ESB Hadoop System and Ancillary Activities

Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

The scope of this procurement can be summarised as follows:
1. provision of Hadoop vendor to provide licensed Hadoop product that would be considered the Corporate Standard platform for large scale Analytics across the ESB;
2. provision of support services to be drawn down on as required to assist ESB with tasks like cluster install / configuration, strategic guidance on use and growth of cluster(s), advice on use of (and installation where relevant) of new products that may emerge in the future etc.;
3. provision of some industry specific analytics services to supplement existing ESB analytics resources or bring SME expertise for niche analytics use cases based on previous experience.
Points 1 and 2 above will be referred to in the document as scope of “Lot 1”. Point 3 will be referred to as the scope for “Lot 2”. ESB is inviting expressions of interest from Applicants for either Lot 1 or Lot 2 or both.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-04-25. The procurement was published on 2018-03-22.

Suppliers

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

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Procurement history
Date Document
2018-03-22 Contract notice
2020-04-07 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2018-03-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Reference number: SSCON/3675
Short description:
The scope of this procurement can be summarised as follows: 1. provision of Hadoop vendor to provide licensed Hadoop product that would be considered the Corporate Standard platform for large scale Analytics across the ESB; 2. provision of support services to be drawn down on as required to assist ESB with tasks like cluster install / configuration, strategic guidance on use and growth of cluster(s), advice on use of (and installation where relevant) of new products that may emerge in the future etc.; 3. provision of some industry specific analytics services to supplement existing ESB analytics resources or bring SME expertise for niche analytics use cases based on previous experience. Points 1 and 2 above will be referred to in the document as scope of “Lot 1”. Point 3 will be referred to as the scope for “Lot 2”. ESB is inviting expressions of interest from Applicants for either Lot 1 or Lot 2 or both.
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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: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Additional CPV: Software programming and consultancy services 📦
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=126610&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=126610&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-03-22 📅
Submission deadline: 2018-04-25 📅
Publication date: 2018-03-24 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 059-131104
OJ-S issue: 59
Additional information
Please refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The scope of this procurement can be summarised as follows:
1. provision of Hadoop vendor to provide licensed Hadoop product that would be considered the Corporate Standard platform for large scale Analytics across the ESB;
2. provision of support services to be drawn down on as required to assist ESB with tasks like cluster install / configuration, strategic guidance on use and growth of cluster(s), advice on use of (and installation where relevant) of new products that may emerge in the future etc.;
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3. provision of some industry specific analytics services to supplement existing ESB analytics resources or bring SME expertise for niche analytics use cases based on previous experience.
Points 1 and 2 above will be referred to in the document as scope of “Lot 1”. Point 3 will be referred to as the scope for “Lot 2”. ESB is inviting expressions of interest from Applicants for either Lot 1 or Lot 2 or both.
Title of the lot: Hadoop Licenced Product and Implementation Services
Lot number: 1
Short description:
The vendor will work primarily with the central IT function to provide technical analytics services to all the business areas in the ESBgroup. The vendor will be expected to comply with ESB technical and IT security standards as directed by the IT organisation.
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A full appreciation of the ESB company can be viewed at the following internet address: http://www.esb.ie
The services required under this Lot include the following:
— ingest data from all traditional RDMS sources,
— ingest data from file and other non-structured data sources, time series data etc.,
— be familiar with all traditional Hadoop projects e.g. Spark, Hbase, Sqoop, Solr etc.,
— have ability to administer the cluster both proactively and reactively,
— have the knowledge to install new products if and when they arise while operating a production cluster,
— provide strategic guidance on all current and emerging technologies / products in the Hadoop ecosystem,
— work with ESB technical and business teams in an ever changing business and technical environment,
— offer niche analytics products and services as required.
Please refer to the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) Section A.2 for additional information.
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. The principal contractor will be responsible for providing the related services outlined above and in the PQQ for Lot 1.
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Duration: 36 months
Description of options:
ESB reserves the right to extend the Framework Agreement up to 2 years by mutual agreement with the successful tenderer.
Additional information:
Please refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.
Title of the lot: Analytics Modelling Services
Lot number: 2
Short description:
As part of the push of Data Science across the organisation ESB recognises that some companies may already have expertise in the use of Data Science in a utility or comparable assets based company where some “generic” algorithms may exist. ESB will contract with one or more of the vendors, who will be appointed to the framework panel following the Request for Tender (RFT) stage, to benefit from any industry learning or pre-existing analytical work that companies may have experience in. the type of use cases that might be of interest would include things like*:
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— predictive maintenance of assess (particularly generation or network distribution assets),
— energy trading related activities,
— end Customer related activities like segmentation etc,
— technical analysis around IT storage management,
— shared services process activity optimisation.
*above list is not exhaustive, but illustrative.
Other areas / experience a vendor feels would be relevant to ESB will be considered. It is envisaged that this Lot would provide ESB with an opportunity to engage with some vendors who have previously developed relevant advanced analytics model which would be transferrable to ESB. The engagement could involve model implementation for ESB and associated effort to do so. These models do not necessarily need to be Hadoop specific.
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For this lot a panel of vendors will be appointed at the RFT stage who are evaluated as the most economically advantageous proposals. A min-tender will be completed as part of this Lot and vendors will be invited to reply to each mini tender as and when they arise.
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Description of options:
ESB reserves the right to extend the Framework Agreement up to 2 years by mutual agreement with the panel members appointed following RFT stage.
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 Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 131578
Economic and financial standing:
As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 131578
Technical and professional ability:
As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 131578
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 Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 131578
Contract performance conditions:
As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 131578

