Provision of Pension Scheme Administration, Actuarial and Consultancy Services

Commission for Regulation of Utilities

The services comprise pension scheme administration, actuarial and consultancy services to work with the trustees of the pension scheme and the employer to provide scheme administration and advice, support on a broad range of actuarial matters including investment consulting services.
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 2019-10-09. The procurement was published on 2019-09-05.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-09-05 Contract notice
2020-03-02 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-09-05)
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, Dublin 24
Postal town: Tallaght
Postal code: D24 PXW0
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Theresa Metcalfe
Phone: +353 14000800 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: tmetcalfe@cer.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.cru.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1232 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=153376&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=153376&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œProvision of Pension Scheme Administration, Actuarial and Consultancy Services 011-03-412โ€
Products/services: Pension services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe services comprise pension scheme administration, actuarial and consultancy services to work with the trustees of the pension scheme and the employer to...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 280 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Actuarial services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Pension fund consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Pension fund administration services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe services comprise pension scheme administration, actuarial and consultancy services to work with the trustees of the pension scheme and the employer to...โ€    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 280 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
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 โœ…
Description of options:
โ€œThe contract will be awarded for a thirty six (36) month period with the option to extend for a further twelve (12) month period with a maximum of 1 such extension.โ€    Show more
Description
Additional information:
โ€œPlease consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from...โ€    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
โ€œAs stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 156813.โ€
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
โ€œAs stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 156813.โ€
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
โ€œAs stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 156813.โ€

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-10-09 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2019-10-09 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2019/S 173-422321 (2019-09-05)
Contract award notice (2020-03-02)

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe services comprise pension scheme administration, actuarial and consultancy services to work with the Trustees of the pension scheme and the employer to...โ€    Show more
Currency code: EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (lowest offer): 132240.00
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (highest offer): 132240.00
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe services comprise pension scheme administration, actuarial and consultancy services to work with the Trustees of the pension scheme and the employer to...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of approach to service delivery
Quality criterion (weighting): 50 %
Quality criterion (name): Technical merit of proposed resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 20 %
Price (weighting): 30 %
Information about options
Description of options:
โ€œThe contract will be awarded for a thirty six (36) month period with the option to extend for a further twelve (12) month period with a maximum of one such...โ€    Show more

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 173-422321

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Provision of Pension Scheme Administration, Actuarial and Consultancy Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-02-27 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Willis Towers Watson
National registration number: 402562
Postal address: Willis Towers Watson House, Elm Park, Merrion Roard
Postal town: Dublin 4
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 16146849 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: will.mahony@willistowerswatson.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.willistowerswatson.com ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Currency code: EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Lowest offer: 132240.00
Highest offer: 132240.00
Source: OJS 2020/S 047-111455 (2020-03-02)