Cellular M2M communications services for Smart Meters in Ireland

Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

A Communications Service Provider is required to provide ESB with a reliable and high availability cellular M2M communications service to enable end-to-end communications between components of the ESB Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system, and a range of implementation and enduring services throughout the life of the agreed contractual term.
Certain terms used in the description above are defined in the PQQ.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-02-09. The procurement was published on 2017-12-22.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2017-12-22 Contract notice
2019-05-15 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2017-12-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
Reference number: SSCON3583
Short description:
A Communications Service Provider is required to provide ESB with a reliable and high availability cellular M2M communications service to enable end-to-end communications between components of the ESB Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system, and a range of implementation and enduring services throughout the life of the agreed contractual term. Certain terms used in the description above are defined in the PQQ.
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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: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment 📦
Additional CPV: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Dublin 🏙️

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: 2 Gateway
Postal code: East Wall Road
Postal town: Dublin 3
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: donie.cahalane@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17026157 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=122691&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=122691&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-12-22 📅
Submission deadline: 2018-02-09 📅
Publication date: 2017-12-23 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 247-521102
OJ-S issue: 247
Additional information
ESB is preparing a draft contract which will set out the terms and conditions pertaining to the technical, commercial, financial, safety and legal requirements for the design and execution of services.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
A Communications Service Provider is required to provide ESB with a reliable and high availability cellular M2M communications service to enable end-to-end communications between components of the ESB Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system, and a range of implementation and enduring services throughout the life of the agreed contractual term.
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Certain terms used in the description above are defined in the PQQ.
Communications Service – The provision of reliable communications within the bounds of agreed SLAs between ESB IT systems and electricity meter communications interfaces. The services will ensure that only authenticated devices can utilise the Communications Service, and that all communications across the network are encrypted. The communications service will meet the coverage, reliability and performance SLAs, scalable to support up to 750000 Smart Electricity Meters (SEMs) installed in the Republic of Ireland. This will include the provision of SIMs direct to the device manufacturers to enable communication using private APN(s), supporting as a minimum 2G technology to each connected SEM, with the ability to support 3G and 4G technologies.
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NOTE: The Smart Electricity Meters to be purchased by ESB will incorporate either 2G, 2G+3G, 2G+4G or 2G+3G+4G communications functionality.
Implementation Services – The provision of services to design the communications interfaces, integrate with the required ESB systems and deploy the solution. This will include the APNs and SIMs for both test and production usage, provision of mobile communications at the meter manufacturing site for factory testing purposes, assurance of communications for integration with SEMs for operation on the network and integration with ESB IT systems at two different sites in Dublin. In addition, the Communications Service Provider will provide services to support system testing and commissioning.
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Enduring Support Services – Services to provide an incident management system, testing services and reporting services.
The handling of incidents raised by ESB will be prioritised and will allow escalation of incidents that are business critical, recurring or are not being progressed.
Testing services encompasses provision network services to AMI test environments for testing separated from the production environment, support of installation and testing activities, and assurance of end devices for communication on the network through the lifetime of the system.
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Reporting services are required to enable monitoring of communications performance, accounting, network issues and security incidents; diagnosis of communications issues.
Each key service outlined above will be described in more detail in the PQQ. Certain terms used in this description above are defined in the PQQ.
Please note the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT).
Duration: 30 months
Description of options:
It is envisaged the term of the contract commences on the date when services commence and shall be for a period of up to 30 months with an option to extend (subject to external factors which will determine scope and volumes to be catered for) after the initial period exercisable on an unlimited number of occasions for further periods up to 15 years from the expiry of the initial period.
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Additional information:
ESB is preparing a draft contract which will set out the terms and conditions pertaining to the technical, commercial, financial, safety and legal requirements for the design and execution of services.
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:
As stated in Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 127848.
Economic and financial standing:
As stated in Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 127848.
Technical and professional ability:
As stated in Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 127848.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: Will be set out in the RFT.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Will be set out in the RFT.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
As stated in Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 127848.
Contract performance conditions:
As stated in Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 127848.

Procedure
Minimum number of candidates: 5
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

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=122691&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (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 contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the contract and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to said contract.
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7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process 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 5 will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 5, subject to that number qualifying.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Name: Not Applicable
Postal address: Ireland
Postal town: Ireland
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Suppliers own legal advisor
Source: OJS 2017/S 247-521102 (2017-12-22)
Contract award notice (2019-05-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
A communications service provider is required to provide ESB with a reliable and high availability cellular M2M communications service to enable end-to-end communications between components of the ESB Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system and a range of implementation and enduring services throughout the life of the agreed contractual term. Certain terms used in the description above are defined in the PQQ.
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Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-05-15 📅
Publication date: 2019-05-20 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 096-233083
Refers to notice: 2017/S 247-521102
OJ-S issue: 96

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
A communications service provider is required to provide ESB with a reliable and high availability cellular M2M communications service to enable end-to-end communications between components of the ESB Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system and a range of implementation and enduring services throughout the life of the agreed contractual term.
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Communications Service – The provision of reliable communications within the bounds of agreed SLAs between ESB IT systems and electricity meter communications interfaces. The services will ensure that only authenticated devices can utilise the communications service, and that all communications across the network are encrypted. The communications service will meet the coverage, reliability and performance SLAs, scalable to support up to 750 000 Smart Electricity Meters (SEMs) installed in the Republic of Ireland. This will include provision of SIMs direct to device manufacturers to enable communication using private APN(s), supporting as a minimum 2G technology to each connected SEM, with the ability to support 3G and 4G technologies.
Show more
Note: The smart electricity meters to be purchased by ESB will incorporate either 2G, 2G+3G, 2G+4G or 2G+3G+4G communications functionality.
Implementation services – the provision of services to design the communications interfaces, integrate with the required ESB systems and deploy the solution. This will include the APNs and SIMs for both test and production usage, provision of mobile communications at the meter manufacturing site for factory testing purposes, assurance of communications for integration with SEMs for operation on the network and integration with ESB IT systems at 2 different sites in Dublin. In addition, the communications service provider will provide services to support system testing and commissioning.
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Enduring support services – services to provide an incident management system, testing services and reporting services.
Testing services encompasses provision network services to AMI test environments for testing separated from the production environment, support of installation and testing activities and assurance of end devices for communication on the network through the lifetime of the system.
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Please note the contract will be awarded on the basis of the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT).
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Technical
Quality criterion (weighting): 50 %
Price (weighting): 50 %

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2019-05-13 📅
Name: Three Ireland
National registration number: 234895
Postal address: 28-29 Sir John Rogersons Quay
Postal town: Dublin 2
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 16095000 📞
E-mail: myles.gardiner@three.ie 📧
Country: Eastern and Midland 🏙️
Internet address: http://www.three.ie 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2

Reference
Additional information
1) 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 contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the contract and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to said contract;
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7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process 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 5 will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 5 subject to that number qualifying.
Source: OJS 2019/S 096-233083 (2019-05-15)
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