011-03- 291 – Market Auditor of the Single Electricity Market (2014-16)

The RAs c/o Commission for Energy Regulation

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:

• Deloitte & Touche

Who?

• The RAs c/o Commission for Energy Regulation

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2013-12-05	Contract notice
2014-07-03	Contract award notice

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 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

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: 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 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-12-05 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-01-24 📅
Publication date: 2013-12-07 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 238-414128
OJ-S issue: 238
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=72434&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 200 000 💰
600 000 💰
Short description:

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.

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.

Duration: 36 months
Reference number: 011-03-291
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin, Belfast.

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:

In accordance with the Trading and Settlement Code (See paragraph 2.143), the costs of the Market Audit is borne by SEMO themselves. For this 3-year period, the successful Market Auditor will be invoicing EirGrid plc. directly.

However, the Market Auditor's reporting requirement rests with the Regulatory Authorities. This arrangement is expected to be facilitated through and reflected in a tri-partite agreement between the Market Auditor, the Regulatory Authorities and EirGrid plc. (as purchasing entity on behalf of the Market Operator, SEMO). EirGrid plc. is entering as a party to this contract solely for the purposes of discharging its obligation to pay the market audit fee as outlined in section 2.143 of the Trading and Settlement Code (TSC).

It is anticipated that the successful Market Auditor will contractually facilitate the tri-partite agreement referred to above through their Letter of Engagement/Appointment with the relevant parties.

Payment of any sums due shall be made on a net monthly account basis that is, payment is made on the last business day of the month following the month of the invoice date, provided all monies specified in the Consultant's invoice raised are due and the invoice is correctly addressed. All invoices must be sent to Accounts Payable, EirGrid plc. Block 2 – The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Rd., Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, quoting the relevant order number.

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.

Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Tender validity period: 160 days
Tender opening date: 2014-01-24 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Other languages: Ga

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Siobhan Keating

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 011-03-291

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 🌏
Recurrent procurement
December 2016.
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

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-07-03 📅
Publication date: 2014-07-08 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 128-229358
Refers to notice: 2013/S 238-414128
OJ-S issue: 128

Object
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin, Belfast

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Quality and technical merit of proposals for providing service detailed in Section 2 of the RFT (30)
2. Technical Merit of the Human Resources Proposed (30)
3. Ultimate Cost (40)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2014-06-26 📅
Name: Deloitte & Touche
Postal address: Deloitte & Touche House, 29 Earlsfort Terrace
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 2
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: http://www.deloitte.com/ie 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Source: OJS 2014/S 128-229358 (2014-07-03)

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