20/075 — A Multi-party Framework for the provision of Economic and Regulation Advisory Services to Ervia

Ervia

A multi-party framework for the provision of economic and regulation advisory services to Ervia
Advice regarding/
1) energy, telecoms and water services revenue reviews and economic matters;
2) energy, telecoms and water services efficiency analysis and benchmarking;
3) energy, telecoms and water services development of regulatory strategies;
4) energy, telecoms and water services market analysis, trends and assessment including energy wholesale and retail markets and low/zero carbon energy markets;
5) economic regulatory framework design;
6) cost of capital across telecom, energy, hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, decarbonisation and water sectors;
7) financial modelling across telecom, energy and water sectors;
8) energy, telecoms and water services network access and pricing.
Please refer to the PQQ Document for further information.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-10-28. The procurement was published on 2020-09-23.

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

• Cambridge Economic Policy Associates Ltd
• Deloitte Ireland LLP
• EY (Ernst & Young Business Advisory Services)
• Frontier Economics Ltd
• Jacobs Engineering Ireland Limited
• Oxera Consulting LLP

Who?

• Ervia

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2020-09-23	Contract notice
2022-07-15	Contract award notice
2022-07-19	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2020-09-23)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Ervia
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: PO Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street
Postal town: Cork
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Tender Admin
Phone: +353 214239065 📞
E-mail: tenders@ervia.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.ervia.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/376 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Participation URL: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“20/075 — A Multi-party Framework for the provision of Economic and Regulation Advisory Services to Ervia 20/075”
Products/services: Business and management consultancy services 📦
Short description:
“A multi-party framework for the provision of economic and regulation advisory services to Ervia Advice regarding/ 1) energy, telecoms and water services...”

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Additional products/services: Energy-management services 📦
Additional products/services: Energy-efficiency consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Economic research services 📦
Additional products/services: Economic impact assessment 📦
Additional products/services: Business and management consultancy and related services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin/Cork.
Description of the procurement:
“A multi-party framework for the provision of economic and regulation advisory services to Ervia Advice regarding; 1) energy, telecoms and water services...”

Description of the procurement

A multi-party framework for the provision of economic and regulation advisory services to Ervia
Advice regarding;
1) energy, telecoms and water services revenue reviews and economic matters;
2) energy, telecoms and water services efficiency analysis and benchmarking;
3) energy, telecoms and water services development of regulatory strategies;
4) energy, telecoms and water services market analysis, trends and assessment including energy wholesale and retail markets and low/zero carbon energy markets;
5) economic regulatory framework design;
6) cost of capital across telecom, energy, hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, decarbonisation and water sectors;
7) financial modelling across telecom, energy and water sectors;
8) energy, telecoms and water services network access and pricing;
9) tariff and pricing strategies across telecom, energy and water sectors;
10) cost models analysis, assessment and modelling;
11) energy, telecoms and water services behavioural economics;
12) energy, telecoms and water services network resilience analysis;
13) energy, telecoms and water services regulatory reporting and compliance monitoring;
14) Irish and European Regulatory Framework and policy developments across telecom, energy and water sectors including the development of the low/zero carbon energy market;
15) investment and funding appraisals across telecom, energy and water sectors;
16) social value in the context of water, water services innovation, and cost efficiencies;
17) innovation projects fund applications across telecom, energy and water sectors;
18) energy affordability — burden share to networks utility — future revenue recovery;
19) natural gas as a transition fuel;
20) achieving net zero energy and water businesses via the EU Green Deal, the EU Innovation Fund and associated EU strategies;
21) pandemics and the economic response. Advice with regards to non-payment issues;
22) appraisals, strategic assessments and economic advisory with regards to the Public Spending Code.
In addition to the above, it is envisaged that this framework will support the economic or regulation advisory needs across Ervia and its subsidiaries for any emerging issues on an ad-hoc basis.

Award criteria
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: 36
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅
Description
Description of renewals: Description of renewals: +1 year, +1 year.
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 12
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Up to 12 will be invited to ITT. Up to 8 will qualify to the framework.
Description
Additional information:
“You must submit through the eTenders system before the deadline. The system will automatically lockdown at the exact time specified in the PQQ documents....”

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...”
Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
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: 8
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-10-28 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. It is very important that you commence the scanning and uploading of your response in a...”
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +35 318886000 📞
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...”
Source: OJS 2020/S 188-454864 (2020-09-23)

Contract award notice (2022-07-15)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Irish Water
E-mail: tenders@water.ie 📧
URL: www.water.ie 🌏
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“20/075 A Multi-Party Framework for the provision of Economic & Regulation Advisory Services to IW 20/075”
Short description:
“advisory services to Ervia Advice regarding/ 1) energy, telecoms and water services revenue reviews and economic matters; 2) energy, telecoms and water...”
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The scope of work envisaged under this multi-supplier Framework includes but is not limited to advice regarding; • Energy, telecoms and water services...”

