Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2024-03-11
Region: DK032
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 79100000
Estimated value: 650000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2024-04-02
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: Ørsted will do a tender which is similar to the negotiated procedure with prior call for competition. 
Ørsted will negotiate with all law firms that fulfills the minimums requirements as mentioned in section 5.1.9 of this contract notice. All tenderers will be allowed to submit a first tender and a revised tender (expected BAFO) and to participate in one round of negotiations. If necessary, Ørsted will allow for the tenderers to submit further tenders and for more negotiation rounds. 
Further information on the procedure can be found in the tender conditions.
Ørsted is looking for a law firm in Ireland, that can provide legal services for a project.
The precise subject matter of the project is confidential, and will only be made available to interested law firms upon the law firms signing of a non-disclosure agreement. 
However, Ørsted will need legal services within M&A, including but not limited to: 
•	Contractual advice and assistance in relation to share purchase agreements and joint-venture arrangements (including but not limited to partnership agreements, shareholder agreements and investment agreements as well as project-related agreements such as construction agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, finance agreements and power purchase agreements) but also any other advice about the transaction.
•	Advice in relation to financings connected with energy or infrastructure projects.
•	Assistance in M&A-related matters before administrative authorities (e.g., in merger clearance proceedings, FDI, regulatory consent).
•	Other services directly or indirectly related to the foregoing.
The minimum requirements for participation are:
(a)	It is a minimum requirement for participation that the Tenderer is a full services Irish law firm, with expertise within the field of Renewables. 
(b)	It is a minimum requirement for participation that the Tenderer has an international network, including offices in Ireland and London. 
(c)	It is a minimum requirement for participation that a majority of the Tenderer’s employees carrying out the tasks covered by scope, are fluent in the English language and are admit-ted or registered in the following: i) admitted to the Roll of Solicitors of the Law Society of Ireland or ii) registered as a foreign qualified solicitor under the Establishment Directive (98/5/EC) or iii) admitted to the Roll of Practising Barristers maintained by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority of Ireland
(d)	It is a minimum requirement that the Tenderer has at least one (1) credential demonstrating that the Tenderer has been the leading law firm in an onshore transaction in Ireland from within the last 5 years. 
(e)	It is a minimum requirement that the Tenderer has at least one (1) credential demonstrating that the Tenderer has advised on strategic joint ventures/partnerships of onshore assets in Ireland within the last 5 years.
If any Party to this Agreement is a partnership (consortium) then the provisions of this Agreement will bind each and every such partner jointly and severally. See section 4.4.1 of the contract.
A non-disclosure agreement will have to be signed to get access to section 2.2.2 in the tender conditions and to participate in the negotiations. The NDA is available at https://www.orstedprocurement.com/web/login.html. The Contracting Entity does not wish to negotiate the terms of the non-disclosure agreement.

Eligibility requirements: other