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

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.
The Government of Ireland has embarked on a programme to reform the public water and waste water sector. The Government department responsible for delivery of this programme of reform is the Department for Environment, Community and Local Government (DECLG).
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.
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.
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.
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.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2013-04-03. The procurement was published on 2013-02-21.

Suppliers

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

• NERA UK Limited

Who?

• Commission for Energy Regulation

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2013-02-21	Contract notice
2013-06-06	Contract award notice

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 tender, you must register your interest to this tender on the following site: https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=63069&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE

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 of this programme of reform is the Department for Environment, Community and Local Government (DECLG).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Qualification Criteria applicable to this contract.

Technical and professional ability:

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 request. In addition to this invoicing information, CER shall be entitled to establish such monitoring and budgetary arrangements in relation to the operation of the contract as they may reasonably deem appropriate.

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)

Contract award notice (2013-06-06)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Contact
Internet address: http://www.cer.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-06-06 📅
Publication date: 2013-06-08 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 110-188586
Refers to notice: 2013/S 40-064354
OJ-S issue: 110
Additional information

V.4) Information on value of contract Initial estimated total value of the contract Currency: EUR Excluding VAT Total final value of the contract Currency: EUR Excluding VAT

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Knowledge transfer to CER staff (10)
2. Quality and technical merit of proposals and ability to deliver service detailed in Section 2 of the RfT (20)
3. Technical Merit of the Human Resources Proposed (40)
4. Ultimate Cost (30)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2013-05-27 📅
Name: NERA UK Limited
Postal address: 15 Stratford Place
Postal town: London
Postal code: W1C 1BE
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Source: OJS 2013/S 110-188586 (2013-06-06)

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