Ramping Margin Tool

EirGrid plc

EirGrid has a requirement for a Ramping Margin Tool to be developed and deployed in the control centres. This tool enables grid controllers to accurately schedule the Ramping Margin reserve services, thereby enabling more effective management of changing demand and generation profiles with increased wind integration. The scope of this contract will be to design and deliver a Ramping Margin Tool to be deployed in the control centres in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The tool will need to take a range of data inputs (outlined in more detail below), perform a calculation to determine the Ramping Margin requirements and input these values back into the EirGrid Market Management System (MMS). The expectation is that this tool will be a key resource to the grid controllers in the control centres and therefore will need to be available on a 24 x 7 basis. The tool will provide a significant contribution to the scheduling, dispatch, real time control and trading processes.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-01-10. The procurement was published on 2019-12-04.

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

What?

Where?
  • • United Kingdom › Northern Ireland

Procurement history
Date Document
2019-12-04 Contract notice
2020-10-14 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-12-04)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: EirGrid plc
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Block 2 — The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge
Postal town: Dublin 4
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Paul Valentine
Phone: +353 12370200 📞
E-mail: paul.valentine@eirgrid.com 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.eirgrid.com 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/219 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=158221&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=158221&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Ramping Margin Tool ENQEIR700
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Short description:
“EirGrid has a requirement for a Ramping Margin Tool to be developed and deployed in the control centres. This tool enables grid controllers to accurately...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 3 800 000 💰

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Additional products/services: IT software development services 📦
Additional products/services: Software development services utilities 📦
Additional products/services: System management software development services 📦
Additional products/services: Development software development services 📦
Additional products/services: Software development services 📦
Place of performance: Northern Ireland 🏙️
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: IRELAND and NORTHERN IRELAND.
Description of the procurement:
“EirGrid has a requirement for a Ramping Margin Tool to be developed and deployed in the control centres. This tool enables Grid Controllers to accurately...”    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 3 800 000 💰
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 the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 3
Information about options
Options
Description of options:
“The duration of the delivery contract will be up to project completion which will include for development, installation and integration of the tool in...”    Show more

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
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-01-10 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12

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...”    Show more
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 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...”    Show more
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Central office of the High Courts (Appeal Section)
Postal address: Ground Floor, East Wing, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2019/S 237-582408 (2019-12-04)
Contract award notice (2020-10-14)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: Block 2 - The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“This tender process is now complete. EirGrid has a requirement for a ramping margin tool to be developed and deployed in the control centres. This tool...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 3 800 000 💰
Description
Main site or place of performance: Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Description of the procurement:
“EirGrid has a requirement for a ramping margin tool to be developed and deployed in the control centres. This tool enables grid controllers to accurately...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Approach and methodology
Quality criterion (name): Provision of support
Quality criterion (weighting): 15
Quality criterion (name): Functional requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 25
Quality criterion (name): Non-functional requirements
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 30
Information about options
Description of options:
“The duration of the delivery contract will be up to project completion which will include for development, installation and integration of the tool in...”    Show more
Description
Additional information: The award value includes the possible extension of up to 20 years.

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 237-582408

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Ramping Margin Tool
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-07-23 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Unicorn Systems a.s.
National registration number: CZ25110853
Postal address: V Kapslovně 2767/2
Postal town: Praha 3
Country: Czechia 🇨🇿
Phone: +42 0721732111 📞
E-mail: jaroslav.pesek@unicorn.com 📧
Region: Česko 🏙️
URL: http://https://www.unicorn.com/ 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 3 800 000 💰

Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin 7
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The contracting authority did not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applied in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after...”    Show more
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Postal town: Dublin 7
Source: OJS 2020/S 203-494723 (2020-10-14)