011-03-296 - Consultancy Support for Electricity Transmission & Distribution Revenue Controls (2016–2020)

Commission for Energy Regulation

The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) is the independent body responsible for overseeing the liberalisation of Ireland's energy sector.
Under section 36 of the Electricity Regulation Act, 1999, and Statutory Instrument 445 of 2000 (as amended), CER approves charges for the use of the electricity distribution and transmission systems. CER is also required to examine the costs and revenues underlying such charges. As such, CER approves revenues for:
ESB Networks as Distribution System Operator (DSO) ;
ESB Networks as Transmission Asset Owner (TAO); and
EirGrid as Transmission System Operator (TSO).
At present these revenues are determined every five years for the following five year period. CER has previously determined transmission and distribution revenue controls for the periods 2001 to 2005, 2006 to 2010 and 2011 to 2015 inclusive.
CER currently wishes to engage consultancy support to provide technical and financial advice in regard to the fourth set of transmission and distribution revenue controls that are expected to apply from 2016 to 2020. The consultancy support required for this project has been divided into two separate elements.
Specifically, parties are invited to tender separately for:
Lot 1 - the provision of technical advice; and,
Lot 2 - the provision of financial advice.
For a detailed terms of reference, please refer to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-04-24. The procurement was published on 2014-03-13.

Suppliers

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

Who?

• Commission for Energy Regulation

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2014-03-13	Contract notice
2014-08-11	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2014-03-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
Quantity or scope:

Please refer to the Section 2 of the Invitation to Tender document, available to download from the contract notice on www.etenders.gov.ie, for a detailed terms of reference.700 000

Total value of the procurement: 700 000 💰
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: Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one or more 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, Tallaght
Postal code: 24
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.cer.ie 🌏
E-mail: procurement@cer.ie 📧
Phone: +353 14000800 📞
Fax: +353 14000850 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-03-13 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-04-24 📅
Publication date: 2014-03-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 054-090349
OJ-S issue: 54
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=74664&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) is the independent body responsible for overseeing the liberalisation of Ireland's energy sector.

Under section 36 of the Electricity Regulation Act, 1999, and Statutory Instrument 445 of 2000 (as amended), CER approves charges for the use of the electricity distribution and transmission systems. CER is also required to examine the costs and revenues underlying such charges. As such, CER approves revenues for:

ESB Networks as Distribution System Operator (DSO) ;

ESB Networks as Transmission Asset Owner (TAO); and

EirGrid as Transmission System Operator (TSO).

At present these revenues are determined every five years for the following five year period. CER has previously determined transmission and distribution revenue controls for the periods 2001 to 2005, 2006 to 2010 and 2011 to 2015 inclusive.

CER currently wishes to engage consultancy support to provide technical and financial advice in regard to the fourth set of transmission and distribution revenue controls that are expected to apply from 2016 to 2020. The consultancy support required for this project has been divided into two separate elements.

Specifically, parties are invited to tender separately for:

Lot 1 - the provision of technical advice; and,

Lot 2 - the provision of financial advice.

For a detailed terms of reference, please refer to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Lot 1 - The provision of Technical Advice
Short description:

Technical Consultancy Support for Electricity Transmission & Distribution Revenue Controls (2016–2020).

Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Lot 2 - The provision of Financial Advice
Short description:

Financial Consultancy Support for Electricity Transmission & Distribution Revenue Controls (2016–2020).

Quantity or scope:

Please refer to the Section 2 of the Invitation to Tender document, available to download from the contract notice on www.etenders.gov.ie, for a detailed terms of reference.

Duration: 12 months
Reference number: 011-03-296
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 Invitation for Tender).

Economic and financial standing:

Please refer to Section 4.1 of the Invitation to 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:

After contract award a schedule of payments (highlighting delivery rated milestones) will be agreed with the successful tenderers.

Indicative milestone schedules are provided in Section 3 of the Invitation to Tender (ITT).

The Commission for Energy Regulation operates in accordance with the European Communities (Late Payment in Commercial Transactions) Regulations 2002.

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: 2014-04-24 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Other languages: Ga

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Siobhan Keating
URL for further information: http://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for documents: http://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for participation: http://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 011-03-296

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 2014/S 054-090349 (2014-03-13)

Contract award notice (2014-08-11)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 592 170 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: The Exchange, Belgard Square North
Postal town: Tallaght

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-08-11 📅
Publication date: 2014-08-13 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 154-277196
Refers to notice: 2014/S 54-090349
OJ-S issue: 154

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Quality and technical merit of proposals for providing service detailed in Section 2 of the ITT (30)
2. Technical Merit of the Human Resources Proposed (35)
3. Approach to knowledge transfer (5)
4. Ultimate cost of providing the service (30)

Award of contract

1️⃣
Date of contract conclusion: 2014-07-03 📅
Name: Sinclair Knight Merz (Europe) Limited
Postal address: 4th Floor, Metro, 33 Trafford Road, Salford
Postal town: Manchester
Postal code: M5 3NN
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Internet address: http://www.jacobs.com 🌏

2️⃣
Date of contract conclusion: 2014-06-23 📅
Name: European Economic Research Ltd. (trading as Europe Economics)
Postal address: Chancery House, 53-64 Chancery Lane
Postal town: London
Postal code: WC2A 1QU
Internet address: http://www.europe-economics.com/ 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
2

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Source: OJS 2014/S 154-277196 (2014-08-11)

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