EIB - Legal Services for the New Building Project

Description

The European Investment Bank was conducting an open procurement procedure in order to establish a multi-operator Framework Agreement for the provision of legal advisory services to the EIB in respect of the design, procurement, building and contract management phases of the building projects at the EIB Campus in Luxembourg and, in particular, the New Building Project. Range of services (non-exhaustive list): — assistance, advice, and monitoring of existing contractual documents (e.g. contracts/agreements, amendments, settlement agreements, etc.), — assistance, advice, drafting, and monitoring of future contractual documents, (e.g. contracts/agreements, amendments, settlement agreements, etc.), — advice and assistance for any and all phases of tendering procedures in accordance with the EIB’s Corporate and Technical assistance procurement guide, which is largely based on Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement, including drafting procurement documents, responding to supplier queries, tender evaluation, etc., — integration of standards defined by the European Union into the contracts (e.g. Socially responsible public procurement, Green public procurement; ethics), — advice and assistance on property and construction law, — legal advice on authorisation procedures and permits where necessary, — legal risk analysis, strategy and monitoring of contracts, — legal risk management, e.g. guarantee deposits, insurance policies, — assistance and legal advice for contract negotiations, — legal advice and assistance in the context of dispute resolution or litigation, e.g. claim management, conciliation, representation in national courts and / or arbitration proceedings, — advice and legal assistance for the termination of contracts, — assessment, comments, advice and assistance in addressing documents submitted by the service providers and works contractors, e.g. letters, schedules, specifications; and — legal advice for the definition and application of contractual procedures, e.g. payment, insurance policies, guarantees, and bankruptcy and insolvency.