Irish Water Billing Services Customer Case Management and Legal Services

Irish Water

Lot 1 will include but not be limited to the following high level services:
Deskside case management.
โ€” validation of accounts and cleansing of account information in terms of current and previous ownership, current and previous occupancy, trading status, current and previous occupier contact details,
โ€” account history review, metering, cases, complaints and escalations,
โ€” engagement by phone:
โ€”โ€” confirm account holder, owner, occupier, tenancy arrangements, move in/out details,
โ€”โ€” collate and log detailed information on issues,
โ€”โ€” secure and process payment, agree and process payment plan.
โ€” escalate high priority issues to the contracting entity,
โ€” escalate accounts for direct customer engagement when all deskside activities have been exhausted,
โ€” update the contracting entityโ€™s central systems with information collated and actions taken during the case investigation
please refer to PQQ doc.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-09-17. The procurement was published on 2019-08-15.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-08-15 Contract notice
2020-07-24 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-08-15)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Irish Water
National registration number: IE3191327JH
Postal address: Tender Administration, PO Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street, Ervia, Co.Cork
Postal town: Cork
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Tender Admin
Phone: +353 214239291 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: tenders@ervia.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: www.ervia.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/129496 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Irish Water Billing Services Customer Case Management and Legal Services 19/139
Products/services: Collection agency services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œLot 1 will include but not be limited to the following high level services: Deskside case management. โ€” validation of accounts and cleansing of account...โ€    Show more
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Case Management Services
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Legal services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.
Description of the procurement:
โ€œLot 1 will include but not be limited to the following high level services: Deskside case management โ€” validation of accounts and cleansing of account...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
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
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals: Up to a period of 2 years.
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Description
Additional information:
โ€œYou must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and...โ€    Show more

2๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Legal Services
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œLot 2 will include but not be limited to the following: High level services: Legal debt collections โ€” legal demand letters, โ€” legal collections calls...โ€    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Refer to tender documents.
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
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
โ€œRequests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups of service providers. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal...โ€    Show more
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
โ€œLot 2 candidates but be in the legal profession, Lot 1 does not have this restriction.โ€
Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 4
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-09-17 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Irish ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement โœ…
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +35 318886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
โ€œPlease refer to statutory instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (award of contracts by utility undertaking) (review procedures) Regulations 2010 (and...โ€    Show more
Source: OJS 2019/S 159-393520 (2019-08-15)
Contract award notice (2020-07-24)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: Tender Administration, PO Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street, Ervia, Co. Cork
Phone: +353 214239065 ๐Ÿ“ž

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œLot 1 will include but not be limited to the following high level services: Deskside case management โ€ข validation of accounts and cleansing of account...โ€    Show more
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Description
Main site or place of performance: Dublin
Description of the procurement:
โ€œLot 1 will include but not be limited to the following High level services: Deskside case management โ€ข validation of accounts and cleansing of account...โ€    Show more
Additional information:
โ€œYou must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and...โ€    Show more
Description of the procurement:
โ€œLot 2 will include but not be limited to the following high level services: Legal debt collections โ€ข legal demand letters โ€ข legal collections calls...โ€    Show more
Additional information:
โ€œYou must submit through the eTenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and...โ€    Show more

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 159-393520

Award of contract

1๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 1
Title: Case Management Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-07-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Credit Management Outsource Solutions (CMOS)
Postal town: Dublin 17
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME โœ…

2๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 2
Title: Legal Services
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Hugh J Ward and Company Solicitors
Postal town: Ireland

3๏ธโƒฃ
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Pierse Fitzgibbon Solicitors
Postal town: Kerry

4๏ธโƒฃ
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Denis I Finn Solicitors
Postal town: Dublin

Complementary information
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
โ€œPlease refer to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (and...โ€    Show more
Source: OJS 2020/S 144-355806 (2020-07-24)