Pension Scheme Administration, Actuarial and Consultancy Services

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 wishes to engage support in relation to Pension Scheme Administration, Actuarial and Consultancy Services to work with the CER's HR Department to provide advice and support on a broad range of actuarial matters and provide strategic consulting services.
The services required by the CER shall include but may not be limited to the following:
1. General Services;
2. Pension Plan Administration Services;
3. Investment Consulting;
4. Trustee Training;
5. Formal Evaluation of Scheme and
6. Optional Additional Services.
A detailed specification of requirements is set out in Section 2 of the ITT available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
It is proposed to place a contract for a period of 2 years with an option for renewal for up to a further 2 years on an annual basis and subject to contract review and the written agreement of the parties.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-05-27. The procurement was published on 2015-04-15.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2015-04-15 Contract notice
2015-08-19 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2015-04-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Pension services
Quantity or scope:
It is proposed to place a contract for a period of 2 years with an option for renewal for up to a further 2 years on an annual basis and subject to contract review and the written agreement of the parties.
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: Pension 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: Body governed by public law
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: 2015-04-15 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-05-27 📅
Publication date: 2015-04-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 076-134268
OJ-S issue: 76

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
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 wishes to engage support in relation to Pension Scheme Administration, Actuarial and Consultancy Services to work with the CER's HR Department to provide advice and support on a broad range of actuarial matters and provide strategic consulting services.
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The services required by the CER shall include but may not be limited to the following:
1. General Services;
2. Pension Plan Administration Services;
3. Investment Consulting;
4. Trustee Training;
5. Formal Evaluation of Scheme and
6. Optional Additional Services.
A detailed specification of requirements is set out in Section 2 of the ITT available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
It is proposed to place a contract for a period of 2 years with an option for renewal for up to a further 2 years on an annual basis and subject to contract review and the written agreement of the parties.
Number of possible renewals: 2
Time frame for subsequent contracts: 12 months
Reference number: 011-03-324
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Tallaght.

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:
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.
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
An indicative payment schedule for the fixed and variable elements of the required services is provided in the ITT but will be agreed with the successful tenderer.
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=87289&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=87289&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 011-03-324

Complementary information
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2015/S 076-134268 (2015-04-15)
Contract award notice (2015-08-19)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-08-19 📅
Publication date: 2015-08-22 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 162-297426
Refers to notice: 2015/S 76-134268
OJ-S issue: 162

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 50 000 💰
301 950 💰

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Understanding of the Services (15)
2. Execution Methodology (25)
3. Quality and Merit of Human Resources Proposed (30)
4. Cost Proposal (30)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2015-07-14 📅
Name: Willis (Risk Services Ireland)
Postal address: Grand Mill Quay, Barrow Street
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: http://www.willis.ie 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Source: OJS 2015/S 162-297426 (2015-08-19)
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