Consultancy support for gas transmission & distribution revenue control (2012/13-2016/17)

Commission for Energy Regulation

The Commission for Energy Regulation (the "CER") is the independent body responsible for overseeing the liberalisation of Ireland's energy sector. Under the Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act, 2002, the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) approves charges for the use of the natural gas distribution and transmission systems. The CER is also required to examine the costs and revenues underlying such charges.
At present these revenues are determined every 5 years for the following 5 year period. The CER has previously determined transmission and distribution revenue controls for the periods 1.10.2003 to 30.9.2007 and 2007/08 to 2011/12 inclusive.
This request for tender concerns the provision of economic, technical and financial advice in regard to the third set of transmission and distribution revenue controls that are expected to apply from 2012/13 to 2016/17. The CER now invites tenders for the provision of advice on this project.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders web site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=198012. />The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a "tender submission postbox" facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=198012. />Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-03-21. The procurement was published on 2011-02-08.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

Who?

• Commission for Energy Regulation

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2011-02-08	Contract notice
2011-08-22	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2011-02-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: technical analysis or consultancy services
Quantity or scope:

Please refer to the section 2 of the request for tender document, available to download from the contract notice, on www.etenders.gov.ie, for a detailed scope.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Technical analysis or consultancy services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one or more lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Postal address: The Exchange, Belgard Square North
Postal code: Dublin 24
Postal town: Tallaght
Contact
Internet address: http://www.cer.ie 🌏
E-mail: procurement@cer.ie 📧
Phone: +353 14000800 📞
Fax: +353 14000850 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-02-08 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-03-21 📅
Publication date: 2011-02-10 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 28-046363
OJ-S issue: 28
Additional information

1. Please note that all information relating to this tender, including tender documentation, clarifications and changes, will be published on the etenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge and there is no charge for documents. The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties. If the request for tender document is in any way altered or edited, the subsequent tender may be deemed inadmissible; 2. All enquiries regarding this tender should be submitted via the online "questions and answers" facility with the contract notice on www.etenders.gov.ie by 14.3.2011 in order to provide ample time for response. Should a tenderer have any difficulties using this facility, please call Millstream (eTenders support) on 016177944. Any additional information elicited which could be material in submitting a tender will be made available to all potential tenderers via the online "questions and answers" facility; 3. All responses to this request for tenders will be treated in confidence and no information contained therein will be communicated to any third party without the written permission of the tenderer except insofar as is specifically required for the consideration and evaluation of the response or as may be required under law, including the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003, EU and Irish Government Procurement Procedures or in response to questions, debates or other parliamentary procedures in or of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament); 4. The Commission for Energy Regulation will not be responsible for costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates whether or not the final contract is awarded; Please refer to the request for tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie for all ddditional information. (ET Ref:198012).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

At present these revenues are determined every 5 years for the following 5 year period. The CER has previously determined transmission and distribution revenue controls for the periods 1.10.2003 to 30.9.2007 and 2007/08 to 2011/12 inclusive.

This request for tender concerns the provision of economic, technical and financial advice in regard to the third set of transmission and distribution revenue controls that are expected to apply from 2012/13 to 2016/17. The CER now invites tenders for the provision of advice on this project.

Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders web site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=198012.

The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a "tender submission postbox" facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=198012.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.

Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Technical advice
Short description:

The scope of this lot is to provide the CER with technical advice to assist it in the setting of allowed revenues for the ITO business to cover the period 2012/13 to 2016/17.

Quantity or scope: See deliverables in section 2 of the request for tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie.
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Financial & economic advice
Short description:

The scope of this lot is to provide the CER with financial and economic advice to assist it in the setting of allowed revenues for the ITO business to cover the period 2012/13 to 2016/17.

Quantity or scope: See section 2 of the request for tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie.
Variants will be accepted ✅
Reference number: 011-03-224
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin, Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

All tenderers are required to complete a declaration of bona fides declaration pursuant to Article 45 EU Directive 2004/18/EC (see Appendix B of RFT).

Economic and financial standing:

Please refer to section 4.1 of the request for tender document, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie, for details of the qualification criteria applying to this contract.

Technical and professional ability:

Please refer to section 4.1 of the request for tender document, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie, for details of the qualification criteria applying to this contract.

Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

After contract award an indicative schedule of payments (highlighting milestones) will be agreed with the successful tenderers.

It is expected that the majority of payments will be made upon certification of works completed as detailed in Appendix E of the CER consultancy agreement. However a proportion of payments may be linked to milestones (e.g. completion of initial training, completion of review of questionnaires, delivery of draft report).

The Commission for Energy Regulation operates in accordance with the European Communities (Late Payment in Commercial Transactions) Regulations 2002.

Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

A grouping, if successful, must contract as a single entity, having joint and several liability.

Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Commission for Energy Regulation
Contact
Contact point: Siobhan Keating
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01831 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 011-03-224
Additional information

2. All enquiries regarding this tender should be submitted via the online "questions and answers" facility with the contract notice on www.etenders.gov.ie by 14.3.2011 in order to provide ample time for response. Should a tenderer have any difficulties using this facility, please call Millstream (eTenders support) on 016177944. Any additional information elicited which could be material in submitting a tender will be made available to all potential tenderers via the online "questions and answers" facility;

3. All responses to this request for tenders will be treated in confidence and no information contained therein will be communicated to any third party without the written permission of the tenderer except insofar as is specifically required for the consideration and evaluation of the response or as may be required under law, including the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003, EU and Irish Government Procurement Procedures or in response to questions, debates or other parliamentary procedures in or of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament);

4. The Commission for Energy Regulation will not be responsible for costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates whether or not the final contract is awarded;

Please refer to the request for tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie for all ddditional information.

(ET Ref:198012).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Recurrent procurement

At present, these revenues are determined every 5 years for the following 5 year period.

Source: OJS 2011/S 028-046363 (2011-02-08)

Contract award notice (2011-08-22)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: The Exchange, Belgard Square North, Tallaght, Dublin 24
Postal town: Dublin

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-08-22 📅
Publication date: 2011-08-25 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 162-267149
Refers to notice: 2011/S 28-046363
OJ-S issue: 162
Additional information
(ET Ref: 293952).

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Quality and technical merit of proposals for providing the service (30 %)
2. Quality, quantity and balance of resources offered (30 %)
3. Approach to knowledge transfer (10 %)
4. Ultimate cost (30 %)

Award of contract

1️⃣
Date of contract conclusion: 2011-06-22 📅
Postal address: 40-41 Park End street
Postal town: Oxford
Postal code: OX1 1JD
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧

2️⃣
Postal address: Queens House, 55-56 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Postal town: London
Postal code: WC2A 3LJ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
3

Complementary information
Review body
Postal address: Chief Registrar, Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Source: OJS 2011/S 162-267149 (2011-08-22)

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