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                                    <cbc:Name languageID="ENG">Department of Finance</cbc:Name>
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                                    <cbc:Name languageID="ENG">The High Court of Ireland</cbc:Name>
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                                    <cbc:Name languageID="ENG">European Dynamics S.A.</cbc:Name>
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                                    <cbc:Department>European Dynamics S.A.</cbc:Department>
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            <cbc:Note languageID="ENG">Amounts payable under this framework will be linked to the volume of legal services that may be required by the Minister for Finance.  Therefore the contract value stated in this notice represents a best estimate of the anticipated total value of the framework, which may be significantly higher or lower than indicated.</cbc:Note>
            <cbc:SMESuitableIndicator>true</cbc:SMESuitableIndicator>
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            <cac:ProcurementAdditionalType>
                <cbc:ProcurementTypeCode listName="gpp-criteria">other</cbc:ProcurementTypeCode>
            </cac:ProcurementAdditionalType>
            <cac:ProcurementAdditionalType>
                <cbc:ProcurementTypeCode listName="social-objective">other</cbc:ProcurementTypeCode>
            </cac:ProcurementAdditionalType>
            <cac:ProcurementAdditionalType>
                <cbc:ProcurementTypeCode listName="strategic-procurement">none</cbc:ProcurementTypeCode>
            </cac:ProcurementAdditionalType>
            <cac:RequestedTenderTotal>
                <ext:UBLExtensions>
                    <ext:UBLExtension>
                        <ext:ExtensionContent>
                            <efext:EformsExtension>
                                <efbc:FrameworkMaximumAmount currencyID="EUR">1500000</efbc:FrameworkMaximumAmount>
                            </efext:EformsExtension>
                        </ext:ExtensionContent>
                    </ext:UBLExtension>
                </ext:UBLExtensions>
                <cbc:EstimatedOverallContractAmount currencyID="EUR">0</cbc:EstimatedOverallContractAmount>
            </cac:RequestedTenderTotal>
            <cac:MainCommodityClassification>
                <cbc:ItemClassificationCode listName="cpv">79100000</cbc:ItemClassificationCode>
            </cac:MainCommodityClassification>
            <cac:AdditionalCommodityClassification>
                <cbc:ItemClassificationCode listName="cpv">79110000</cbc:ItemClassificationCode>
            </cac:AdditionalCommodityClassification>
            <cac:AdditionalCommodityClassification>
                <cbc:ItemClassificationCode listName="cpv">79130000</cbc:ItemClassificationCode>
            </cac:AdditionalCommodityClassification>
            <cac:RealizedLocation>
                <cac:Address>
                    <cbc:StreetName>Anywhere in the country</cbc:StreetName>
                    <cbc:CityName>Ireland</cbc:CityName>
                    <cbc:PostalZone>D02 R583</cbc:PostalZone>
                    <cbc:CountrySubentityCode listName="nuts">NO092</cbc:CountrySubentityCode>
                    <cac:Country>
                        <cbc:IdentificationCode listName="country">IRL</cbc:IdentificationCode>
                    </cac:Country>
                </cac:Address>
            </cac:RealizedLocation>
            <cac:PlannedPeriod>
                <cbc:StartDate>2026-09-21+01:00</cbc:StartDate>
                <cbc:DurationMeasure unitCode="YEAR">4</cbc:DurationMeasure>
            </cac:PlannedPeriod>
            <cac:ContractExtension>
                <cbc:OptionsDescription languageID="ENG">3 years renewable for 1 year</cbc:OptionsDescription>
                <cbc:MaximumNumberNumeric>1</cbc:MaximumNumberNumeric>
            </cac:ContractExtension>
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    </cac:ProcurementProjectLot>
</ContractNotice>