Contract for the administrative, technical and financial services for the Biofuels Obligation Scheme

National Oil Reserves Agency

A contract for the provision of the administrative, technical, and financial services in respect of a Biofuels Obligation Scheme (โ€˜BOSโ€™), including and without limitation,
(i) to manage, operate and maintain the existing systems and processes that have been put in place for the day-to-day implementation of the provisions for the BOS legislation in a manner that meets the requirements of the BOS legislation and is carefully aligned to and fully integrated with the contracting authority's existing administration;
(ii) to administer the BOS for an agreed period of time, including management of the biofuel obligation accounts, providing statements of account to biofuel account holders and product supply traceability audits;
(iii) to carry out all of the functions required of the contracting authority to operate the BOS online system or other such system that may be used as an alternative; and
(iv) to provide all other services relating to duties and obligations of the contracting authority which might be reasonably identifiable from the legislation.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-12-15. The procurement was published on 2014-11-05.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2014-11-05 Contract notice
Contract notice (2014-11-05)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Technical analysis or consultancy services
Quantity or scope:
Contract for the provision of administrative, technical and financial services in respect of a Biofuels Obligations Scheme in accordance with applicable legislation.1 000 000
Total value of the procurement: 1 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Technical analysis or consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: National Oil Reserves Agency
Postal address: 7 Clanwilliam Square, Grand Canal Quay
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.nora.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: norabostender@arthurcox.com ๐Ÿ“ง

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-11-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2014-12-15 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2014-11-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 215-381053
Refers to notice: 2010/S 73-109021
OJ-S issue: 215

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
A contract for the provision of the administrative, technical, and financial services in respect of a Biofuels Obligation Scheme (โ€˜BOSโ€™), including and without limitation,
(i) to manage, operate and maintain the existing systems and processes that have been put in place for the day-to-day implementation of the provisions for the BOS legislation in a manner that meets the requirements of the BOS legislation and is carefully aligned to and fully integrated with the contracting authority's existing administration;
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(ii) to administer the BOS for an agreed period of time, including management of the biofuel obligation accounts, providing statements of account to biofuel account holders and product supply traceability audits;
(iii) to carry out all of the functions required of the contracting authority to operate the BOS online system or other such system that may be used as an alternative; and
(iv) to provide all other services relating to duties and obligations of the contracting authority which might be reasonably identifiable from the legislation.
Quantity or scope:
Contract for the provision of administrative, technical and financial services in respect of a Biofuels Obligations Scheme in accordance with applicable legislation.
Duration: 060 months
Reference number: Nora
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Economic and financial standing:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
(1) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.
(2) All candidates will be required to provide a statement of evidence that it had a minimum turnover level of 5 000 000 EUR, in each of the the 3 previous audited financial years in the aggregrate.
(3) A signed letter/statement shall be provided from the Tendererโ€˜s auditor (or each member of the grouping) as evidence of this turnover.
Contract execution
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Tenders may be submitted by a single entity or by a group of service providers. Where a group of service providers submit a tender, it will be required to nominate a lead consultant to enter into the contract with the contracting authority at award stage. The lead consultant shall have primary liability for all the services required. Other members of the group shall be appointed as sub-consultant/s to the lead consultant.
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Other particular conditions:
The performance of the contract shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the contract as set out in the tender documents.

Procedure
Tender validity period: 060 months
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/475 ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=82364&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Name: Arthur Cox Solicitors
Postal address: Earlsfort Centre, Earlsfort Terrace
Contact point: Arthur Cox Solicitors
Aaron Boyle
Phone: +353 16180000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: norabostenders@arthurcox.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Name: National Oil Reserves Agency
Contact point: Pat Meehan (ref AB)
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=82364&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2010-04-15 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: Nora
Notice number in the OJ S: 2010/S 73-109021

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Name: Official Registrar, High Court of Ireland
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Source: OJS 2014/S 215-381053 (2014-11-05)