Smart Metering Programme โ€“ Enduring Consultancy Support for Subject Matter Expertise (SME)

Commission for Energy Regulation

The CER wishes to establish a multiple-member Framework Agreement, for a duration of, up to, 4 years, in order to provide specialist consultancy support services to deliver the regulatory led aspects of Phase 2 (Requirements Definition and Solution Procurement) and potentially also Phase 3 (Build and Test) of the National Smart Metering Programme (NSMP). This consultancy support is required to ensure that the CER has successfully delivered the regulatory policy components of the NSMP.
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=526312.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-12-05. The procurement was published on 2012-10-26.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2012-10-26 Contract notice
2013-03-13 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2012-10-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: technical analysis or consultancy services
Quantity or scope:
โ€œPlease refer to Section 2 of the Request for Tender document, available to download from the contract notice on www.etenders.gov.ie, for a detailed scope of...โ€    Show more
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
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 ๐Ÿ“ฆ

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Commission for Energy Regulation
Postal address: The Exchange, Belgard Square North, Dublin 24
Postal town: Tallaght
Contact
Internet address: http://www.cer.ie ๐ŸŒ
Phone: +353 14000800 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 14000850 ๐Ÿ“ 

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-10-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2012-12-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2012-10-31 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 210-346062
OJ-S issue: 210
Additional information

โ€œ1. Please note that all information relating to this tender, including tender documentation, clarifications and changes, will be published on the etenders...โ€    Show more

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe CER wishes to establish a multiple-member Framework Agreement, for a duration of, up to, 4 years, in order to provide specialist consultancy support...โ€    Show more

โ€œNote: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at...โ€    Show more
Duration: 48 months
Reference number: 011-03-253
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
โ€œDublin, Ireland.โ€

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
โ€œAll tenderers are required to complete a Declaration of Bona Fides pursuant to Article 45 EU Directive 2004/18/EC (see Appendix B of Request for Tender document).โ€    Show more
Economic and financial standing:
โ€œPlease refer to Section 4.1 of the Request for Tender document, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie for relevant conditions with respect to...โ€    Show more
Technical and professional ability:
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Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
โ€œAfter contract award an indicative schedule of payments (highlighting milestones) will be agreed with the successful tenderers.โ€

โ€œThe Commission for Energy Regulation operates in accordance with the European Communities (Late Payment in Commercial Transactions) Regulations 2002.โ€
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
โ€œA grouping, if successful, must contract as a single entity, having joint and several liability.โ€
Names and professional qualifications of the staff โœ…

Procedure
Maximum number of operators of the framework agreement: 3
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Tender validity period: 5 months
Tender opening date: 2012-12-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Place of opening:
โ€œCER, The Exchange, Belgard Square North, Tallaght, Dublin 24, IRELAND.โ€
Place: CER, The Exchange, Belgard Square North, Tallaght, Dublin 24, IRELAND.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
โ€œBreda Coss, CER.โ€

โ€œKaren Kavanagh, CER.โ€
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Irish ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Breda Coss
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01831 ๐ŸŒ
Name: Commission for Energy Regulation
Postal address: The Exchange, Belgard Square North, Tallaght
Postal town: Dublin 24
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
URL for further information: http://www.cer.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for documents: http://www.cer.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://www.cer.ie ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 011-03-253
Additional information

โ€œ1. Please note that all information relating to this tender, including tender documentation, clarifications and changes, will be published on the etenders...โ€    Show more

โ€œ2. All enquiries regarding this tender should be submitted via email to procurement@cer.ie by 23.11.2012 in order to provide ample time for response. Any...โ€    Show more
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โ€œ3. All responses to this Request for Tenders will be treated in confidence and no information contained therein will be communicated to any third party...โ€    Show more

โ€œ4. 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.โ€    Show more

โ€œPlease refer to the Request for Tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie for all additional information.โ€

โ€œ(ET Ref:526312).โ€

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Internet address: www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2012/S 210-346062 (2012-10-26)
Contract award notice (2013-03-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Technical analysis or consultancy services
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: The Exchange, Belgard Square North
Contact
E-mail: procurement@cer.ie ๐Ÿ“ง

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-03-13 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2013-03-14 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 052-084875
Refers to notice: 2012/S 210-346062
OJ-S issue: 52

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Quality & Technical Merit of Proposals (20)
2. Technical Merit of Human Resources Proposed (40)
3. Approach to Knowledge Transfer (10)
4. Ultimate Cost (30)

Award of contract

1๏ธโƒฃ
Date of contract conclusion: 2013-02-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Redpoint Energy Limited (A Business of Baringa Partners LLP)
Postal address: 3rd Floor, Dominican Court, Hatfields
Postal town: London
Postal code: SE1 8DJ
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

2๏ธโƒฃ
Name: DNV Kema Limited
Postal address: Palace, 3 Cathedral Street
Postal code: SE1 9DE

3๏ธโƒฃ
Name: Gemserv Limited
Postal address: 10 Fenchurch Street
Postal code: EC3M 3BE
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Siobhan Keating

Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2013/S 052-084875 (2013-03-13)