The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to appoint a sales service provider to implement and deliver a complete and integrated sales service to its subsidiaries Gas Networks Ireland and GNI trading as Aurora Telecom
A key objective of this requirement is to support the provision of efficient sales services in order to help grow the Ervia business in the areas of Gas Networks Ireland New Connections, Aurora Telecom fibre, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for Transport and Renewable Gas and any other emerging areas of the energy business requiring sales services and support during the lifetime of this Contract.
Please refer to the PQQ document.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-02-18.
The procurement was published on 2019-01-29.
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Sales and Associated Services
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Products/services: Promotional services📦
Short description:
“The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to appoint a sales service provider to implement and deliver a complete and integrated...”
Short description
The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to appoint a sales service provider to implement and deliver a complete and integrated sales service to its subsidiaries Gas Networks Ireland and GNI trading as Aurora Telecom
A key objective of this requirement is to support the provision of efficient sales services in order to help grow the Ervia business in the areas of Gas Networks Ireland New Connections, Aurora Telecom fibre, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for Transport and Renewable Gas and any other emerging areas of the energy business requiring sales services and support during the lifetime of this Contract.
Please refer to the PQQ document.
The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to appoint a sales service provider to implement and deliver a complete and integrated sales service to its subsidiaries Gas Networks Ireland and GNI trading as Aurora Telecom
A key objective of this requirement is to support the provision of efficient sales services in order to help grow the Ervia business in the areas of Gas Networks Ireland New Connections, Aurora Telecom fibre, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for transport and renewable gas and any other emerging areas of the energy business requiring sales services and support during the lifetime of this contract.
Targeting customers in the following sectors:
— new housing developments,
— mature domestic homes,
— Small and Medium Enterprise (SME),
— Transport (CNG),
— public sector buildings,
— renewable gas opportunities.
The Contracting Entity wishes to appoint a sales service provider whose responsibilities will include the provision of services associated with, but not limited to, the following:
1) Sales and channel strategy;
2) Sales execution and delivery;
3) Sales metrics and reporting;
4) Sales ways of working and procedures.
See attached appendix 3 of this document for further detail on scope.
The provision of the above services may include sales services provider resource requirements including, but not limited to:
— Sales Engineers
— Regional Sales Managers
— Account Manager
— Marketing Campaign Coordinator
— Researchers/Analysts
— Sales Representatives
— Sales Brokers
— Telesales Agents
— Door-to-Door Canvassers (domestic or commercial)
— Back-Office/Lead Generation Support
— CRM system admin support
— Call Centre Agents
— others as may come up from time to time.
See appendix 3 of the PQQ document for further details on scope.
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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: 72
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
“5 Applicants will be invited to tender for (provided 5 Applicants submit compliant PQQ Responses that meet the minimum requirements).
If there is more than...”
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates
5 Applicants will be invited to tender for (provided 5 Applicants submit compliant PQQ Responses that meet the minimum requirements).
If there is more than one Applicant ranked at [fifth] place, all the [fifth] placed Applicants will be invited to tender.
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Options ✅
Description of options: Option to extend for further periods up to a max of 2 years.
Description
Additional information:
“You must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and...”
Additional information
You must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and time specified in the PQQ documents. Please note that all tenders are electronic, as such no paper copies will be accepted or read. Please submit via the etenders system not later than 12:00 local time Monday 18.2.2019.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“Please refer to tender documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie only.” 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:
“Requests 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...”
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded
Requests 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 form in order to submit a request to participate, but may if the Contracting Entity considers it necessary to ensure that the contract is carried out to its satisfaction, be required to do so prior to award of the contract. The Contracting Entity also reserves the right to contract with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several liability, or with one member of the group as a main contractor with a number of sub-contractors or on any other basis as the Contracting Entity considers appropriate.
Procedure Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 142-325621
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-02-18
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Irish 🗣️
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 electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information
“You must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and...”
You must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and time specified in the PQQ documents. Please note that all tenders are electronic, as such no paper copies will be accepted or read. Please submit via the etenders system not later than 12:00 local time Monday 18t.2.2019.
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Name: The High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“Please refer to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (and...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Please refer to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (and in particular Regulation 7 and 10(2)).
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Source: OJS 2019/S 022-048946 (2019-01-29)
Additional information (2019-02-14) Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to appoint a sales service provider to implement and deliver a complete and integrated...”
Short description
The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to appoint a sales service provider to implement and deliver a complete and integrated sales service to its subsidiaries Gas Networks Ireland and GNI trading as Aurora Telecom
A key objective of this requirement is to support the provision of efficient sales services in order to help grow the Ervia business in the areas of Gas Networks Ireland New Connections, Aurora Telecom fibre, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for Transport and Renewable Gas and any other emerging areas of the energy business requiring sales services and support during the lifetime of this contract.
Please refer to the PQQ document.
Complementary information Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2019/S 022-048946
Changes Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Old value
Date: 2019-02-18 📅
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2019-02-21 📅
Time: 12:00
Source: OJS 2019/S 035-079868 (2019-02-14)