Legal Services Contract covering:Constitutional and Administrative Law and General Advice.Company Law.Property Law.Employment Law.

Contract award notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

University of Ulster
Room X031, Cromore Road
Contact point(s): www.ulster.ac.uk/etendering/
For the attention of: Ronan Rafferty
BT52 1SA Coleraine
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2870324239
E-mail:
Fax: +44 2870324933

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.ulster.ac.uk

Address of the buyer profile: www.ulster.ac.uk/etendering/

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.3)Main activity
Education
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Legal services (2011-2015).
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 21: Legal services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Northern Ireland.

NUTS code UKN

II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Legal Services Contract covering:
Constitutional and Administrative Law and General Advice.
Company Law.
Property Law.
Employment Law.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

79100000

II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Value: 300 000 GBP
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Restricted
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Resource allocation. Weighting 20
2. Level of service. Weighting 32
3. Specialist and international legal advice. Weighting 8
4. Continuous improvement. Weighting 20
5. Price. Weighting 20
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
PG/100526-2011 (PQQ) and PG/100553-2011 (ITT)
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: PG/100553-2011 - Legal Services (ITT) Lot title: Legal Services (2011-2015).
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
14.10.2011
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 5
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Arthur Cox Northern Ireland
Capital House, 3 Upper Queen Street
BT1 6PU Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 2890230007
Internet address: www.arthurcox.com

V.4)Information on value of contract
Initial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: 300 000 GBP
Excluding VAT
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The University incorporated a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provided time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
29.11.2011