011-03-264 - Single Member Framework Agreement for Water Establishment

Contract notice (2013-02-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Financial consultancy services
Quantity or scope:
“The Framework will be in place for 12 months from the appropriate start-date in May 2013 (i.e. the completion of the procurement process) to May 2014.0600”
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: Financial consultancy services 📦

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Commission for Energy Regulation
Postal address: The Exchange, Belgard Square North
Postal town: Tallaght
Contact
E-mail: procurement@cer.ie 📧
Phone: +353 14000800 📞
Fax: +353 14000850 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-02-21 📅
Submission deadline: 2013-04-03 📅
Publication date: 2013-02-26 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 040-064354
OJ-S issue: 40
Additional information

“To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this...”    Show more

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 0 💰
600 💰
Short description:
“The Commission for Energy Regulation (the ‘CER') is the independent body responsible for overseeing the liberalisation of Ireland's energy sector.”

“The Government of Ireland has embarked on a programme to reform the public water and waste water sector. The Government department responsible for delivery...”    Show more

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“Under Section 23 of the recently published Water Services Bill 2013 (the Bill), it is envisaged that the remit of the CER will be expanded to include a...”

Short description

Under Section 23 of the recently published Water Services Bill 2013 (the Bill), it is envisaged that the remit of the CER will be expanded to include a function to prepare to become the independent economic regulator for the public water sector. This section of the Bill also requires the CER to advise the Minister for the Environment on matters related to the economic regulation of the public water sector in Ireland. It is anticipated that this Bill will be passed by the Oireachtas (the Irish parliament) in the near future.

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“However the CER cannot guarantee that this Bill will be enacted in this or in any timeframe. The CER will not complete the awarding of this Framework...”

Short description

However the CER cannot guarantee that this Bill will be enacted in this or in any timeframe. The CER will not complete the awarding of this Framework Agreement until the relevant legislation has been enacted.

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“This request for tender details the expert support that the CER will require to assist in the establishment of a regulatory framework for the public water...”

Short description

This request for tender details the expert support that the CER will require to assist in the establishment of a regulatory framework for the public water sector. The expertise and skills required include economic (including accounting), technical and understand of customer protection measures in the water sector. The CER will establish a Single Member Framework Agreement with the successful tenderer for the provision of this support.

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“The successful tenderer will help in the drafting CER advice papers, provide content and expert advice, assist with draft business plan questionnaires,...”

Short description

The successful tenderer will help in the drafting CER advice papers, provide content and expert advice, assist with draft business plan questionnaires, reviewing papers drafted by CER staff, meeting and responding to stakeholders, development of licence conditions, reviewing submissions from the utility in particular revenue submissions, review connection charging methodologies, customer.

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Quantity or scope:
“The Framework will be in place for 12 months from the appropriate start-date in May 2013 (i.e. the completion of the procurement process) to May 2014.”
Duration: 12 months
Reference number: 011-03-264.
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 pursuant to Article 45 EU Directive 2001/1/EC (See Appendix B of Request for Tender).”
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 relevant conditions with respect to...”    Show more
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 relevant conditions with respect to...”    Show more
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“The successful tenderer will be required to provide a detailed invoice to each CER on a monthly basis. Draft billing template documents can be provided on...”    Show more
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 severable liability.”

Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 1
Tender validity period: 160 days
Tender opening date: 2013-04-03 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Other languages: Ga

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Siobhan Keating

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 011-03-264.

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: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2013/S 040-064354 (2013-02-21)