Technical and Economic Consultancy Support for Networs — (PR4 Implementation and ECP)

Commission for Energy Regulation

CER regulates the level of revenue which the electricity Transmission System Operators (TSO), electricity Distribution System Operators (DSO), electricity Transmission Asset Owner (TAO) and electricity Distribution Asset Owner (DAO) (collectively the ‘network companies’ can recover from customers to cover their respective costs.
Existing policy for connection of exporting generators to the electricity network in Ireland is captured under two broad processing approaches: the Group Processing Approach (GPA) and the Non-Group Processing Approach (non-GPA).
The successful tenderer will be required to provide the CER with expert economic and technical advice in relation to these decisions at various stages of the CER's consultation and decision making process.
A detailed specification of requirements is set out in Appendix 1 of the Request For Tender (RFT) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2017-03-20. The procurement was published on 2017-02-10.

Suppliers

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

• Baringa Partners LLP

Who?

• Commission for Energy Regulation

What?

Where?

• Dublin
• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2017-02-10	Contract notice
2017-08-11	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2017-02-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Technical analysis or consultancy services
Reference number: 011-03-359
Short description:

CER regulates the level of revenue which the electricity Transmission System Operators (TSO), electricity Distribution System Operators (DSO), electricity Transmission Asset Owner (TAO) and electricity Distribution Asset Owner (DAO) (collectively the ‘network companies’ can recover from customers to cover their respective costs. Existing policy for connection of exporting generators to the electricity network in Ireland is captured under two broad processing approaches: the Group Processing Approach (GPA) and the Non-Group Processing Approach (non-GPA). The successful tenderer will be required to provide the CER with expert economic and technical advice in relation to these decisions at various stages of the CER's consultation and decision making process. A detailed specification of requirements is set out in Appendix 1 of the Request For Tender (RFT) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

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

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: tmetcalfe@cer.ie 📧
Phone: +353 14000800 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=108418&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=108418&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-02-10 📅
Submission deadline: 2017-03-20 📅
Publication date: 2017-02-14 📅
Start date: 2017-04-01 📅
End date: 2018-03-31 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 031-056034
OJ-S issue: 31

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Existing policy for connection of exporting generators to the electricity network in Ireland is captured under two broad processing approaches: the Group Processing Approach (GPA) and the Non-Group Processing Approach (non-GPA).

The successful tenderer will be required to provide the CER with expert economic and technical advice in relation to these decisions at various stages of the CER's consultation and decision making process.

A detailed specification of requirements is set out in Appendix 1 of the Request For Tender (RFT) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Estimated total value: 250 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Price Review 4 (PR4) Implementation
Lot number: 1
Short description:

The CER regulates the level of revenue which the electricity transmission system operator (TSO), the electricity distribution system operator (DSO), the electricity transmission asset owner (TAO) and the electricity distribution asset owner (DAO) (collectively the ‘network companies’) can recover from customers to cover their respective costs. The nature of such regulation is that every 5 years the CER sets the amount of money that the network companies can collect from electricity customers for the following 5 years (price review — PR). The CER has carried out four price reviews to date, the most recent for the 2016-2020 period (PR4).

As part of PR4 the CER aims to amend the existing reporting, monitoring and incentive frameworks. In particular, in its decisions on transmission and distribution revenue for PR4 (CER/15/296 and CER/15/295 respectively).

The CER is going to consult upon and take decisions in relation to reporting and monitoring, incentives and the strategic innovation found.

The successful tenderer will be required to provide the CER with expert economic and technical advice in relation to these decisions at various stages of the CER's decision making process.

A detailed specification of requirements is set out in Appendix 1 of the Request For Tender.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 132 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Enduring Connection Policy (ECP)
Lot number: 2
Short description:

The CER regulates the level of revenue which the electricity transmission system operator (TSO), the electricity distribution system operator (DSO), the electricity transmission asset owner (TAO) and the electricity distribution asset owner (DAO) (collectively the ‘network companies’) can recover from customers to cover their respective costs. The nature of such regulation is that every five years the CER sets the amount of money that the network companies can collect from electricity customers for the following five years (price review — PR). The CER has carried out four price reviews to date, the most recent for the 2016-2020 period (PR4).

Estimated value excluding VAT: 118 000 EUR 💰

Procedure
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender opening date: 2017-03-20 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Theresa Metcalfe
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1232 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=108418&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court, Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2017/S 031-056034 (2017-02-10)

Contract award notice (2017-08-11)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

CER regulates the level of revenue which the electricity Transmission System Operators (TSO), electricity Distribution System Operators (DSO), electricity Transmission Asset Owner (TAO) and electricity Distribution Asset Owner (DAO) (collectively the ‘network companies’ can recover from customers to cover their respective costs. Existing policy for connection of exporting generators to the electricity network in Ireland is captured under two broad processing approaches: the Group Processing Approach (GPA) and the Non-Group Processing Approach (non-GPA). The successful tenderer will be required to provide the CER with expert economic and technical advice in relation to these decisions at various stages of the CER's consultation and decision making process. A detailed specification of requirements is set out in Appendix 1 of the Request For Tender( RFT) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Total value of the procurement: 249 560 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-08-11 📅
Publication date: 2017-08-16 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 155-322285
Refers to notice: 2017/S 031-056034
OJ-S issue: 155

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

A detailed specification of requirements is set out in Appendix 1 of the Request For Tender( RFT) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of the tenderers approach to Service Delivery
Quality criterion (weighting): 40 %
Quality criterion (name): Technical Merit of the Human Resources Proposed
Quality criterion (weighting): 25 %
Quality criterion (name): Knowledge Transfer
Quality criterion (weighting): 5 %
Price weighting: 30 %
Quality criterion (weighting): 30 %
35 %

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2017-06-20 📅
Source: OJS 2017/S 155-322285 (2017-08-11)

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