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    2024/018 Establishment of a Multi-Party Framework Agreement for Legal Services in the area of European State Aid Law for Enterprise Ireland

    Enterprise Ireland

    2024/018 Establishment of a Multi-Party Framework Agreement for Legal Services in the area of European State Aid Law for Enterprise Ireland

    1. Competition notice published

      Nov 29, 2:18 PMNovember 29, 2024 2:18 PM

    2. Contract signed

      Mar 31, 12:00 AMMarch 31, 2026 12:00 AM

    3. Result notice published

      Apr 14, 11:28 AMApril 14, 2026 11:28 AM

    Brief

    Ireland: Tenders/Enterprise Ireland/2024/018 Establishment of a Multi-Party Framework Agreement for Legal Services in the area of European State Aid Law for Enterprise Ireland

    Awarded

    The competition has ended and a winner has been selected.

    Brief

    Juridiske tjenester

    Enterprise Ireland has entered into a multi-party framework agreement with Covington and Burling LLP, Baker McKenzie BV, ByrneWallace LLP, and Matheson for the delivery of legal services in the area of European State Aid Law. The services, which will be delivered in Ireland, have a duration of 4 years and an estimated maximum total value of 1,500,000 EUR. Enterprise Ireland requires external State Aid legal advice for complex decisions related to funding Irish companies through grants, equity investments, convertible loan note subscriptions, and repayable advances, ensuring compliance with State Aid law. Specialist expertise in State Aid law was required, including advising government agencies on interpreting EU treaties and regulations, appearing before the European Court of Justice and the General Court in State Aid cases, communicating with the European Commission on behalf of public bodies regarding State Aid issues, and advising on notifying the European Commission about State Aid. Five bids were received for this contract.

    Result

    Winners
    • Baker McKenzie BV
    • ByrneWallace LLP
    • Covington and Burling LLP
    • Matheson
    Number of bids
    5
    Contract value
    €1,500,000

    About the bid

      Enterprise Ireland wishes to establish a Multi-Party Framework Agreement for Legal Services in the area of European State Aid Law. Enterprise Ireland makes a range of complex and high impact State Aid law decisions in order to support Irish businesses and Enterprise Ireland requires external State Aid legal advice in relation to many of these decisions. The Enterprise Ireland legal function is particularly focused on the provision of funding to Irish companies by way of grants, equity investments, convertible loan note subscriptions and repayable advances, in each case in compliance with State Aid law. In that regard, it avails of GBER and de minimis exemptions and also avails of EU state aid frameworks. This Competition offers interested service providers with specialist expertise in State Aid law the opportunity to participate in a competition for a place on a multi-party framework agreement. Enterprise Ireland requires firms with specialist expertise in the area of State Aid law with a record of: (a) advising Government Agencies in relation to interpreting the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and other European Treaties, and related European Commission and Council Regulations, Directives, Decisions and Guidelines, in each case in relation to State Aid; (b) appearing before the European Court of Justice and the General Court in State Aid cases; and (c) communicating with the European Commission on behalf of client public bodies in relation to State Aid issues; and (d) advising client public bodies in relation to notifying the European Commission in relation to State Aid. The full list of requirements is contained within the tender documents. As the subject matter of this competition is considered as a Title III service within the context of Directive 2014/24/EU, where the choice of procedure is open to the Contracting Authority, the procedure chosen on this occasion is the Accelerated Single Stage Procedure with Negotiation. Tenderers must associate themselves with the competition in order to access the tender documents, ask and receive queries and submit a tender response. All responses must be submitted in a ZIP FILE format. Please note that this competition is being re-advertised as a new competition. The old competition, with Resource ID 4248055 is cancelled.

      Contact phone
      01 7272000
      Contact email
      eoin.wallace@enterprise-ireland.com
      Address
      The Plaza, East Point Business Park, D3 E5R6 Dublin

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    Contracting authority
    Enterprise Ireland
    Title
    2024/018 Establishment of a Multi-Party Framework Agreement for Legal Services in the area of European State Aid Law for Enterprise Ireland
    Type
    ResultFramework agreementPrequalification
    Main code
    79100000Legal services
    Supplemental codes
    79110000Legal advisory and representation services79111000Legal advisory services79112000Legal representation services79140000Legal advisory and information services
    Location
    Dublin
    Estimated value
    €1,500,000.00
    Duration
    4 years

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