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

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

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

• • DNV Kema Limited

• • Commission for Energy Regulation

• • Analysis services › Technical analysis or consultancy services
• • Software programming and consultancy services › Systems and technical consultancy services

• • Éire/Ireland