professional grade.
• Preparing all invoices including disbursements from each of the firms for discharge of payment, to all participating firms, by Tusla
• (payments to Guardian ad Litem and Counsel are not in scope)
Tenderers must be in a position to provide management information that gives Tusla full and early visibility of all service-related issues arising including court activity, spend issues, activity issues etc.
II.2.5)
Award criteria
Criteria below
Quality criterion
-
Name:
Qualitative Criteria
/
Weighting:
700
Cost criterion
-
Name:
Cost Criterion
/
Weighting:
300
II.2.11)
Information about options
Options:
no
II.2.13)
Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
no
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)
Description
IV.1.1)
Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8)
Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement
: yes
IV.2)
Administrative information
IV.2.1)
Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 025-060479
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Legal Services Contract Management and Administration Services
V.2)
Award of contract
V.2.1)
Date of conclusion of the contract
01/09/2021
V.2.2)
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received:
2
Number of tenders received from SMEs:
1
Number of tenders received by electronic means:
2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators
:
noV.2.3)
Name and address of the contractor
Arthur Cox Consultancy Services
Ten Earlsfort Terrace
Dublin
D02 T380
IE
NUTS code:
IE -
IRELAND
The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
1700000.00
EUR
Total value of the contract/lot:
1700000.00
EUR
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4)
Procedures for review
VI.4.1)
Review body
The High Court
Dublin
IE