DC Pension Scheme Administrator

Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

The contracting entity intends to procure external administration and associated services to the Trustees and members of ESB Defined Contribution (DC) Scheme. It is proposed that the contract will include the following non-exhaustive high level scope:
1) The facilitation of all the pension administration for the defined contribution scheme;
2) Delivery of investment consulting services in a cost effective and timely manner to the Trustees of the scheme and to ESB pensions;
3) Administration;
4) Investment consulting;
5) Trustee services;
6) Member services;
7) Communications;
8) Additional consultancy services not forming part of above.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-04-23. The procurement was published on 2019-03-19.

Who?

• Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

What?

• Pension fund consultancy services › Pension fund administration services

Where?

• Eastern and Midland › Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2019-03-19	Contract notice
2019-04-15	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2019-03-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Pension services
Reference number: SSCON4452
Short description:

The contracting entity intends to procure external administration and associated services to the Trustees and members of ESB Defined Contribution (DC) Scheme. It is proposed that the contract will include the following non-exhaustive high level scope: 1) The facilitation of all the pension administration for the defined contribution scheme; 2) Delivery of investment consulting services in a cost effective and timely manner to the Trustees of the scheme and to ESB pensions; 3) Administration; 4) Investment consulting; 5) Trustee services; 6) Member services; 7) Communications; 8) Additional consultancy services not forming part of above.

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: Pension services 📦
Additional CPV: Pension fund administration 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: clare.rogers@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17027705 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=143927&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=143927&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-03-19 📅
Submission deadline: 2019-04-23 📅
Publication date: 2019-03-22 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 058-135173
OJ-S issue: 58
Additional information

Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and will be available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 147919 from Wednesday 20.3.2019.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

1) The facilitation of all the pension administration for the defined contribution scheme;

2) Delivery of investment consulting services in a cost effective and timely manner to the Trustees of the scheme and to ESB pensions;

3) Administration;

4) Investment consulting;

5) Trustee services;

6) Member services;

7) Communications;

8) Additional consultancy services not forming part of above.

Duration: 36 months
Additional information:

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:

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Clare Rogers
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=143927&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;

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;

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;

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 II.2.9 we have indicated that 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 🌏
Information about review deadlines:

The contracting entity will not conclude this Framework Agreement/contract until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned tenderers. Review procedure are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the Framework Agreement/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 to that Framework Agreement/contract.

Source: OJS 2019/S 058-135173 (2019-03-19)

Contract award notice (2019-04-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The contracting entity intends to procure external administration and associated services to the Trustees and members of ESB Defined Contribution (DC) Scheme. It is proposed that the contract will include the following non-exhaustive high level scope: 1) The facilitation of all the pension administration for the defined contribution scheme; 2) Delivery of investment consulting services in a cost effective and timely manner to the trustees of the scheme and to ESB pensions; 3) Administration; 4) Investment consulting; 5) Trustee services; 6) Member services; 7) Communications; 8) Additional consultancy services not forming part of above.

Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Lowest price

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

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-04-15 📅
Publication date: 2019-04-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 077-184451
Refers to notice: 2019/S 058-135173
OJ-S issue: 77
Additional information

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

2) Delivery of investment consulting services in a cost effective and timely manner to the…

… trustees of the scheme and to ESB pensions;

… Trustees of the Scheme and to ESB pensions;

Additional information:

Reference
Additional information

Source: OJS 2019/S 077-184451 (2019-04-15)

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