Legal services (№4288437)

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1. Section I
   1. Name and addresses
      Education Authority NI
      40 Academy Street
      Belfast
      BT1 2NQ
      
      E-mail: [email protected]
      
   2. Type of the contracting authority:
      
   3. Main activity:
      
2. Section II
   1. Scope of the procurement:
      1. Title:
         

         70125 Legal Advice and Representation to CCMS.

         
         
      2. Main CPV code:
         
         
      3. Type of contract:
         
      4. Short description:
         

         EA Tender 70125 — Legal Advice and Representation to CCMS. The Education Authority (EA) invites tenders on behalf of Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) from firms of solicitors for the Provision of Legal Advice and Representation to the Boards of Governors of Catholic Maintained Schools and/or CCMS itself when requested in the matters set out in the Specification, as and when requested, for the period 1.5.2016 to 30.4.2019 with an option to extend for a further 12 months. It is anticipated that the majority of work allocated to the successful tenderers will involve employment law with a smaller amount of work related to public administrative law matters (and in particular the defence of threatened or actual judicial review applications). The tender will appoint 2 firms of solicitors to act for CCMS as well as, where appropriate, the Board of Governors of a Catholic Maintained School on an as and when required basis in accordance with the Specification, the Standard Conditions of Retainer, the Standard Conditions of Contract and pricing arrangements for this Tender. The Firm ranked first after evaluation will be the principal provider of legal advice and representation to the CCMS/Boards of Governors of Catholic Maintained Schools (‘the Principal Firm’) whilst the Firm ranked second after evaluation will be the secondary provider of legal advice and representation to the CCMS/Boards of Governors of Catholic Maintained Schools (‘the Secondary Firm’). On occasion either firm may be asked by the Education Authority to act for it and/or the Board of Governors of a controlled school and/or the Board of Governors of an Irish Medium school in accordance with the Specification, the Standard Conditions of Retainer, the Standard Conditions of Contract and pricing arrangements for this Tender and subject to there being no conflict with the interests of CCMS.

         
         
      5. Information about lots:
         
      6. Total value of the procurement:
         Value excluding VAT: 250 000.00 GBP
   2. Description
      1. Title:
         
      2. Additional CPV code(s):
         
         
      3. Place of performance:
         
      4. Description of the procurement:
         

         EA Tender 70125 — Legal Advice and Representation to CCMS. The Education Authority (EA) invites tenders on behalf of Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) from firms of solicitors for the Provision of Legal Advice and Representation to the Boards of Governors of Catholic Maintained Schools and/or CCMS itself when requested in the matters set out in the Specification, as and when requested, for the period 1.5.2016 to 30.4.2019 with an option to extend for a further 12 months. It is anticipated that the majority of work allocated to the successful tenderers will involve employment law with a smaller amount of work related to public administrative law matters (and in particular the defence of threatened or actual judicial review applications). The tender will appoint 2 firms of solicitors to act for CCMS as well as, where appropriate, the Board of Governors of a Catholic Maintained School on an as and when required basis in accordance with the Specification, the Standard Conditions of Retainer, the Standard Conditions of Contract and pricing arrangements for this Tender. The Firm ranked first after evaluation will be the principal provider of legal advice and representation to the CCMS/Boards of Governors of Catholic Maintained Schools (‘the Principal Firm’) whilst the Firm ranked second after evaluation will be the secondary provider of legal advice and representation to the CCMS/Boards of Governors of Catholic Maintained Schools (‘the Secondary Firm’). On occasion either firm may be asked by the Education Authority to act for it and/or the Board of Governors of a controlled school and/or the Board of Governors of an Irish Medium school in accordance with the Specification, the Standard Conditions of Retainer, the Standard Conditions of Contract and pricing arrangements for this Tender and subject to there being no conflict with the interests of CCMS.

         
         
      5. Award criteria:
         Quality criterion - Name: Experience in employment law / Weighting: 25
         Quality criterion - Name: Experience in public administrative law / Weighting: 15
         Quality criterion - Name: Quality assurance / Weighting: 7.5
         Quality criterion - Name: Added value / Weighting: 12.5
         Cost criterion - Weighting: 40
         
      6. Information about options:
         Description of options:

         Option to extend for a further month period from 30.4.2019.

         
         
      7. Information about European Union funds:
         
      8. Additional information:
         
3. Section IV
   1. Description:
      1. Type of procedure:
         
      2. Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system:
         
      3. Information about electronic auction:
         
      4. Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         
   2. Administrative information:
      1. Previous publication concerning this procedure:
         Notice number in the OJ S: 2016/S 046-076196
         
      2. Information about termination of dynamic purchasing system:
         
      3. Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice:
         
4. Section V
   1. Contract No: 1
      Title:

      Contract

      
      
   2. Award of contract
      1. Date of conclusion of the contract: 2016-05-01
         
      2. Information about tenders:
         Number of tenders received: 10
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: 8
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 10
         
      3. Name and address of the contractor:
         A L Goodbody
         Lesley Tower
         Belfast
         BT1 5EF
         
         Telephone: +44 28-90314466
         E-mail: [email protected]
         
      4. Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT):
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 250 000.00 GBP
         Total value of the contract/lot: 250 000.00 GBP
         
      5. Information about subcontracting:
         
         
5. Section VI
   1. Additional information
      
   2. Procedures for review
      1. Review body
         Education Authority
         40 Academy Street
         Belfast
         BT1 2NQ
         
         
      2. Body responsible for mediation procedures
         
         
      3. Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         
         
   3. Date of dispatch of this notice
      2017-11-29