Framework for Legal Services

Dublin Port Company (“DPC”) is the contracting authority for this procurement. DPC is a State-owned, self-financing Designated Activity Company responsible for the management, operation and development of Dublin Port, Ireland’s premier port. In 2025, the Port handled circa 36 million gross tonnes, 6,649 ship arrivals and 1.7 million passengers. DPC intends to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of a Multi-Party Framework Agreement for an initial five (5) year period with an option to extend the Agreement for up to three (3) additional twelve (12) month periods, to a maximum of eight (8) years, subject to service delivery performance, continued business need, strategic alignment, market conditions and budget availability. The legal services requirement encompasses a mixture of routine advisory services, contract drafting and review, procurement support, property and estate matters, employment law queries, dispute management, project-related legal support and strategic advisory work. The volume and nature of instructions will vary from year to year depending upon operational requirements, capital investment programmes, regulatory developments and commercial activities. The following are a listing of the main areas: • Statutory, Governance and Corporate Matters; • Commercial, Contractual and Procurement Advice; • Property, Estate Management, Landlord and Tenant; • Planning, Development, Infrastructure and Construction; • Maritime, Harbour Operations, Safety and Security; • Environmental, Climate and Sustainability Matters; • Employment, Pensions and Industrial Relations; • Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Claims Management; • Regulatory, Information Governance and Public Accountability; • Technology, Cyber, Data and Digital Systems; • Banking, Finance, Treasury and Capital Markets; • Strategic Projects and Specialist Support. To promote responsible and sustainable supply chain www.dublinport.ie practices in line with industry best practice, DPC has partnered with Achilles, a leading global provider of supply chain risk management services. Achilles Supply Line has operated in Ireland for over 25 years and will be used as a qualification system for this competition. DPC is conducting its qualification stage for this competition via the Achilles Supply-Line Platform. DPC may invite all qualified firms to tender or reserves the right to carry out a further qualification stage to reduce the number of firms to be invited. To express interest and participate, please register, subscribe and complete your questionnaire as detailed below. Organisations that are not currently registered on Achilles Supply-Line are invited to express their interest by contacting via email or [email protected] or [email protected] directly via phone at +44 (0) 1235 861118 and to register for the Supply-Line Silver Plus membership via the following link - https://my.achilles.com/join-community?communitycode=SUP&lang=en-gb&buyerid=00013760&minimumpackage=SLP Organisations already registered on Achilles Supply-Line must ensure that: (i) their registration is valid; (ii) the relevant codes listed below are included in their profile, and (iii) their questionnaire information is complete and up to date. The relevant Supply-Line codes are: 2.45.1 Legal Services. Suppliers must ensure they are registered against these codes to ensure they are identified as a potential bidder. Interested parties should be fully registered on the system before close of business on Monday 19th October 2026 to be considered for the competition.