Procedure
Minimum number of candidates: 5
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Number of participants to be contemplated: 6
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=126610&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (http://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 (http://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 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: Supplier's own legal advisor
Source: OJS 2018/S 059-131104 (2018-03-22)
Contract award notice (2020-04-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The scope of this procurement can be summarised as follows: 1) Provision of Hadoop vendor to provide licensed Hadoop product that would be considered the Corporate Standard platform for large scale Analytics across the ESB; 2) Provision of support services to be drawn down on as required to assist ESB with tasks like cluster install/configuration, strategic guidance on use and growth of cluster(s), advice on use of (and installation where relevant) of new products that may emerge in the future etc; 3) Provision of some industry specific analytics services to supplement existing ESB analytics resources or bring SME expertise for niche analytics use cases based on previous experience Points 1 and 2 above will be referred to in the document as scope of ‘Lot 1’. Point 3 will be referred to as the scope for ‘Lot 2’. ESB is inviting expressions of interest from applicants for either lot 1 or lot 2 or both.
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Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: 2 Gateway, East Wall Road

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-04-07 📅
Publication date: 2020-04-09 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 071-169824
Refers to notice: 2018/S 059-131104
OJ-S issue: 71

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
1) Provision of Hadoop vendor to provide licensed Hadoop product that would be considered the Corporate Standard platform for large scale Analytics across the ESB;
2) Provision of support services to be drawn down on as required to assist ESB with tasks like cluster install/configuration, strategic guidance on use and growth of cluster(s), advice on use of (and installation where relevant) of new products that may emerge in the future etc;
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3) Provision of some industry specific analytics services to supplement existing ESB analytics resources or bring SME expertise for niche analytics use cases based on previous experience
Points 1 and 2 above will be referred to in the document as scope of ‘Lot 1’. Point 3 will be referred to as the scope for ‘Lot 2’. ESB is inviting expressions of interest from applicants for either lot 1 or lot 2 or both.
A full appreciation of the ESB company can be viewed at the following internet address: - http://www.esb.ie
The services required under this lot include the following:
• ingest data from all traditional RDMS sources,
• ingest data from file and other non-structured data sources, time series data etc,
• be familiar with all traditional Hadoop projects e.g. Spark, Hbase, Sqoop, Solr etc,
• have ability to administer the cluster both proactively and reactively,
• have the knowledge to install new products if and when they arise while operating a production cluster,
• provide strategic guidance on all current and emerging technologies / products in the Hadoop ecosystem,
• work with ESB technical and business teams in an ever changing business and technical environment,
• offer niche analytics products and services as required.
Please refer to the pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) Section A.2 for additional information.
Description of options:
ESB reserves the right to extend the framework agreement up to 2 years by mutual agreement with the successful tenderer.
Short description:
As part of the push of data science across the organisation ESB recognises that some companies may already have expertise in the use of Data Science in a utility or comparable assets based company where some ‘generic’ algorithms may exist. ESB will contract with one or more of the vendors, who will be appointed to the framework panel following the Request for Tender (RFT) stage, to benefit from any industry learning or pre-existing analytical work that companies may have experience in. the type of use cases that might be of interest would include things like*:
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— end customer related activities like segmentation etc,
Other areas / experience a vendor feels would be relevant to ESB will be considered. It is envisaged that this lot would provide ESB with an opportunity to engage with some vendors who have previously developed relevant advanced analytics model which would be transferrable to ESB. The engagement could involve model implementation for ESB and associated effort to do so. These models do not necessarily need to be Hadoop specific.
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Description of options:
ESB reserves the right to extend the framework agreement up to 2 years by mutual agreement with the panel members appointed following RFT stage.

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Technical
Quality criterion (weighting): 60 %
Price (weighting): 40 %

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-02-18 📅
Name: Deloitte Ireland LLP
National registration number: 03536140KH
Postal address: Deloitte and Touche
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Earlsfort Terrace
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 14172200 📞
E-mail: tenders@deloitte.ie 📧
Country: Dublin 🏙️
Internet address: http://www.deloitte.com/ie 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6

Reference
Additional information
Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (http://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 (http://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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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.
Source: OJS 2020/S 071-169824 (2020-04-07)
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