Framework for Advisory and Support Services for Organisation Development, Economic and Regulation, and Business Strategy for ESB Group

Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

Framework for advisory and support services for organisation development, economic and regulation, and business strategy for ESB Group’s diverse businesses across Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
The services required are divided into the following 3 lots:
Lot 1: Organisation Development Advisory and Support Services;
Lot 2: Economic and Regulatory Advisory and Support Services;
Lot 3: Business Strategy Advisory and Support Services.
Please note that a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) accompanies this notice and provides a more detailed description of requirements.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-12-03. The procurement was published on 2019-11-01.

Suppliers

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

• Accenture Limited
• AFRY Management Consulting Limited / (AFRY MC)
• Arup
• Baringa Partners LLP
• Cambridge Economic Policy Associates (CEPA)
• CRA INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED
• Deloitte Ireland LLP
• Economic Consulting Associates Ltd
• Egremont Group
• Ernst & Young
• Frontier Economics Ltd
• FTI Consulting Management Solutions Limited
• Ibm
• Kpmg
• Mercer (Ireland) Limited
• NERA UK Ltd
• Pa Consulting
• Pathfinder Execution Ltd (A Sia Partners Company)
• PwC
• Radley Yeldar Limited

Who?

• Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2019-11-01	Contract notice
2019-11-27	Additional information
2022-01-12	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2019-11-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Business and management consultancy and related services
Reference number: SS/CON/4859
Short description:

Framework for advisory and support services for organisation development, economic and regulation, and business strategy for ESB Group’s diverse businesses across Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain. The services required are divided into the following 3 lots: Lot 1: Organisation Development Advisory and Support Services; Lot 2: Economic and Regulatory Advisory and Support Services; Lot 3: Business Strategy Advisory and Support Services. Please note that a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) accompanies this notice and provides a more detailed description of requirements.

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: Business and management consultancy and related services 📦
Additional CPV: Human resources management consultancy services 📦
Business and management consultancy 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 town: Dublin 3
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: margaret.custy@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17027996 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=156481&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=156481&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-11-01 📅
Submission deadline: 2019-12-03 📅
Publication date: 2019-11-06 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 214-526414
OJ-S issue: 214
Additional information

Applicants will be assessed on the quality of their responses to the criteria and rules outlined in the PQQ. It is envisaged that the top scoring 10 applicants will be invited to tender for Lot 1, subject to that number qualifying. Please consult the associated document which contains full instructions re submission of tenders is available to download from http://www.etenders.gov.ie/ using RFT 159750.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The services required are divided into the following 3 lots:

Lot 1: Organisation Development Advisory and Support Services;

Lot 2: Economic and Regulatory Advisory and Support Services;

Lot 3: Business Strategy Advisory and Support Services.

Please note that a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) accompanies this notice and provides a more detailed description of requirements.

Title of the lot: Organisation Development Advisory and Support Services
Lot number: 1
Short description:

These services will include the delivery of organisation development advisory and support type services to support ESB’s requirements for a range of activities including, but not limited to:

— organisation design and transformation,

— culture development and change management,

— employee engagement,

— leadership and executive development,

— performance management,

— future of work,

— inclusion and diversity.

It is envisaged that contracts will be agreed with up to 7 suppliers for Lot 1 services, subject to that number qualifying.

Duration: 36 months
Description of options:

ESB Group reserves the right to extend the framework for up to 5 years at intervals of 2 years, 2 years and 1 year.

Additional information:

Title of the lot: Economic and Regulatory Advisory and Support Services
Lot number: 2
Short description:

These services will include the delivery of economic and regulatory advisory and support type services to support ESB’s requirements for a range of activities including, but not limited to:

— energy market structures,

— energy policies and regulation and commercial,

— networks regulation, strategic DSO issues,

— generation portfolio optimization,

— market analytics,

— energy and fuel trading risk assessments,

— general macro-economic insight,

— energy retail market strategic analysis,

— energy utilities acquisition and retention strategies across all market segments,

— energy retail markets financial instruments and business models.

