Gas Safety Framework โ€” Technical Consultancy Support

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 waste-water system.
The CER's core focus in safety is to protect lives and property across a range of
areas in the energy sector. This includes safety regulation of electrical
contractors, gas installers and gas pipelines. In addition the CER is the safety
regulator of upstream petroleum safety extraction and exploration activities,
including on-shore and off-shore gas and oil.
The CER currently wishes to engage consultancy support to provide technical
expertise and assistance including specialist audit, specialist technical inspection
and other work items as necessary where specialist expertise is required.
The consultancy support will require expertise in key areas including:
โ€” Natural Gas transmission.
โ€” Natural Gas distribution.
โ€” LPG including LPG distribution Networks
A detailed specification of requirements is set out in Section 2.
Tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-04-11. The procurement was published on 2016-02-26.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2016-02-26 Contract notice
2016-07-05 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2016-02-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Technical analysis or consultancy services
Quantity or scope: 317 500
Total value of the procurement: 317 500 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
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: 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 ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: tmetcalfe@cer.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 14000800 ๐Ÿ“ž

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-02-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2016-04-11 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2016-03-02 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 043-071154
OJ-S issue: 43

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 waste-water system.
The CER's core focus in safety is to protect lives and property across a range of
areas in the energy sector. This includes safety regulation of electrical
contractors, gas installers and gas pipelines. In addition the CER is the safety
regulator of upstream petroleum safety extraction and exploration activities,
including on-shore and off-shore gas and oil.
The CER currently wishes to engage consultancy support to provide technical
expertise and assistance including specialist audit, specialist technical inspection
and other work items as necessary where specialist expertise is required.
The consultancy support will require expertise in key areas including:
โ€” Natural Gas transmission.
โ€” Natural Gas distribution.
โ€” LPG including LPG distribution Networks
A detailed specification of requirements is set out in Section 2.
Tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
Time frame for subsequent contracts: 12 months
Duration: 024 months
Reference number: 011-03-340
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: 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 of the Euporean Parliament and of the Council (See Appendix B of Request for Tender).
Economic and financial standing:
Please refer to Section 4.1 of the Request for 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 Request for 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:
It should be noted that a schedule of payments 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 โœ…

Procedure
Tender validity period: 160 days
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Other languages: Irish.

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Theresa Metcalfe
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1232 ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=96939&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=96939&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 011-03-340

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2016/S 043-071154 (2016-02-26)
Contract award notice (2016-07-05)
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 waste-water system. The CER's core focus in safety is to protect lives and property across a range of areas in the energy sector. This includes safety regulation of electrical contractors, gas installers and gas pipelines. In addition the CER is the safety regulator of upstream petroleum safety extraction and exploration activities, including on-shore and off-shore gas and oil. The CER currently wishes to engage consultancy support to provide technical expertise and assistance including specialist audit, specialist technical inspection and other work items as necessary where specialist expertise is required. Tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
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Total value of the procurement: 1 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-07-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2016-07-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 131-235261
Refers to notice: 2016/S 043-071154
OJ-S issue: 131

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 waste-water system. The CER's core focus in safety is to protect lives and property across a range of areas in the energy sector. This includes safety regulation of electrical contractors, gas installers and gas pipelines. In addition the CER is the safety regulator of upstream petroleum safety extraction and exploration activities, including on-shore and off-shore gas and oil. The CER currently wishes to engage consultancy support to provide technical expertise and assistance including specialist audit, specialist technical inspection and other work items as necessary where specialist expertise is required.
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The CER currently wishes to engage consultancy support to provide technical expertise and assistance including specialist audit, specialist technical inspection and other work items as necessary where specialist expertise is required. The consultancy support will require expertise in key areas including: โ€” Natural Gas transmission โ€” Natural Gas distribution โ€” LPG including LPG distribution Networks. A detailed specification of requirements is set out in Section 2. This services contract will operate on a call off basis. CER does not guarantee that a minimum number of days will be drawn down.
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Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality and technical merit of proposals for providing service detailed in section 2 of this ITT
Quality criterion (weighting): 30
Quality criterion (name): Approach to knowledge transfer and value added services
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Technical merit of the human resources proposed
Price weighting: 30

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2016-06-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Source: OJS 2016/S 131-235261 (2016-07-05)