Provision of I-SEM Market Communications Platform and implementation services

Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

ESB seeks to procure a Market Communications Platform to facilitate its
interaction to the upcoming Integrated Single Electricity Market (I-SEM) and its
associated market platforms.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-09-23. The procurement was published on 2016-08-18.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2016-08-18 Contract notice
Contract notice (2016-08-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Reference number: SSCON2658
Short description:
ESB seeks to procure a Market Communications Platform to facilitate its interaction to the upcoming Integrated Single Electricity Market (I-SEM) and its associated market platforms.
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: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Additional CPV: Computer-related services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: 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: Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Postal address: 27 Lower Fitzwilliam Street
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: ssprocurement@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17026157 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=102316&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=102316&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-08-18 📅
Submission deadline: 2016-09-23 📅
Publication date: 2016-08-23 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 161-291236
OJ-S issue: 161
Additional information
Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 108378.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
ESB seeks to procure a Market Communications Platform to facilitate its
interaction to the upcoming Integrated Single Electricity Market (I-SEM) and its
associated market platforms.
The wholesale electricity market covering Northern Ireland and Ireland, the Single Electricity Market (SEM), is due to undergo significant changes. This arises from changes to European legislation designed to harmonise cross border trading arrangements across all European electricity markets. The new wholesale market will be known as the Integrated Single Electricity Market (I-SEM) and will require market participants to alter the format and frequency with which they interact with the market
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Requirement
ESB is inviting expressions of interest from Applicants to provide a Market Communications Platform (product license & maintenance) and implementation services to setup specific ESB configuration and integration to ESB systems.
As a market participant with a sizeable retail and generation portfolio, the Market Communications Platform forms a key component of ESB's delivery of the I-SEM changes, many of which are mandatory from a regulatory perspective. Full details on the I-SEM Technical Specification can be found at — http://www.sem-o.com/ISEM/ISEMNews/Pages/I-SEMTechnicalSpecification,Release2isnowavailable!!.aspx
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The Market Communications solution will be required to deliver the following capabilities:
— Integration with I-SEM market operator systems (i.e. NEMO, TSO, ECC)
— Creation, validation, submission and receipt of market messages in I-SEM defined schemas including:
o Bid/Offer Submissions
o I-SEM Trade Results
o Market Settlement Reports and supporting data
o I-SEM Settlement Invoices
o Physical Notification Submission
— Imbalance Calculation
— Standard Reporting (tabular and charting formatting)
— Interface with existing ESB systems using standard industry protocols
— Configurable Identity and Access Management
The proposed solution must have the ability to interface with the following ESB systems in addition to the external NEMO, TSO & ECC interfaces:
— Aligne (or equivalent) — ETRM system
— SAP — Finance System
ESB is seeking a single Software as a Service (SaaS) based platform to cater for all I-SEM markets that include as standard:
— Out of the Box functionality that will manage automated market message interactions for I-SEM between ESB and the NEMO, TSO, & ECC Clearing House platforms
— High availability on a 24/7 basis
— Platform license that includes ongoing maintenance of the I-SEM interfaces and rules configuration as these updated by the market.
ESB will also require implementation services to configure the solution to ESB specific requirements i.e. Units, Reports, Screens etc. and integrate the solution to internal ESB systems. During the contract period there may be further implementation phases to cater for ESB requirements.
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Please note, if the principal contractor is not the supplier of the product, ESB retains the right to have annual licence and maintenance contract directly with the product owner.
Duration: 36 months
Description of options: ESB reserves the right to extend the contract up to 2 years by mutual consent.
Additional information:
Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 108378.
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:
Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 108378.
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 108378.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required:
Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 108378.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 108378.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 108378.
Contract performance conditions:
Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 108378.

Procedure
Minimum number of candidates: 2
Maximum number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Applicants will be assessed on the quality of their responses to the criteria and rules outlined in the qualification questionnaire and at least 2 top scoring firms will be invited to tender, subject to that number qualifying.
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Donie Cahalane
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/377 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=102316&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information
Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting entity will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties
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2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.
3) The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant.
6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract under the framework agreement, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the framework agreement and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to the framework.
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7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.
8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words ‘or equivalent’ will always be appended.
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9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting entity is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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10) At Section II.2.9 we have indicated that at least 2 will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 2 subject to that number qualifying.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
The Contracting Entity will not conclude this framework agreement / contract until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned tenderers. Review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the framework agreement / contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that framework agreement / contract.
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Body responsible for mediation procedures
Name: Supplier's own legal advisor
Postal town: As required
Source: OJS 2016/S 161-291236 (2016-08-18)
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