It is envisaged that contracts will be agreed with up to 10 suppliers for Lot 2 services, subject to that number qualifying.

Additional information:

Applicants will be assessed on the quality of their responses to the criteria and rules outlined in the PQQ. It is envisaged that the top scoring 14 applicants will be invited to tender for Lot 2, subject to that number qualifying. Please consult the associated document which contains full instructions re submission of tenders is available to download from http://www.etenders.gov.ie/ using RFT 159750.

Title of the lot: Business Strategy Advisory and Support Services
Lot number: 3
Short description:

These services will include the delivery of business strategy advisory and support type services to support ESB’s requirements for a range of activities including, but not limited to:

— group-level and business unit strategy,

— market and competitive analysis,

— scenario and operating environment assessment,

— analysis of future industry trends,

— innovation and growth strategy,

— business portfolio optimization,

— strategy and decision methodology,

— organisation and cost transformation advisory.

It is envisaged that contracts will be agreed with up to 10 suppliers for Lot 3 services, subject to that number qualifying.

Additional information:

Applicants will be assessed on the quality of their responses to the criteria and rules outlined in the PQQ. It is envisaged that the top scoring 14 applicants will be invited to tender for Lot 3, subject to that number qualifying. Please consult the associated document which contains full instructions re submission of tenders is available to download from http://www.etenders.gov.ie/ using RFT 159750.

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 159750.

Economic and financial standing:

As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 159750.

Technical and professional ability:

As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 159750.

Contract execution
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Where a grouping of service providers express interest, it will be a requirement of ESB Group that 1 member of the group accepts full contractual responsibility for the delivery of the service. Where appropriate, the intended contractually responsible member of any grouping or consortium must be identified in the response notice.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Envisaged number of candidates: 10
14
Number of participants to be contemplated: 27
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Margaret Custy
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=156481&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

Section IV.1.3) above refers.

Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement:

— for Lot 1 envisaged number is 7 participants subject to that number qualifying,

— for Lot 2 envisaged number is 10 participants subject to that number qualifying,

— for Lot 3 envisaged number is 10 participants subject to that number qualifying.

1) It is our intention to use the Irish Government Procurement portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) for this competition. Access to this Portal is free of charge. Interested parties must formally register their expression of interest for this competition on eTenders before they can gain access to the PQQ documentation. All information relating to and including the pre-qualification documents, any clarifications and changes will be issued/published via this portal. 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.

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 2019/S 214-526414 (2019-11-01)

Additional information (2019-11-27)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-11-27 📅
Submission deadline: 2019-12-10 📅
Publication date: 2019-11-29 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 231-567847
Refers to notice: 2019/S 214-526414
OJ-S issue: 231
Additional information

Extension of time limit for receipt of requests to participate to 10.12.2019 at 12.00 local time.

Source: OJS 2019/S 231-567847 (2019-11-27)

Contract award notice (2022-01-12)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Framework for Advisory and Support Services for Organisation Development, Economic & Regulation, and Business Strategy for ESB Group’s diverse businesses across Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain. The services required are divided into the following three Lots: Lot 1: Organisation Development Advisory and Support Services Lot 2: Economic & Regulatory Advisory and Support Services Lot 3: Business Strategy Advisory and Support Services Please note that a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) accompanies this Notice and provides a more detailed description of requirements.

Total value of the procurement: 5 000 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Lowest price

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
Postal address: 2 Gateway
Postal code: East Wall Road

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-01-12 📅
Publication date: 2022-01-17 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 011-025227
OJ-S issue: 11
Additional information

Applicants will be assessed on the quality of their responses to the criteria&rules outlined in the PQQ. It is envisaged that the top scoring 10 applicants will be invited to tender for Lot 1, subject to that number qualifying. Please consult the associated document which contains full instructions re submission of tenders&is available to download from http://www.etenders.gov.ie/ using RFT 159750

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The services required are divided into the following three Lots:

Lot 1: Organisation Development Advisory and Support Services

Lot 2: Economic & Regulatory Advisory and Support Services

Lot 3: Business Strategy Advisory and Support Services

Please note that a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) accompanies this Notice and provides a more detailed description of requirements.

