SONI (System Operator Northern Ireland) has the responsibility as the Transmission System Operator (TSO) under its license to operate and plan the development of the electricity transmission network. This requires SONI to complete all the relevant activities (“pre-construction”) to enable Northern Ireland Electricity Networks, the Transmission Asset Owner (TAO), to carry out the construction and connection to the grid.
SONI wishes to appoint appropriately qualified and experienced consultants to provide Public Planning, Ecology and Environmental services, primarily pursuant to SONI’s statutory functions in the area of Grid Development and SONI’s Framework for Grid Development.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-05-02.
The procurement was published on 2019-03-28.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Environmental and Planning Services Framework
ENQEIR670
Products/services: Environmental planning📦
Short description:
“SONI (System Operator Northern Ireland) has the responsibility as the Transmission System Operator (TSO) under its license to operate and plan the...”
Short description
SONI (System Operator Northern Ireland) has the responsibility as the Transmission System Operator (TSO) under its license to operate and plan the development of the electricity transmission network. This requires SONI to complete all the relevant activities (“pre-construction”) to enable Northern Ireland Electricity Networks, the Transmission Asset Owner (TAO), to carry out the construction and connection to the grid.
SONI wishes to appoint appropriately qualified and experienced consultants to provide Public Planning, Ecology and Environmental services, primarily pursuant to SONI’s statutory functions in the area of Grid Development and SONI’s Framework for Grid Development.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: GBP 2 400 000 💰
SONI (System Operator Northern Ireland) has the responsibility as the Transmission System Operator (TSO) under its license to operate and plan the development of the electricity transmission network. This requires SONI to complete all the relevant activities (“pre-construction”) to enable Northern Ireland Electricity Networks, the Transmission Asset Owner (TAO), to carry out the construction and connection to the grid.
SONI wishes to appoint appropriately qualified and experienced consultants to provide Public Planning, Ecology and Environmental services, primarily pursuant to SONI’s statutory functions in the area of Grid Development and SONI’s Framework for Grid Development Services to be provided include, but are not limited to:
— planning services,
— ecology services,
— environmental services.
It is expected that the highest standards of quality management will be applied to this contract. It will be the Account Manager’s responsibility to ensure that standards are applied fully and consistently over the duration of the contract. This will include adherence to agreed service levels, timescales, processes, costs, etc.
The scope of services shall be carried out at various locations throughout Northern Ireland.
SONI intends to establish a single supplier framework for an initial duration of 5 years with the option to extend annually for up to an additional 3 years, subject always to the satisfactory performance of the supplier.
Candidates are invited to submit a qualification application for inclusion on the tender list in accordance with this PQQ. SONI envisages qualifying up to 5 candidates from this pre-qualification process, subject to the quality of responses received. Candidates who successfully qualify will be invited to submit a tender proposal.
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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: GBP 2 400 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 60
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:
“The Framework Agreement period will be for an initial duration of 5 years with the option to extend annually for up to an additional 3 years, subject always...”
Description of options
The Framework Agreement period will be for an initial duration of 5 years with the option to extend annually for up to an additional 3 years, subject always to the satisfactory performance of the supplier.
The estimated spend of 2 400 000 GBP is taking into account the full duration of the contract including the possible extensions.
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
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: 2019-05-02
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2020-05-02 📅
Complementary information Additional information
“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for...”
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (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
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: http://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 (Appeal Section)
Postal address: Gound Floor, East Wing, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏
Source: OJS 2019/S 065-153006 (2019-03-28)
Contract award notice (2019-12-19) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Postal address: Block 2 — The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road
Postal town: Ballsbridge
Postal code: Dublin 4
Contact person: Anthony Flood
Phone: +353 12370123📞
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“SONI (System Operator Northern Ireland) has the responsibility as the Transmission System Operator (TSO) under its license to operate and plan the...”
Short description
SONI (System Operator Northern Ireland) has the responsibility as the Transmission System Operator (TSO) under its license to operate and plan the development of the electricity transmission network. This requires SONI to complete all the relevant activities (‘pre-construction’) to enable Northern Ireland Electricity Networks, the Transmission Asset Owner (TAO), to carry out the construction and connection to the grid.
SONI wishes to appoint appropriately qualified and experienced consultants to provide public planning, ecology and environmental services, primarily pursuant to SONI’s statutory functions in the area of Grid Development and SONI’s Framework for Grid Development
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): GBP 2 400 000 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“SONI (System Operator Northern Ireland) has the responsibility as the Transmission System Operator (TSO) under its license to operate and plan the...”
Description of the procurement
SONI (System Operator Northern Ireland) has the responsibility as the Transmission System Operator (TSO) under its license to operate and plan the development of the electricity transmission network. This requires SONI to complete all the relevant activities (‘pre-construction’) to enable Northern Ireland Electricity Networks, the Transmission Asset Owner (TAO), to carry out the construction and connection to the grid.
SONI wishes to appoint appropriately qualified and experienced consultants to provide public planning, ecology and environmental services, primarily pursuant to SONI’s statutory functions in the area of grid development and SONI’s Framework for grid development services to be provided include, but are not limited to:
— planning services,
— ecology services,
— environmental services.
It is expected that the highest standards of quality management will be applied to this contract. It will be the account manager’s responsibility to ensure that standards are applied fully and consistently over the duration of the contract. This will include adherence to agreed service levels, timescales, processes, costs, etc.
The scope of services shall be carried out at various locations throughout Northern Ireland.
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Quality criterion (name): Resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 25 %
Quality criterion (name): Approach and methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 5 %
Quality criterion (name): Sample project
Quality criterion (weighting): 35 %
Price (weighting): 35 %
Information about options
Description of options:
“The framework agreement period will be for an initial duration of 5 years with the option to extend annually for up to an additional 3 years, subject always...”
Description of options
The framework agreement period will be for an initial duration of 5 years with the option to extend annually for up to an additional 3 years, subject always to the satisfactory performance of the supplier.
The estimated spend of 2 400 000 GBP is taking into account the full duration of the contract including the possible extensions.
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 065-153006
Award of contract
1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title: Environmental and Planning Services Framework
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-12-10 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
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: 4
Name and address of the contractor
Name: RPS Ireland Ltd
National registration number: GB362749136
Postal address: 74 Boucher Road
Postal town: Belfast
Postal code: BT12 6RZ
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Phone: +44 2890667914📞
E-mail: letitia.stewart@rpsgroup.com📧
Region: Northern Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.rpsgroup.com🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: GBP 2 400 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: GBP 2 400 000 💰
Complementary information Review body
Name: the High Court
Source: OJS 2019/S 247-610993 (2019-12-19)