Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Consultancy Services

Commission for Regulation of Utilities

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) is Ireland’s independent energy and water regulator. The CRU has a wide range of economic, customer protection and safety responsibilities in energy and water. The CRU’s mission is to regulate water, energy and energy safety in the public interest. The sectors we regulate underpin Irish economic competitiveness, investment and growth, while also contributing to our international obligations to address climate change.
Further information on the CRU’s role and relevant legislation can be found on the CRU’s website at www.cru.ie
The services comprise of consultancy services for a range of services which covers consultancy to supplement the contracting authority’s internal resources and expertise (not legal services) as specified per lot.
A detailed specification of requirements is set out in Appendix 1 of the request for tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

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

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-11-11 Contract notice
2020-05-08 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-11-11)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Commission for Regulation of Utilities
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: The Grain House, The Exchange, Belgard Square North
Postal town: Tallaght
Postal code: Dublin 24 D24 PXW0
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Katarina Holohan
Phone: +353 14000800 📞
E-mail: kholohan@cru.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.cru.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1232 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=156858&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=156858&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Consultancy Services 011-03-410”
Products/services: Technical analysis or consultancy services 📦
Short description:
“The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) is Ireland’s independent energy and water regulator. The CRU has a wide range of economic, customer...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 12 200 000 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Economic, Financial and Related Consultancy Services
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Financial consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Energy and related services 📦
Additional products/services: Energy-efficiency consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy 📦
Additional products/services: Business analysis consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services 📦
Additional products/services: Accounting services 📦
Additional products/services: Accounting review services 📦
Additional products/services: Economic research services 📦
Additional products/services: Economic impact assessment 📦
Additional products/services: Performance review services 📦
Additional products/services: Business and management consultancy and related services 📦
Additional products/services: Business and management consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: General management consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Financial management consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Safety consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Evaluation consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Environmental impact assessment other than for construction 📦
Additional products/services: Environmental indicators analysis other than for construction 📦
Additional products/services: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction 📦
Additional products/services: Environmental monitoring other than for construction 📦
Additional products/services: Environmental issues consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Consulting services for water-supply and waste-water other than for construction 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“The services in this lot cover consultancy on all aspects of specialised economic, financial and environmental economic advice relating to energy and water....”    Show more
Award criteria
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 6 000 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 36
Information about options
Options
Description of options:
“The contract will be awarded for a term of thirty-six (36) months with the option to extend for a further twelve (12) month period with a maximum of one (1)...”    Show more
Description
Additional information:
“Please consult the associated documentation which contains full instructions regarding this submission of tenders and is available to download on...”    Show more

2️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Technical and Related Consultancy Services
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The consultancy services in this lot cover all aspects of specialised electricity, gas, water services, wastewater services, enviornmental assessment,...”    Show more
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 5 400 000 💰

3️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Expert Advice Relating to Policy Development and Implementation
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The consultancy services in this lot covers aspects of specialised expert advice relating to policy development and implementation for specified regulatory...”    Show more
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 800 000 💰

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID160106.”
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID160106.”
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID160106.”

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
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: 30
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-12-12 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2019-12-12 12:00 📅

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
URL: www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2019/S 218-535448 (2019-11-11)
Contract award notice (2020-05-08)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: The Grain House, The Exchange, Belgard Square North, Dublin 24
Postal code: D24 PXW0

Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 12 200 000 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of approach to service delivery methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 30 %
Quality criterion (name): Contract management
Price (weighting): 40 %
Quality criterion (name): Quality of approach to service methodology

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 218-535448

Award of contract

1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title: Economic, Financial and Related Consultancy Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-03-11 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 14
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 8
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 9
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 14
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Arup
National registration number: 37037
Postal address: 50 Ringsend Road
Postal town: Dublin 4
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Name: Baringa Partners LLP
National registration number: 583671
Postal address: 31 Fitzwilliam Square
Postal town: Dublin 1
Name: Cambridge Economic Policy Associates Ltd
National registration number: 04077684
Postal address: 55-56 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Postal town: London
Postal code: WC2A 3LJ
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Region: United Kingdom 🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Name: Cornwall Insight Ltd
Postal address: 3rd Floor Union Building, Rose Lane
Postal town: Norwich
Postal code: NR1 1BY
Name: Ernst and Young
Postal address: Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street
Postal town: Dublin 2
Name: ESP Consulting Ltd
National registration number: 6615868
Postal address: 404 Exmouth House, 3 to 11 Pine Street, Clerkenwell
Postal code: EC1R 0JH
Name: Europe Economics
Postal address: 53-64 Chancery Lane
Postal code: WC2A 1QU
Name: NERA UK Ltd
Postal address: Marble Arch House, 66 Seymour Street
Postal code: W1H 5BT
Name: Pöyry Management Consulting (UK) Ltd (T/A AFRY Management Consulting)
Postal address: King Charles House, Park End Street
Postal town: Oxford
Postal code: OX1 1JD
Name: Yellow Wood Energy
Postal address: Byways 47, Fieldgate Lane,Kenilworth
Postal town: Warwickshire
Postal code: CV8 1BT
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 6 000 000 💰

2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Title: Technical and Related Consultancy Services
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 11
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 6
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 5
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 11
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Atkins Global
National registration number: 222745
Postal address: Atkins House, 150 Airside Business Park
Postal town: Dublin
Name: Energypeople
National registration number: 04149145
Postal address: Lodge Lane Business Centre, Lodge Lane, Langham
Postal town: Colchester
Postal code: CO4 5NE
Name: Fingleton White
National registration number: 86002
Postal address: Bridge St Centre
Postal town: Portlaoise
Name: HR Wallingford
Postal address: Howbery Park, Oxfordshire
Postal town: Wallingford
Postal code: OX10 8BA
Name: Long O Donnell Associates Ltd
Postal address: 5 Royal Mews, Gadbrook Business Park
Postal town: Northwich
Postal code: CW9 7UD
Name: Nicholas O'Dwyer Ltd
National registration number: 54996
Postal address: Unit E4, Nutgrove Office Park, Nutgrove Ave
Postal code: D14 V3F6
Name: Rambøll Danmark A/S
Postal address: Hannemanns Allé 53
Postal town: Copenhagen
Country: Denmark 🇩🇰
Region: Danmark 🏙️
Name: TNEI Services Ltd
National registration number: 03891836
Postal address: Bainbridge House
Postal town: Manchester
Postal code: M1 2PW
Name: WSP Ireland Consulting Ltd
National registration number: 302231
Postal address: Mona Villa, Lower Commons Road, Brownsbarn
Postal code: D22 X4F3
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 5 400 000 💰

3️⃣
Contract Number: 3
Title: Expert Advice relating to Policy Development and Implementation
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 20
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 13
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 14
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 20
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Byrne Ó Cléirigh
Postal address: 30A Westland Square
Name: Easter Bay Consultants Ltd
Postal address: 13th Floor, One Croydon, Sable, 12­16 Addiscombe Rd
Postal code: CR0 0XT
Name: Gemserv
Postal address: 8 Fenchurch Place
Postal code: EC3M 4AJ
Postal address: Howbery Park
Name: Jack O'Connell
Postal address: Bawnleigh, Carhue,Riverstick
Postal town: Cork
Name: Steer
National registration number: 1883830
Postal address: 28-­32 Upper Ground
Postal code: SE1 9PD
Name: Yellow Wood Energy Consulting Ltd
Postal address: Byways, 47 Fieldgate Lane
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 800 000 💰

Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin 7
Source: OJS 2020/S 093-222657 (2020-05-08)