These services will include the delivery of Organisation Development advisory and support type services to support ESB’s requirements for a range of activities including, but not limited to:

• Organisation Design and Transformation

• Culture Development and Change Management

• Employee Engagement

• Leadership and Executive Development

• Performance Management

• Future of Work

• Inclusion & Diversity

Additional information:

Title of the lot: Economic & Regulatory Advisory and Support Services
Short description:

These services will include the delivery of Economic and Regulatory advisory and support type services to support ESB’s requirements for a range of activities including, but not limited to:

• Energy market structures

• Energy policies and regulation and commercial

• Networks regulation, strategic DSO issues

• Generation portfolio optimization

• Market analytics

• Energy and fuel trading risk assessments

• General macro-economic insight

• Energy Retail market strategic analysis

• Energy Utilities Acquisition and Retention strategies across all market segments

• Energy Retail markets financial instruments & business models

Additional information:

Applicants will be assessed on the quality of their responses to the criteria&rules outlined in the PQQ. It is envisaged that the top scoring 14 applicants will be invited to tender for Lot 2, subject to that number qualifying. Please consult the associated document which contains full instructions re submission of tenders&is available to download from http://www.etenders.gov.ie/ using RFT 159750

Short description:

These services will include the delivery of Business Strategy advisory and support type services to support ESB’s requirements for a range of activities including, but not limited to:

• Group-Level and Business Unit Strategy

• Market and Competitive Analysis

• Scenario and Operating Environment Assessment

• Analysis of Future Industry Trends

• Innovation and Growth Strategy

• Business Portfolio Optimization

• Strategy and Decision Methodology

• Organisation and Cost Transformation Advisory

Additional information:

Applicants will be assessed on the quality of their responses to the criteria&rules outlined in the PQQ. It is envisaged that the top scoring 14 applicants will be invited to tender for Lot 3, subject to that number qualifying. Please consult the associated document which contains full instructions re submission of tenders&is available to download from http://www.etenders.gov.ie/ using RFT 159750

