Sales and Associated Services

Ervia

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.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2019-01-29 Contract notice
2019-02-14 Additional information
Contract notice (2019-01-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Promotional services
Reference number: 18/152
Short description:
โ€œThe Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to appoint a sales service provider to implement and deliver a complete and integrated...โ€    Show more
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Promotional services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Ervia
Postal address: PO Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street
Postal code: Cork
Postal town: Cork
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ervia.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: tenders@ervia.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 214239506 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-01-29 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2019-02-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2019-01-31 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 022-048946
Refers to notice: 2018/S 142-325621
OJ-S issue: 22
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

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to appoint a sales service provider to implement and deliver a complete and integrated...โ€    Show more

โ€œA 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...โ€    Show more
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โ€œPlease refer to the PQQ document.โ€

โ€œA 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...โ€    Show more

โ€œTargeting customers in the following sectors:โ€

โ€œโ€” new housing developments,โ€

โ€œโ€” mature domestic homes,โ€

โ€œโ€” Small and Medium Enterprise (SME),โ€

โ€œโ€” Transport (CNG),โ€

โ€œโ€” public sector buildings,โ€

โ€œโ€” renewable gas opportunities.โ€

โ€œThe Contracting Entity wishes to appoint a sales service provider whose responsibilities will include the provision of services associated with, but not...โ€    Show more

โ€œ1) Sales and channel strategy;โ€

โ€œ2) Sales execution and delivery;โ€

โ€œ3) Sales metrics and reporting;โ€

โ€œ4) Sales ways of working and procedures.โ€

โ€œSee attached appendix 3 of this document for further detail on scope.โ€

โ€œThe provision of the above services may include sales services provider resource requirements including, but not limited to:โ€

โ€œโ€” Sales Engineersโ€

โ€œโ€” Regional Sales Managersโ€

โ€œโ€” Account Managerโ€

โ€œโ€” Marketing Campaign Coordinatorโ€

โ€œโ€” Researchers/Analystsโ€

โ€œโ€” Sales Representativesโ€

โ€œโ€” Sales Brokersโ€

โ€œโ€” Telesales Agentsโ€

โ€œโ€” Door-to-Door Canvassers (domestic or commercial)โ€

โ€œโ€” Back-Office/Lead Generation Supportโ€

โ€œโ€” CRM system admin supportโ€

โ€œโ€” Call Centre Agentsโ€

โ€œโ€” others as may come up from time to time.โ€

โ€œSee appendix 3 of the PQQ document for further details on scope.โ€
Duration: 72 months
Description of options:
โ€œOption to extend for further periods up to a max of 2 years.โ€
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
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
โ€œNationwideโ€

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
โ€œPlease refer to tender documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie only.โ€
Contract execution
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

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
โ€œ5 Applicants will be invited to tender for (provided 5 Applicants submit compliant PQQ Responses that meet the minimum requirements).โ€

โ€œIf there is more than one Applicant ranked at [fifth] place, all the [fifth] placed Applicants will be invited to tender.โ€
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Irish ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 6 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Ervia Tenders
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/376 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for documents: www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ

Reference
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

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Information about review deadlines:
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 022-048946 (2019-01-29)
Additional information (2019-02-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to appoint a sales service provider to implement and deliver a complete and integrated...โ€    Show more
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-02-14 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2019-02-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2019-02-19 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 035-079868
Refers to notice: 2019/S 022-048946
OJ-S issue: 35

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œA 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...โ€    Show more
Source: OJS 2019/S 035-079868 (2019-02-14)