GNI Market Assurance

Ervia

As the Irish gas market evolves, new organisations continue to become participants in the market or existing participants may seek to operate in additional market sectors. The market must adjust to improvements in technology and change requests from market participants.
The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to award a 3 year contract (with 2 year option to renew) for consultancy services to meet the requirements detailed in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2017-01-17. The procurement was published on 2016-12-08.

Suppliers

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

• Ibm

Who?

• Ervia

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2016-12-08	Contract notice
2018-11-05	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2016-12-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
Reference number: 16/296
Short description:

As the Irish gas market evolves, new organisations continue to become participants in the market or existing participants may seek to operate in additional market sectors. The market must adjust to improvements in technology and change requests from market participants. The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to award a 3 year contract (with 2 year option to renew) for consultancy services to meet the requirements detailed in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services 📦
Additional CPV: Financial consultancy services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

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: Ervia
Postal address: P.O. Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street
Postal town: Cork
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ervia.ie 🌏
E-mail: tenders@ervia.ie 📧
Phone: +353 214239083 📞
URL for documents: http://etenders.gov.ie/ 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-12-08 📅
Submission deadline: 2017-01-17 📅
Publication date: 2016-12-13 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 240-437986
OJ-S issue: 240
Additional information

A pre-qualification questionnaire will be available to all candidates who express an interest via eTenders in the competition. Please submit all queries via email for the attention of The Shared Services Procurement Manager to Tenders@ervia.ie The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address in I.1) above not later than 12:00 hrs Tuesday 17.1.2017.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to award a 3 year contract (with 2 year option to renew) for consultancy services to meet the requirements detailed in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.

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Please refer to the PQQ for further details.

Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals: 1 option to extend for a period of 2 years.
Description of options: 1 option to extend for a period of 2 years.
Additional information:

A pre-qualification questionnaire will be available to all candidates who express an interest via eTenders in the competition.

Please submit all queries via email for the attention of The Shared Services Procurement Manager to Tenders@ervia.ie

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The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address in I.1) above not later than 12:00 hrs Tuesday 17.1.2017.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Refer to tender documents.
Contract execution
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Requests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups of service providers. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal form in order to submit a request to participate, but may if the Contracting Entity considers it necessary to ensure that the contract is carried out to its satisfaction, be required to do so prior to award of the contract. The Contracting Entity also reserves the right to contract with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several liability, or with 1 member of the group as a main contractor with a number of sub-contractors or on any other basis as the Contracting Entity considers appropriate.

Procedure
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2017-01-18 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Tender Admin
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/376 🌏
Documents URL: http://etenders.gov.ie/ 🌏

Reference
Additional information

Please register your interest through eTenders to access the Pre-Questionnaire documents for this competition.

A pre-qualification questionnaire will be available to all candidates who express an interest via eTenders in the competition.

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The Questionnaire will cover the financial, economic and technical capacity of candidates. The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address in I.1) above not later than 12:00 hrs Tuesday 17.1.2017. The responses will be used to assist in drawing up a tender list. This process may also include interviews with candidates. The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award procedure.

To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications email to tenders@ervia.ie

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +35 318886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:

Please refer to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (and in particular Regulation 7 and 10(2)).

Source: OJS 2016/S 240-437986 (2016-12-08)

Contract award notice (2018-11-05)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

As the Irish gas market evolves, new organisations continue to become participants in the market or existing participants may seek to operate in additional market sectors. The market must adjust to improvements in technology and change requests from market participants. The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to award a 3 year contract (with 2 year option to renew) for consultancy services to meet the requirements detailed in the pre-qualification questionnaire.

Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Lowest price

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: PO Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street
Postal code: Cork

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-11-05 📅
Publication date: 2018-11-07 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 214-491181
Refers to notice: 2016/S 240-437986
OJ-S issue: 214

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Description of options: One option to extend for a period of 2 years.

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2018-07-27 📅
Name: Ibm
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2018/S 214-491181 (2018-11-05)

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