Ireland – Legal services – Direct Award of Contract for the Provision of Legal Consultancy Services in respect of Proposed Contractual Transactions Associated with the Dublin Waste to Energy Project.

Dublin City Council has invoked Article 32.2(b) (ii) for use of the negotiated procedure without prior call for publication whereby the works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator as (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons. A contract has been awarded to McCann Fitzgerald LLP to provide legal consultancy services to Dublin City Council (DCC) for the total sum of €450K (Ex-VAT) in respect of the following proposed contractual transactions ‘Project Atlas’ and ‘Project Croke’ A Voluntary Ex Ante Notice was published on 24/11/25 ref: OJ S 226/2025 24/11/2025