Market Systems Expert for National Smart Meter Programme

Commission for Energy Regulation

The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) is Ireland's independent energy and water regulator. The CER was established in 1999 and now has a wide range of economic, customer protection and safety responsibilities in energy. The CER is also the regulator of Ireland's public water and wastewater system. The CER requires expert consultancy support as part of the National Smart Metering Programme (NSMP) in order to provide Market Systems Subject Matter Expertise. The CER, working closely with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR), established the Smart Metering Programme which commenced with Phase 1 in 2008. Phase 2 (Requirements Definition) of the National Smart Metering Programme commenced in February 2013. Following a decision on the High Level Design and the progression to the detailed design phase the CER requires dedicated consultancy support in order to provide Market Systems Subject Matter Expertise. The Market Systems Subject Matter Expert SME will provide technical expertise to CER during detailed design phase — Phase 3. The successful tenderer will be working within a defined governance structure for the NSMP which encompasses all of the projects being delivered by key stakeholders as part of the NSMP i.e. ESB Networks, Bord Gáis Networks, EirGrid, Suppliers and possibly others. The successful tenderer will be a lead member of the ‘Design Team’ along with the Change Authority Lead. There will be significant interaction with the Change Authority in order to deliver this service. There will also be significant interaction with other workstreams i.e. Policy. The support will also be required to represent CER and participate in industry governance groups as required. The support will be in place for a period from end February 2015 to end February 2017. A detailed scope of this requirement is set out in Section 2 of the Invitation to tender document available to download from the contract notice page on www.etenders.gov.ie

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-01-30. The procurement was published on 2014-12-12.

Suppliers

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

• DNV Kema Limited

Who?

• Commission for Energy Regulation

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2014-12-12	Contract notice
2015-04-08	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2014-12-12)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Systems and technical consultancy services
Quantity or scope:

During the Detailed Design Phase the Market Systems SME will be responsible for the following:1. Analysing detailed change requests relating to any technical component including:a. Meter;b. Home Area Network (HAN);c. Wide area network (WAN);d. Meter data management systems (MDMS);e. Retail Market Processes etc.This will require an understanding of end-to-end smart metering solution systems architecture and data flows.2. Advising on the technical impacts on the High Level Design as a key member of the Design Team.3. Advising the CER on policy impacts.4. Participating in the Networks Market Systems work to ensure that the required electricity and gas smart metering regulatory requirements are defined and implemented as part of agreed electricity and gas market systems and processes changes.5. Ensuring that CER Policy decisions are being integrated by ESB Networks and Bord Gáis Networks into the functional and technical design and procurement documentation for the smart metering end-to-end solution.6. Ensuring the impacts on retail electricity and gas market systems are fully understood and recognised by the CER.The Market Systems SME role will involve active participation in the Networks led work streams and liaising with the Regulatory/Economic teams and PMO (in particular the Change Authority) as part of the CER NSMP team. This will also involve providing input into development of consultation, decision papers, change control, issue and risk management processes as required.It is proposed to place a contract for a period from February 2015 to February 2017.

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: Systems and technical consultancy 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: Not specified
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: 2014-12-12 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-01-30 📅
Publication date: 2014-12-17 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 243-428280
OJ-S issue: 243

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Quantity or scope:

During the Detailed Design Phase the Market Systems SME will be responsible for the following:

1. Analysing detailed change requests relating to any technical component including:

a. Meter;

b. Home Area Network (HAN);

c. Wide area network (WAN);

d. Meter data management systems (MDMS);

e. Retail Market Processes etc.

This will require an understanding of end-to-end smart metering solution systems architecture and data flows.

2. Advising on the technical impacts on the High Level Design as a key member of the Design Team.

3. Advising the CER on policy impacts.

4. Participating in the Networks Market Systems work to ensure that the required electricity and gas smart metering regulatory requirements are defined and implemented as part of agreed electricity and gas market systems and processes changes.

5. Ensuring that CER Policy decisions are being integrated by ESB Networks and Bord Gáis Networks into the functional and technical design and procurement documentation for the smart metering end-to-end solution.

6. Ensuring the impacts on retail electricity and gas market systems are fully understood and recognised by the CER.

The Market Systems SME role will involve active participation in the Networks led work streams and liaising with the Regulatory/Economic teams and PMO (in particular the Change Authority) as part of the CER NSMP team. This will also involve providing input into development of consultation, decision papers, change control, issue and risk management processes as required.

It is proposed to place a contract for a period from February 2015 to February 2017.

Reference number: 011-03-317
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Tallaght, Dublin.

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:

The Market Systems SME will report to the CER Regulatory Manager. The Market Systems SME will provide the CER Regulatory Manager with a report of monthly updates of actual days support incurred and plans for month ahead. Invoices for this element of the contract should be issued monthly, and should be accompanied by an outcome report (i.e. elements worked on, advice delivered etc.).

In addition to this invoicing information, CER shall be entitled to establish such monitoring and budgetary arrangements in relation to the operation of the contract as they may reasonably deem appropriate.

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
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Siobhan Keating
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1232 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=83394&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=83394&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 011-03-317

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 243-428280 (2014-12-12)

Contract award notice (2015-04-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services 📦

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-04-08 📅
Publication date: 2015-04-10 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 070-125161
Refers to notice: 2014/S 243-428280
OJ-S issue: 70

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 594 000 💰
824 700 💰

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Quality and technical merit of proposals for providing service detailed in Section 2 of the ITT (25)
2. Technical Merit of the Human Resources Proposed (35)
3. Approach to knowledge transfer (5)
4. Cost proposal (35)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2015-03-18 📅
Name: DNV KEMA Limited
Postal address: Palace House, 3 Cathedral Street
Postal town: London
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
E-mail: alex.searle@dnvgl.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.dnvgl.com 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: 4478894
Source: OJS 2015/S 070-125161 (2015-04-08)

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