EirGrid and SONI require a professional, experienced, independent auditor to review the scheduling and dispatch process and to report on their findings in relation to the compliance of the process in the context of relevant obligations.
The inputs in the process include parameters to give effect to a range of policies, participant data and system data. These inputs are processed by systems designed to give effect to all of EirGrid and SONI’s obligations. The outputs include indicative operations schedules, dispatch instructions, imbalance pricing calculation factors and market reports.
The scheduling and dispatch process operates within an obligations framework that extends from European Regulations through to the trading and settlement code and grid codes. A complete list of obligations is set out in the balancing market principles statement.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-01-16.
The procurement was published on 2019-12-06.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Audit of Scheduling and Dispatch Process
ENQEIR698
Products/services: Auditing services📦
Short description:
“EirGrid and SONI require a professional, experienced, independent auditor to review the scheduling and dispatch process and to report on their findings in...”
Short description
EirGrid and SONI require a professional, experienced, independent auditor to review the scheduling and dispatch process and to report on their findings in relation to the compliance of the process in the context of relevant obligations.
The inputs in the process include parameters to give effect to a range of policies, participant data and system data. These inputs are processed by systems designed to give effect to all of EirGrid and SONI’s obligations. The outputs include indicative operations schedules, dispatch instructions, imbalance pricing calculation factors and market reports.
The scheduling and dispatch process operates within an obligations framework that extends from European Regulations through to the trading and settlement code and grid codes. A complete list of obligations is set out in the balancing market principles statement.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 000 000 💰
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Additional products/services: Auditing services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.
Description of the procurement:
“EirGrid and SONI require a professional, experienced, independent auditor to review the scheduling and dispatch process and to report on their findings in...”
Description of the procurement
EirGrid and SONI require a professional, experienced, independent auditor to review the scheduling and dispatch process and to report on their findings in relation to the compliance of the process in the context of relevant obligations.
The inputs in the process include parameters to give effect to a range of policies, participant data and system data. These inputs are processed by systems designed to give effect to all of EirGrid and SONI’s obligations. The outputs include indicative operations schedules, dispatch instructions, imbalance pricing calculation factors and market reports.
The scheduling and dispatch process operates within an obligations framework that extends from European Regulations through to the trading and settlement code and grid codes. A complete list of obligations is set out in the balancing market principles statement. Key sources of explicit obligations in the scheduling and dispatch process include, but are not limited to:
— Licence to participate in the transmission of electricity granted to SONI Litd, Consolidated Feb 2019,
— SONI Grid Code including modifications,
— Transmission system operator licence granted to EirGrid, March 2017,
— EirGrid grid code including modifications,
— Trading and settlement code Part B including modifications,
— SONI operating security standards,
— EirGrid operating security standards,
— SEM-11-062 on principles of dispatch and the design of the market schedule in the trading and settlement code,
— Regulation (EU) 1227/2011 on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (REMIT).
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Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 1 000 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 36
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅ Description
Description of renewals:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.” Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.” Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.” Description
Additional information:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.”
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.” Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.”
Deposits and guarantees required:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.”
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.”
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.” Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.”
Procedure Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-01-16
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2020-11-26 📅
Complementary information 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...”
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 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 eTax 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.
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Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts Dublin 7 Ireland
Postal town: dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: www.courts.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification on concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The statutory instrument 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 reviewable public contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation in this contract.
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Name: Central office of the High Courts, Appeals Section
Postal address: Ground Floor, East Wing, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: www.courts.ie🌏
Source: OJS 2019/S 238-585131 (2019-12-06)
Contract award notice (2021-05-11) Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“EirGrid and SONI require a professional, experienced, independent auditor to review the scheduling and dispatch process and to report on their findings in...”
Short description
EirGrid and SONI require a professional, experienced, independent auditor to review the scheduling and dispatch process and to report on their findings in relation to the compliance of the process in the context of relevant obligations.
The inputs in the process include parameters to give effect to a range of policies, participant data and system data. These inputs are processed by systems designed to give effect to all of EirGrid and SONI’s obligations. The outputs include Indicative Operations Schedules, dispatch instructions, imbalance pricing calculation factors and market reports.
The scheduling and dispatch process operates within an obligations framework that extends from European Regulations through to the Trading and Settlement Code and Grid Codes. A complete list of obligations is set out in the balancing market principles statement.
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1 000 000 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“EirGrid and SONI require a professional, experienced, independent auditor to review the scheduling and dispatch process and to report on their findings in...”
Description of the procurement
EirGrid and SONI require a professional, experienced, independent auditor to review the scheduling and dispatch process and to report on their findings in relation to the compliance of the process in the context of relevant obligations.
The inputs in the process include parameters to give effect to a range of policies, participant data and system data. These inputs are processed by systems designed to give effect to all of EirGrid and SONI’s obligations. The outputs include indicative operations schedules, dispatch instructions, imbalance pricing calculation factors and market reports.
The scheduling and dispatch process operates within an obligations framework that extends from European Regulations through to the Trading and Settlement Code and Grid Codes. A complete list of obligations is set out in the balancing market principles statement. Key sources of explicit obligations in the scheduling and dispatch process include, but are not limited to:
• Licence to Participate in the Transmission of Electricity granted to SONI Ltd, Consolidated Feb 2019;
• SONI Grid Code including modifications;
• Transmission System Operator Licence granted to EirGrid, March 2017;
• EirGrid Grid Code including modifications;
• Trading and Settlement Code Part B including modifications;
• SONI Operating Security Standards;
• EirGrid Operating Security Standards;
• SEM-11-062 on Principles of Dispatch and the Design of the Market Schedule in the Trading and Settlement Code;
• Regulation (EU) 1227/2011 on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT).
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Quality criterion (name): Project team
Quality criterion (weighting): 40
Quality criterion (name): Project management
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Price (weighting): 50
Information about options
Description of options:
“The initial contract period envisaged is for 3 years with the possibility to extend annually up to a further 2 years, subject always to the satisfactory...”
Description of options
The initial contract period envisaged is for 3 years with the possibility to extend annually up to a further 2 years, subject always to the satisfactory performance of the supplier.
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Additional information:
“The estimate contract value of EUR 1 000 000 is taking into account the contract being extended for the additional 2 years.”
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 238-585131
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title: Audit of Scheduling and Dispatch Process
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-05-10 📅
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: 0
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: Pwc
Postal address: One Spencer Dock, North Wall Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 000 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 000 000 💰
Complementary information 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...”
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 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 eTax 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.
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Postal town: Dublin
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification on concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The statutory Instrument 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 reviewable public contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation in this contract.
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Source: OJS 2021/S 093-245351 (2021-05-11)