ESB Networks Ltd intends to procure a framework contract for regulated energy market assurance services for the Retail Market Design Service (RMDS). Retail Market Design Service is the “ringfenced” function within ESB Networks Ltd responsible for all aspects of the retail electricity market design on behalf of the commission for energy regulation.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-11-19.
The procurement was published on 2018-10-15.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Regulated Energy Market Assurance Services
SSCON4165
Products/services: Electricity📦
Short description:
“ESB Networks Ltd intends to procure a framework contract for regulated energy market assurance services for the Retail Market Design Service (RMDS). Retail...”
Short description
ESB Networks Ltd intends to procure a framework contract for regulated energy market assurance services for the Retail Market Design Service (RMDS). Retail Market Design Service is the “ringfenced” function within ESB Networks Ltd responsible for all aspects of the retail electricity market design on behalf of the commission for energy regulation.
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Additional products/services: Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin, Ireland
Description of the procurement:
“retail electricity market assurance in the irish retail electricity market is the process by which the CRU and market participants obtain assurance that the...”
Description of the procurement
retail electricity market assurance in the irish retail electricity market is the process by which the CRU and market participants obtain assurance that the operation of the market will not be adversely affected by a change to the market processes or systems, the entry of a new market participant or the entry of an existing market participant into a new sector of the market.
ESB Networks Ltd intends to procure a framework contract for retail electricity market assurance services for the Retail Market Design Service (RMDS) in the fully open Irish retail electricity market in the Republic of Ireland.
Retail Market Design Service is the “ringfenced” function within ESB Networks responsible for all aspects of the retail electricity market design on behalf of the commission for regulation of utilities.
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Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 36
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 4
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 Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and at least the top...”
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 Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and at least the top 4 applicants will be invited to tender, subject to that number qualifying.
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Options ✅
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 36 months with an option to extend...”
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 36 months with an option to extend after the initial period exercisable on 2 occasions for further periods of up to 12 months from the expiry of the initial period, for a total contract period of 60 months.
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Additional information:
“Please refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.”
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 140911.” Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 140911.” Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 140911.” Conditions for participation
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 140911.”
Deposits and guarantees required: Will be set out in the Request for Tender (RFT).
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Will be set out in the Request for Tender (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 140911.” Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 140911.”
Procedure Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2018-11-19
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12
Complementary information Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
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...”
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 entity 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 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 said framework;
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;
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;
10) At Section 11.2.9 while we have indicated that at least 4 companies will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 4, subject to that number qualifying.
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Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏 Body responsible for mediation procedures
Name: Not Applicable
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“Instruments SI 130 of 2010, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Instruments SI 130 of 2010, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the Contracting Authority will not conclude this Framework Agreement to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish statutory standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The SI mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the Framework Agreement and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that Framework Agreemen.t
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Name: Suppliers own legal advisor
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2018/S 202-460699 (2018-10-15)
Additional information (2018-10-19) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Retail Electricity Market Assurance Services
SSCON4165
Short description:
“ESB Networks Ltd intends to procure a framework contract for retail electricity market assurance services for the Retail Market Design Service (RMDS)....”
Short description
ESB Networks Ltd intends to procure a framework contract for retail electricity market assurance services for the Retail Market Design Service (RMDS). Retail Market Design Service is the “ringfenced” function within ESB Networks Limited responsible for all aspects of the retail electricity market design on behalf of the Commission for Energy Regulation.
Complementary information Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2018/S 202-460699
Changes Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: 11.1.1
Lot Identification Number: 1
Place of text to be modified: II.1.4
Old value
Text: Regulated Energy Market Assurance Services
New value
Text: Retail Electricity Market Assurance Services
Source: OJS 2018/S 205-468928 (2018-10-19)
Contract award notice (2019-07-03) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Postal address: 2 Gateway, East Wall Road
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“ESB Networks Ltd intends to procure a framework contract for regulated energy market assurance services for the Retail Market Design Service (RMDS). Retail...”
Short description
ESB Networks Ltd intends to procure a framework contract for regulated energy market assurance services for the Retail Market Design Service (RMDS). Retail Market Design Service is the ‘ringfenced’ function within ESB Networks Ltd responsible for all aspects of the retail electricity market design on behalf of the commission for energy regulation.
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Main site or place of performance: Dublin, Ireland.
Description of the procurement:
“retail electricity market assurance in the Irish retail electricity market is the process by which the CRU and market participants obtain assurance that the...”
Description of the procurement
retail electricity market assurance in the Irish retail electricity market is the process by which the CRU and market participants obtain assurance that the operation of the market will not be adversely affected by a change to the market processes or systems, the entry of a new market participant or the entry of an existing market participant into a new sector of the market.
ESB Networks Ltd intends to procure a framework contract for retail electricity market assurance services for the Retail Market Design Service (RMDS) in the fully open irish retail electricity market in the Republic of Ireland.
Retail Market Design Service is the ‘ringfenced’ function within ESB networks responsible for all aspects of the retail electricity market design on behalf of the commission for regulation of utilities.
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 202-460699
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title: Energy Assurance Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-06-05 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Gemserv Ltd
National registration number: 4419878
Postal address: 8 Fenchurch Street
Postal town: London
Postal code: EC3M 4AJ
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Region: United Kingdom 🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Complementary information 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...”
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 entity 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 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 said framework;
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;
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;
10) At Section 11.2.9 while we have indicated that at least 4 companies will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 4, subject to that number qualifying.
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Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“Instruments SI 130 of 2010, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Instruments SI 130 of 2010, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the Contracting Authority will not conclude this Framework Agreement to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish statutory standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The SI mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the high court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the Framework Agreement and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that Framework Agreement.
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Source: OJS 2019/S 129-317647 (2019-07-03)