The Provision of IT Research & Advisory Services

Electricity Supply Board

Electricity Supply Board (ESB) requires the provision of external IT research and advisory services in a range of areas including IT alignment with business strategies and objectives, technology trends and roadmaps, energy retailer trends, digital adoption, IT Management issues, product and vendor assessments, IT sourcing strategies, sustainable IT and cost optimisation and benchmarking. Services will be required in terms of the IT industry in general and also Utilities in particular. The objective is to be able to have access to information that is future-looking and provides both a technical and practical viewpoint.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-06-21. The procurement was published on 2014-05-23.

Who?

• Electricity Supply Board

What?

• Computer-related services › Computer-related professional services

Where?

• Éire/Ireland › Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2014-05-23	Contract notice

Contract notice (2014-05-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Computer-related professional services
Quantity or scope:

Electricity Supply Board (ESB) requires the provision of external IT research and advisory services in a range of areas including IT alignment with business strategies and objectives, technology trends and roadmaps, energy retailer trends, digital adoption, product and vendor assessments, IT management issues, IT sourcing strategies, sustainable IT and cost optimisation and benchmarking. Services will be required in terms of the IT industry in general and also Utilities in particular. The objective is to be able to have access to information that is future-looking and provides both a technical and practical viewpoint.These services should include: Access to online research; Access to industry analysts; Published reports and Utility-specific analysis; webinars, podcasts and conferences.ESB is inviting expressions of interest from vendors with relevant experience.

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: Computer-related professional services 📦

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Electricity Supply Board
Postal address: Lower Fitzwilliam Street
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: ssprocurement@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17027960 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-05-23 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-06-21 📅
Publication date: 2014-05-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 101-177588
OJ-S issue: 101
Additional information

Contract duration will be for three years with an option to extend for a further two years by mutual consent.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Service category: 7
Short description:

Quantity or scope:

Electricity Supply Board (ESB) requires the provision of external IT research and advisory services in a range of areas including IT alignment with business strategies and objectives, technology trends and roadmaps, energy retailer trends, digital adoption, product and vendor assessments, IT management issues, IT sourcing strategies, sustainable IT and cost optimisation and benchmarking. Services will be required in terms of the IT industry in general and also Utilities in particular. The objective is to be able to have access to information that is future-looking and provides both a technical and practical viewpoint.

These services should include: Access to online research; Access to industry analysts; Published reports and Utility-specific analysis; webinars, podcasts and conferences.

ESB is inviting expressions of interest from vendors with relevant experience.

Reference number: BS299A2017
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

Participants wishing to be considered for inclusion in this tender process must supply the following information in responding to this notice:

(1) Company Name and Address.

(2) Full contact details (phone - landline and mobile, email) of the representative handling this expression of interest.

(3) A brief profile of the Vendor's organisation including (a) date of establishment, (b) overall structure, (c) principal activities (d) number of employees per function/location (clearly outlining the numbers of analysts and consultants in the company), (e) partnerships or alliances with other service providers.

Participants who fail to provide the information requested may be deemed ineligible for further participation in this tender process. The contracting entity reserves the right to clarify any aspect of responses received.

Economic and financial standing:

(1) Current Bankers Reference.

(2) Evidence of overall turnover and profitability for the last 3 years (audited accounts or statement from Company auditor).

Technical and professional ability:

A brief summary (no more than 4 pages) of the vendor's experience of supplying IT advisory services, which should outline the range of services provided & technologies covered including:(a) Length of time vendor has been in the business of supplying IT advisory services, (b) Vendor's client base, (c) Details of company accreditations to any relevant representative organisation, institute or governing body, etc., (d) Details of 3 clients to whom vendor supplies IT advisory services (including name of client, duration of contract and name, email address and phone number of reference contact. At least one client in the energy utility business would be preferred. Unless otherwise stated ESB will assume that contact may be made with these references without further reference to the vendor.

Please send your expression of interest by email to the contact at section 1.1 above.

Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: Will be specified in the tender documents.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Will be specified in the tender documents.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Where a grouping of service providers express interest, it shall be a requirement of ESB that one member of the group accept full contractual responsibility for delivery of the services. Where appropriate, the intended contractual responsibility member of any grouping or consortium must be identified in responding to this notice.

Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 3

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Procurement, Business Service Centre
Brid Ryan
Internet address: www.esb.ie 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar,
Postal address: The High Court, The Four Courts, Inns Quay,
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Participants own legal advisor
Source: OJS 2014/S 101-177588 (2014-05-23)

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