Project Management Support and Training

Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

The Contracting Entity intends to procure a contract to supply Project Management, Training, Development and Support Services Tender for Engineering and Major Projects.
The Contracting entity intends to have three lots
The three lots are listed below The Lots may include items but are not limited to Appendix 2 in the PQQ document.
Lot 1: Training and Development
Lot 2: Facilitation
Lot 3: Project Support Services

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-09-18. The procurement was published on 2018-08-17.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2018-08-17 Contract notice
2021-03-15 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2018-08-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Project management consultancy services
Reference number: SS/CON/4190
Short description:
The Contracting Entity intends to procure a contract to supply Project Management, Training, Development and Support Services Tender for Engineering and Major Projects. The Contracting entity intends to have three lots The three lots are listed below The Lots may include items but are not limited to Appendix 2 in the PQQ document. Lot 1: Training and Development Lot 2: Facilitation Lot 3: Project Support Services
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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: Project management consultancy services 📦
Additional CPV: Construction project management 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: Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Postal address: 2 Gateway, East Wall Road
Postal code: 3
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: james.ward@esbi.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17027453 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=133809&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=133809&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-08-17 📅
Submission deadline: 2018-09-18 📅
Publication date: 2018-08-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 159-365750
OJ-S issue: 159
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 Contracting Entity intends to procure a contract to supply Project Management, Training, Development and Support Services Tender for Engineering and Major Projects.
The Contracting entity intends to have three lots
The three lots are listed below The Lots may include items but are not limited to Appendix 2 in the PQQ document.
Lot 1: Training and Development
Lot 2: Facilitation
Lot 3: Project Support Services
Maximum number of lots per tenderer: 3
Title of the lot: Training and Development
Lot number: 1
Short description:
The contracting entity intends to procure a framework for Training and Development.This may include but not limited to:
— Delivery of Project Management Training Courses,
— Development of appropriate training material for training and development.
The Contracting entity anticipates to appoint three suppliers per lot with a strategy of mini-tendering.
Duration: 36 months
Description of options:
On completion of the framework period 3 years, ESB retain the option at the discretion of the ESB to extend the framework for up to and including a further 4 years in one or more increments.
Additional information:
Please refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.
Title of the lot: Facilitation
Lot number: 2
Short description:
The contracting entity intends to procure a framework for Facilitation This may include but not limited to:
— Facilitation of Project Workshops (including but not limited to Planning, WBS, Risk etc)
Description of options:
On completion of the framework period 3 years, ESB retain the option at the discretion of the ESB to extend the framework for up to and including a further 4 years in 1 or more increments.
Title of the lot: Project Support Services
Lot number: 3
Short description:
The contracting entity intends to procure a single party framework for Project Support Services may include but not limited to:
— Governance, Methods and Standards,
— Project Assurance,
— Continuous Improvement — A3 and Lean Six Sigma,
— Expert Advice to Project Support and Trouble Shooting,
— Industry leading advice in the advancement of Project and Programme Management in the utility or equivalent sectors.
The Contracting entity anticipates to appoint 3 suppliers per lot with a strategy of mini-tendering.

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 138402
Economic and financial standing:
As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 138402
Technical and professional ability:
As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 138402
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 138402
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required:
As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 138402
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 138402
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 138402

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: 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 the top…
… five scoring applicants will be invited to tender, subject to that number qualifying.
… 5 scoring applicants will be invited to tender, subject to that number qualifying.
Number of participants to be contemplated: 3
Time of receipt of tenders: 13:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: James Ward
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=133809&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

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 these supplies;
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) 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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9) At Section II.2.9 we have indicated that 5 applicants will be invited to tender.
Please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 5 applicants 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 🌏
Source: OJS 2018/S 159-365750 (2018-08-17)
Contract award notice (2021-03-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The contracting entity has procured a contract to supply project management, training, development and support services for engineering and major projects. This tender process has three lots. The three lots are listed below. The lots may include items but are not limited to Appendix 2 in the PQQ document. Lot 1: Training and development; Lot 2: Facilitation; Lot 3: Project support services.
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Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal town: Dublin 3
Contact
E-mail: peter.coughlan@esb.ie 📧

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-03-15 📅
Publication date: 2021-03-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 055-139863
Refers to notice: 2018/S 159-365750
OJ-S issue: 55

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The contracting entity has procured a contract to supply project management, training, development and support services for engineering and major projects.
This tender process has three lots.
The three lots are listed below. The lots may include items but are not limited to Appendix 2 in the PQQ document.
Lot 1: Training and development;
Lot 2: Facilitation;
Lot 3: Project support services.
The contracting entity has procured a framework for training and development. This may include but not limited to:
• Delivery of project management training courses;
• Development of appropriate training material for training and development.
The contracting entity anticipates to appoint three suppliers per lot with a strategy of mini-tendering.
The contracting entity has procured a framework for facilitation This may include but not limited to:
• Facilitation of project workshops (including but not limited to planning, WBS, risk etc.).
The contracting entity has procured a framework for project support services which may include but not limited to:
• governance, methods and standards;
• project assurance;
• continuous Improvement-A3 and Lean Six Sigma;
• expert advice to project support and trouble shooting;
• industry leading advice in the advancement of project and programme management in the utility or equivalent sectors.
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Republic of Ireland.

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

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2019-09-30 📅
Name: AspiraCon Ltd, trading as Aspira
Postal town: Cork
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Name: Ernst and Young
Postal town: Dublin
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-03-10 📅
Name: Mace Ltd
Postal town: London
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Name: IT Alliance Group
AspiraCon Ltd., trading as Aspira
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
2
5

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Peter Coughlan
Source: OJS 2021/S 055-139863 (2021-03-15)
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