The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) and the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation (UR), jointly called the Regulatory Authorities (RAs), have developed a single all-island electricity market (the SEM) which came into operation on 1.11.2007.
The SEM Trading and Settlement Code (the Code or the TSC) is a multilateral contract which sets out the rules and procedures concerning the sale and purchase of wholesale electricity in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Code was designated by the Regulatory Authorities on 3 July 2007 and can be modified from time to time thereafter in accordance with procedures set out in the Code. SEMO was established as the Single Electricity Market Operator to administer the TSC. EirGrid plc. and SONI, the transmission system operators for Ireland and Northern Ireland respectively established SEMO on a contractual joint venture basis. EirGrid plc. and SONI were both granted Market Operator licences by their respective RAs in 2007. The TSC provides that the Market Auditor shall conduct an audit of the Code, its operation and implementation and the operations, trading arrangements, procedures and processes under the Code at least once a Year. This is to be based upon the terms of reference ('the Scope') for the audit published and consulted upon annually by the Regulatory Authorities. The Market Auditor assess compliance with the Code by SEMO and the Meter Data Providers (MDPs).
The Regulatory Authorities are now seeking tenders from organisations to carry out the function for the Market Auditor, as detailed in paragraphs 2.131 to paragraph 2.143 of the TSC.
Please note: It is intended that the Market Auditor will invoice EirGrid plc. directly for the work over the lifetime of the contract (three years), although the Market Auditor's reporting requirement rests with the Regulatory Authorities.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-01-24.
The procurement was published on 2013-12-05.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Contract notice (2013-12-05) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
Quantity or scope:
“This Request for Tender relates to the appointment of the Market Auditor of the Single Electricity Market for a 3-year period.Based on the Audit Scope, the...”
Quantity or scope
This Request for Tender relates to the appointment of the Market Auditor of the Single Electricity Market for a 3-year period.Based on the Audit Scope, the successful Market Auditor will prepare an audit plan setting out the detailed audit approach which will be presented to and agreed with the Regulatory Authorities. The requirement is for a Market Auditor to conduct an annual audit of the SEM Trading and Settlement Code, its operation and implementation and the operations, trading arrangements, procedures and processes under the Code.The successful Market Auditor will be required to prepare a Market Audit Report to be addressed to the Regulatory Authorities. The final version of the Market Audit Report will be provided to Parties to the Trading and Settlement Code, in line with the provisions of the TSC, and subject to any confidentiality provisions required by the Market Auditor.The Specific Scope of the Market Audit since the start of the market has evolved. In recent years, the scope has broadened.It is anticipated that this position will mainly involve on-site work in the Market Operator's offices (SEMO) in Dublin and Belfast for a length of time required by the Market Auditors to fulfil their brief. Depending on the scope decided upon for a given year, this work may also require visits to the offices of the Meter Data Providers (NIE T&D and ESB Networks) and the SOs (EirGrid plc. and SONI) whose offices are located in Dublin and Belfast also. In the Market Auditors reporting role, they may need to travel to the offices of the Regulatory Authorities (CER in Dublin and UR in Belfast). Attendance at an industry group (the Modifications Committee) will be required annually as this is the mechanism for providing the Market Audit to Participants of the SEM and these meetings take place in Belfast or Dublin.200 000600 000
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Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Accounting, auditing and fiscal 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: The RAs c/o Commission for Energy Regulation
Postal address: The Exchange, Belgard Square North, Tallaght
Postal code: 24
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: procurement@cer.ie📧
Phone: +353 14000800📞
Fax: +353 14000850 📠
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Source: OJS 2013/S 238-414128 (2013-12-05)
Contract award notice (2014-07-03) Object Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 543 000 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Regulation: European Union