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-05-26 📅
Name: Accenture Limited
National registration number: EI6360745Q
Postal address: 1 Grand Canal Square
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Grand Canal Harbour
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 868572651 📞
E-mail: robbie.odonoghue@accenture.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.accenture.com 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-03-30 📅
Name: Baringa Partners LLP
National registration number: GB135532527
Postal address: Pavilion House
Postal code: 31 Fitzwilliam Squar
Phone: +44 2033274220 📞
E-mail: adrian.palmer@baringa.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.baringa.com 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-01-11 📅
Name: Deloitte Ireland LLP
National registration number: 03536140KH
Postal address: Deloitte & Touche
Postal code: Earlsfort Terrace
Phone: +353 14172200 📞
E-mail: tenders@deloitte.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.deloitte.com/ie 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-10-28 📅
Name: Egremont Group
National registration number: 04246721
Postal address: Landmark, 33 Cavendish Square, Marylebone
Postal town: London
Postal code: W1G, 0PW
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Phone: +44 2072987878 📞
E-mail: tomhardiman@egremontgroup.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.egremontgroup.com 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-02-08 📅
Name: Ernst & Young
National registration number: IE 4554695L
Postal address: Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street
Postal code: Dublin
Phone: +353 4794074 📞
E-mail: eytendersirl@ie.ey.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.ey.com 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-11-18 📅
Name: Kpmg
National registration number: 9F54042G
Postal address: 1 Stokes Place
Postal code: St Stephen's Green
Phone: +353 4101468 📞
E-mail: gerard.reilly@kpmg.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.kpmg.ie 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-08-03 📅
Name: Mercer (Ireland) Limited
National registration number: 0837946H
Postal address: Charlotte House
Postal code: Charlemont Street
Phone: +353 14118439 📞
E-mail: roseanna.roche@mercer.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.mercer.ie 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-10-28 📅
Name: PA Consulting
National registration number: 8F54492V
Postal address: Centre House
Postal town: Belfast
Postal code: Belfast
Phone: +28 90736779 📞
E-mail: karen.duffy@paconsulting.com 📧
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-10-11 📅
Name: PwC
National registration number: IE9526897O
Postal address: One Spencer Dock, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1
Postal town: dublin
Phone: +353 17926416 📞
E-mail: florence.curley@pwc.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.pwc.com/ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 5 000 000 EUR 💰
Name: Radley Yeldar Limited
National registration number: GB 446 927416
Postal address: 24 - 27 Charlotte Road
Postal code: EC2A 3PB
E-mail: hello@ry.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.ry.com 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-10-29 📅
Name: AFRY Management Consulting Limited / (AFRY MC)
National registration number: GB 717 9001 42
Postal address: King Charles House
Postal town: Oxford
Postal code: Park End Street
Phone: +44 1865812236 📞
E-mail: david.cox@afry.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.afry.com 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-01-04 📅
Name: Arup
National registration number: IE8F53787S
Postal address: 50 Ringsend Road, Dublin 4
Phone: +353 12334455 📞
E-mail: irl_marketing@arup.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.arup.com 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-11-11 📅
Name: Cambridge Economic Policy Associates (CEPA)
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Queen's House
Postal code: 55-56 Lincoln's Inn
Phone: +44 02072690210 📞
E-mail: procurement@cepa.co.uk 📧
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-11-05 📅
Name: Cra international (uk) limited
National registration number: GB 761 253 149
Postal address: 8 Finsbury Circus
Postal code: EC2M 7EA
Phone: +44 2079591550 📞
E-mail: sede@crai.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.crai.co.uk/ 🌏
Name: Economic Consulting Associates Ltd
National registration number: 696862662
Postal address: 41 Lonsdale Road
Postal code: London
Phone: +44 2076044546 📞
E-mail: gail.gibson@eca-uk.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.eca-uk.com 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-10-29 📅
Name: Frontier Economics Ltd
National registration number: 732 0813 64
Postal address: 71 High Holborn, London WC1V 6DA
Phone: +44 2070317000 📞
E-mail: rhona.taaffe@frontier-economics.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.frontier-economics.com 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-06-16 📅
Name: NERA UK Ltd
National registration number: GB244251779
Postal address: Marble Arch House, 66 Seymour Street
Phone: +44 2076598752 📞
E-mail: james.grayburn@nera.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.nera.com 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-12-08 📅
2021-12-03 📅
Name: FTI Consulting Management Solutions Limited
National registration number: IE3174342IH
Postal address: The Academy, Suite 2B, Perase Street
Postal code: Dublin 2
Phone: +353 879909993 📞
E-mail: emma.pitt@fticonsulting.com 📧
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-12-24 📅
Name: Ibm
National registration number: 16226
Postal address: IBM House
Phone: +353 0863811519 📞
E-mail: cenk.kuzucu@ie.ibm.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.ibm.ie 🌏
Name: Pathfinder Execution Ltd (A Sia Partners Company)
National registration number: 9578564e
Postal address: Ferry House, 48 Mount Street Lower
Phone: +353 19108908 📞
E-mail: lawrencevesey@sia-partners.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.pathfinder.ie 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 23

Reference
Additional information

Section IV.1.3 above refers.

- For Lot 1 envisaged number is 7 participants subject to that number qualifying;

- For Lot 2 envisaged number is 10 participants subject to that number qualifying;

- For Lot 3 envisaged number is 10 participants subject to that number qualifying.

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.

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.

Source: OJS 2022/S 011-025227 (2022-01-12)

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