HVDC Technical Advisor for the Celtic Interconnector Project

EirGrid plc

The Scope of Requirements is expected to include, but is not limited to provision of support and advice across a number of work packages:
Work Package 1 (WP1) — Support EirGrid in the evaluation of potential HVDC technical solutions and prepare a technical report;
Work Package 2 (WP2) — Support EirGrid in the technical documentation preparation for EPC Contracts procurement;
Work Package (WP3) — EPC Procurement Support from publication of OJEU Notice to Contract Award;
Optional work packages:
Work Package (WP4) — Owner’s Engineer — Technical Support post EPC Contract Award to Commissioning;
Work Package (WP5) — Owner’s Engineer — Technical Support from Commissioning through to the Operation and Maintenance of the scheme.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-10-01. The procurement was published on 2018-08-28.

Suppliers

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

• WSP UK Ltd

Who?

• EirGrid plc

What?

• Engineering services › Consultative engineering and construction services
• Engineering services › Engineering design services
• Engineering services › Miscellaneous engineering services

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2018-08-28	Contract notice
2019-12-19	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2018-08-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Engineering services
Reference number: ENQEIR636
Short description:
“The Scope of Requirements is expected to include, but is not limited to provision of support and advice across a number of work packages: Work Package 1...”
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: Engineering services 📦
Additional CPV: Consultative engineering and construction 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: EirGrid plc
Postal address: Block 2 — The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge
Postal code: 4
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.eirgrid.com 🌏
E-mail: anthony.flood@eirgrid.com 📧
Phone: +353 12370123 📞
Fax: +353 16615375 📠
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=134453&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=134453&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-08-28 📅
Submission deadline: 2018-10-01 📅
Publication date: 2018-08-30 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 166-379386
OJ-S issue: 166
Additional information

“1) 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...”

Additional information

1) 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 authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;

3) The contracting authority 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 and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate or e-Tax Clearance from the Revenue Commissioners when requested;

6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next ranked tenderer as appropriate;

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded;

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;

9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority 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.

See attached Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for full details. This is available on etenders http://www.etenders.gov.ie/

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Scope of Requirements is expected to include, but is not limited to provision of support and advice across a number of work packages:”

“Work Package 1 (WP1) — Support EirGrid in the evaluation of potential HVDC technical solutions and prepare a technical report;”

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“Work Package 2 (WP2) — Support EirGrid in the technical documentation preparation for EPC Contracts procurement;”

“Work Package (WP3) — EPC Procurement Support from publication of OJEU Notice to Contract Award;”

“Optional work packages:”

“Work Package (WP4) — Owner’s Engineer — Technical Support post EPC Contract Award to Commissioning;”

“Work Package (WP5) — Owner’s Engineer — Technical Support from Commissioning through to the Operation and Maintenance of the scheme.”

Estimated total value: 750 000 EUR 💰
Short description:
“EirGrid requires the provision of technical advice and support for the development of the Celtic Interconnector project.”

“EirGrid intends to establish a single supplier framework. Once the Framework is in place, and as and when requirements arise, contracts will be awarded to...”

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“Work Package (WP3) — EPC Procurement Support from publication of OJEU Notice to Contract Award Optional work packages;”

“See the Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the etenders notice for this tender at...”

Estimated value excluding VAT: 750 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 96 months
Description of options:
“See the Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the etenders notice for this tender at...”
Name of EU-financed project or programme: Celtic Interconnector Project
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
“Ireland”

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
“See attached Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for full details. This is available on etenders http://www.etenders.gov.ie/”
Economic and financial standing:
“See attached Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for full details. This is available on etenders http://www.etenders.gov.ie/”
Minimum level(s) of standards:
“See attached Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for full details. This is available on etenders http://www.etenders.gov.ie/”
Technical and professional ability:
“See attached Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for full details. This is available on etenders http://www.etenders.gov.ie/”
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
“See attached Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for full details. This is available on etenders http://www.etenders.gov.ie/”
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required:
“See attached Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for full details. This is available on etenders http://www.etenders.gov.ie/”
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“See attached Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for full details. This is available on etenders http://www.etenders.gov.ie/”
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
“See attached Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for full details. This is available on etenders http://www.etenders.gov.ie/”
Contract performance conditions:
“See attached Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for full details. This is available on etenders http://www.etenders.gov.ie/”

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
“See the Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the etenders notice for this tender at...”
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2018-10-18 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Anthony Flood
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/219 🌏

Reference
Additional information

“1) 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...”

“2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;”

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“3) The contracting authority 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 and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate or e-Tax Clearance...”

“6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the...”

“7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded;”

“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...”

“9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of...”

“See attached Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for full details. This is available on etenders http://www.etenders.gov.ie/”

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie/ 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
“Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:”

“Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in...”
Source: OJS 2018/S 166-379386 (2018-08-28)

Contract award notice (2019-12-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The scope of requirements is expected to include, but is not limited to provision of support and advice across a number of work packages: Work package 1...”
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: Block 2 — The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road
Postal code: Dublin 4
Postal town: Ballsbridge

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-12-19 📅
Publication date: 2019-12-23 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 247-610995
Refers to notice: 2018/S 166-379386
OJ-S issue: 247
Additional information

“This is a framework agreement and the total fees are inclusive of optional work packages which shall be exercised at EirGrids discretion.”

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The scope of requirements is expected to include, but is not limited to provision of support and advice across a number of work packages:”

“Work package 1 (WP1) — support EirGrid in the evaluation of potential HVDC technical solutions and prepare a technical report.”

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“Work package 2 (WP2) — support EirGrid in the technical documentation preparation for EPC Contracts procurement.”

“Work package (WP3) – EPC procurement support from publication of OJEU notice to contract award.”

“Optional work packages”

“Work package (WP4) – owner’s engineer — technical support post EPC contract award to commissioning.”

“Work package (WP5) – owner’s engineer — technical support from commissioning through to the operation and maintenance of the scheme.”

“Work package 2 (WP2) — support EirGrid in the technical documentation preparation for EPC contracts procurement.”

Description of options:
“See the information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the eTenders notice for this tender at...”
Additional information:
“This is a framework agreement and the total fees are inclusive of optional work packages which shall be exercised at EirGrids discretion.”
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
“IRELAND.”

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality, quantity and balance of human resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 30 %
Quality criterion (name): Approach and methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 20 %
Quality criterion (name): Resource allocation schedule
Quality criterion (weighting): 5 %
Quality criterion (name): Project management
Legal
Price (weighting): 35 %

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2019-12-02 📅
Name: WSP UK Ltd
National registration number: 905054942
Postal address: 70 Chancery Lane
Postal town: London
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Phone: +44 2073145000 📞
E-mail: ukproposalsnational@wsp.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.wsp.com/en-GL/ 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4

Complementary information
Review body
Information about review deadlines:
“The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument SI 130 of 2010,...”
Source: OJS 2019/S 247-610995 (2019-12-19)

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