Conclusion of a Framework Agreement for the provision of ongoing legal advice under Irish law

Menge oder Umfang

Entry into non-exclusive framework agreements concerning the provision of legal advisory services on different areas of law. Neither a minimum level of services to be purchased nor a maximum amount for revenues to be expected by the other party to the agreement will be fixed.

Zusätzliche Informationen

1. The contract will be awarded according to German law. The services for which tenders are invited are subject to category 21 of Annex I Part B of VOF [German Procedures for the Award of Contracts for Independent Professional Services]. The award process will thus be based on section 97 para. 6 GWB [German Act Against Restraints on Competition], section 5 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 2 VgV [German Procurement Regulation], section 1 para. 3 sentence 1 VOF in conjunction with the sections referred to therein and with the general principles of public procurement law. The present document constitutes a voluntary notice. The contracting authority has opted for this course of action to facilitate a maximum degree of transparency and competition. The contracting authority shall not be subject to any provisions of public procurement law going beyond those indicated above.

2. When compiling the tender documents attention should be paid to the completeness of the records and to their well-arranged layout. Bidders are requested to use the numbers shown in the text of the notice and in the forms.

3. Questions regarding the requirements defined in this notice and the additional procurement documents should be sent promptly, no later, however, than by 29.4.2016, to the following e-mail address: [legal.irishlawtender@fms-wm.de The contracting authority reserves the right not to respond to questions received later than that. Questions received in due course will be collected and an anonymised question and answer catalogue will be sent out to all bidders as soon as possible. The questions and relevant answers will be incorporated into the procurement documents and render them more precisely, as applicable.

4. The bid shall be signed by hand and be submitted in writing to the address indicated in section I.1). Electronic transmission or transmission by fax shall be impermissible and result in exclusion. The bid is to be submitted prior to the final deadlines indicated in section IV.3.4). The postage risk of timely receipt lies with the bidder.

5. The bid is to be submitted complete with all pertinent records in a sealed envelope/parcel and be clearly labelled as follows:

‘Tender Documents in the Award Procedure

Advice in Irish Law (other than Employment Law)

Do not open before the tender period has expired!

Personally and unopened for the attention of Dr. Rüdiger Hansel’

If the bid is not labelled accordingly and if the envelope/the parcel is opened prior to the time limit for the receipt of tenders for this reason, this may lead to the bidder's exclusion from the procedure.

6. Bidders are requested to submit, in addition to the paper version with the bidder's signature by hand (original), a paper copy thereof as well as a CD-ROM / DVD with the scanned bid in the pdf format. If there are any differences and/or inconsistencies on points of substance between the documents, the original will always prevail.

7. Bidders who do not submit the declarations and documentary evidence requested herein together with the bid may be excluded from the procedure. The contracting authority reserves the right to subsequently request missing declarations and documentary evidence. The bidders have no claim to such subsequent request.

8. Only one bid per bidder will be permitted. Multiple bids will lead to being excluded from the award procedure.

9. No compensation will be granted for participation in this tender. Documents submitted will not be returned.

10. In the event that this notice or the other procurement documents contain any ambiguities or contradictions or if they violate applicable law in the bidder's view, the bidders shall report this to the contracting authority in textual form without delay.

11. Foreign bidders are expected to provide equivalent evidence and to make equivalent declarations. To the extent that pieces of evidence and declarations are not written in the English language, an ordinary translation into the English language should be attached.

Kurze Beschreibung

Corporate Law and Tax: (e.g. assessment of the rights and duties of Board members of an Irish company/corporate governance, interpretation of the articles of association, shareholder rights with respect to subsidiaries); this lot also includes advice in tax matters, in particular with regards to subjects which are related to the corporate matters.