14/032 - Shrinkage & Balancing Gasses Contract

Bord Gais Eireann

Gaslink Independent System Operator Limited is seeking interested suppliers for Shrinkage gas and Balancing gas buy and sell contracts.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-05-27. The procurement was published on 2014-04-17.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2014-04-17 Contract notice
Contract notice (2014-04-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Natural gas
Quantity or scope: See Section II: Object of the contract.
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Natural gas ๐Ÿ“ฆ

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 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Bord Gais Eireann
Postal address: Gasworks Road
Postal town: Cork
Contact
Internet address: http://www.bordgais.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: jswayne@bge.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 214239083 ๐Ÿ“ž

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-04-17 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2014-05-27 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2014-04-19 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 078-137696
OJ-S issue: 78
Additional information
A pre-qualification questionnaire will be issued to all candidates who respond to this notice. Expressions of interest should be addressed in writing and sent via email for the attention of The Shared Services Procurement Manager to jswayne@bge.ie The questionnaire will cover the financial, economic and technical capacity of the candidates. The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address in I.1. above not later than 17:00 hrs on Tuesday 27.5.2014. The responses will be used to assist in drawing up a tender list. This process may also include interviews with candidates. The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award procedure. 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 by email to jswayne@bge.ie.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Gaslink Independent System Operator Limited is seeking interested suppliers for Shrinkage gas and Balancing gas buy and sell contracts.
Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Shrinkage Gas
Short description:
Gaslink Independent System Operator Limited is seeking interested suppliers for Shrinkage gas only. We will require options for a 12 month period commencing October 2014 with option to extend for a further 12 months.
Duration: 12 months
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Balancing Buy Gas
Short description:
Gaslink Independent System Operator Limited is seeking interested suppliers for Balancing buy gas. We will require options for a 12 month period commencing October 2014 with option to extend for a further 12 months.
Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: Balancing Sell Gas
Short description:
Gaslink Independent System Operator Limited is seeking interested suppliers for Balancing sell gas. We will require options for a 12 month period commencing October 2014 with option to extend for a further 12 months.
Lot number: 4
Title of the lot: Balancing Buy & Balancing Sell Gas
Short description:
Gaslink Independent System Operator Limited is seeking interested suppliers for Balancing buy gas and Balancing sell gas. We will require options for a 12 month period commencing October 2014 with option to extend for a further 12 months.
Description of options:
This requirement is being tendered by Gaslink Independent System Operator Limited (โ€œGaslinkโ€). Candidates should note that Gaslink reserves the right to transfer all or any part of the contract to a third party (which may be an associated company of Gaslink) including, without limitation, where such transfer is required or desirable having regard to any arrangements implementing the unbundling requirements of the Third Gas Directive (Directive 2009/73/EC) in Ireland. Where this competition is ongoing at the time of any transfer of the Gaslink business as part of the above arrangements, the third party which takes over Gaslink's business, rights or obligations may take over the conduct of this competition. In such case, the contract will be awarded by and entered into with that third party.
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Reference number: 14/032
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
If any of the conditions set out in Regulation 53(1) of The European Communities (Award of Public Authorities Contracts) Regulations apply to the applicant, the applicant will be excluded from the competition.
Economic and financial standing:
A full description of candidates' required economic and financial capacity will be set out in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.
Technical and professional ability:
A full description of candidates' required technical capacity will be set out in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: As per contract documents.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As per contract documents.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Requests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups of service providers. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal form in order to submit a request to participate, but may if Bord Gรกis ร‰ireann considers it necessary to ensure that the contract is carried out to its satisfaction, be required to do so prior to award of the contract. Bord Gรกis ร‰ireann also reserves the right to contract with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several liability, or with one member of the group as a main contractor with a number of sub-contractors or on any other basis as Bord Gรกis considers appropriate.
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Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in months: 12
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Other languages: Gaelige.

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Shared Services Procurement
The Shared Services Procurement Manager

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 1
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Fax: +353 18886125 ๐Ÿ“ 
Information about review deadlines:
Interested parties are referred to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (and in particular Regulation 7 and 10(2).
Source: OJS 2014/S 078-137696 (2014-04-17)