Description of the procurement

The scope of work envisaged under this multi-supplier Framework includes but is not limited to advice
regarding;
• Energy, telecoms and water services revenue reviews and economic matters;
• Energy, telecoms and water services efficiency analysis and benchmarking;
• Energy, telecoms and water services development of Regulatory Strategies;
• Energy, telecoms and water services market analysis, trends and assessment including energy
wholesale & retail markets and low/zero carbon energy markets;
• Economic regulatory framework design;
• Cost of capital across telecom, energy, hydrogen, carbon capture & storage, decarbonisation and
water sectors;
• Financial modelling across telecom, energy and water sectors ;
• Energy, telecoms and water services network access and pricing;
• Tariff and pricing strategies across telecom, energy and water sectors;
• Cost models analysis, assessment and modelling;
• Energy, telecoms and water services behavioural economics;
• Energy, telecoms and water services network resilience analysis;
• Energy, telecoms and water services regulatory reporting and compliance monitoring;
• Irish and European Regulatory Framework and policy developments across telecom, energy and
water sectors including the development of the low/zero carbon energy market;
• Investment and funding appraisals across telecom, energy and water sectors;
• Social value in the context of water, water services innovation, and cost efficiencies;
• Innovation projects fund applications across telecom, energy and water sectors;
• Energy affordability – burden share to networks utility – future revenue recovery;
• Natural gas as a transition fuel;
• Achieving net zero energy and water businesses via the EU Green Deal, the EU Innovation Fund
and associated EU strategies;
• Pandemics and the economic response. Advice with regards to Non-payment issues;
• Appraisals, strategic assessments and economic advisory with regards to the Public Spending
Code.
In addition to the above, it is envisaged that this Framework will support the economic or regulation advisory
needs across Irish Water for any emerging issues on an ad hoc basis
Scope to be delivered in line with for Key Performance Indicators Schedule 6 of the Framework Agreement.

Award criteria
Price

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 188-454864

Award of contract

1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title:
“20/075 A Multi-Party Framework for the provision of Economic & Regulation Advisory Services to IW”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-03-01 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Jacobs Engineering Ireland Limited
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
The contractor is an SME

2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Cambridge Economic Policy Associates Ltd
Postal town: London
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Region: United Kingdom 🏙️
The contractor is an SME ✅

3️⃣
Contract Number: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Deloitte Ireland LLP

4️⃣
Contract Number: 4
Name and address of the contractor
Name: EY (Ernst & Young Business Advisory Services)

5️⃣
Contract Number: 5
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Frontier Economics Ltd

6️⃣
Contract Number: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Oxera Consulting LLP
Postal town: Oxford

Complementary information
Review body
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay,
Postal town: Dublin
Source: OJS 2022/S 138-395792 (2022-07-15)

Contract award notice (2022-07-19)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: Gasworks Road
Postal code: Cork
E-mail: tenders@gasnetworks.ie 📧

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“20/075 - A Multi-Party Framework for the provision of Economic & Regulation Advisory Services to Ervia 20/075”
Short description:
“A Multi-Party Framework for the provision of Economic & Regulation Advisory Services to Ervia Advice regarding; 1. Energy, telecoms and water services...”
Description
Main site or place of performance: Dublin/Cork
Description of the procurement:
“A Multi-Party Framework for the provision of Economic & Regulation Advisory Services to Ervia Advice regarding; 1. Energy, telecoms and water services...”

Description of the procurement

A Multi-Party Framework for the provision of Economic & Regulation Advisory Services to Ervia
Advice regarding;
1. Energy, telecoms and water services revenue reviews and economic matters;
2. Energy, telecoms and water services efficiency analysis and benchmarking;
3. Energy, telecoms and water services development of Regulatory Strategies;
4. Energy, telecoms and water services market analysis, trends and assessment including energy wholesale & retail markets and low/zero carbon energy markets;
5. Economic regulatory framework design;
6. Cost of capital across telecom, energy, hydrogen, carbon capture & storage, decarbonisation and water sectors;
7. Financial modelling across telecom, energy and water sectors ;
8. Energy, telecoms and water services network access and pricing;
9. Tariff and pricing strategies across telecom, energy and water sectors;
10. Cost models analysis, assessment and modelling;
11. Energy, telecoms and water services behavioural economics;
12. Energy, telecoms and water services network resilience analysis;
13. Energy, telecoms and water services regulatory reporting and compliance monitoring;
14. Irish and European Regulatory Framework and policy developments across telecom, energy and water sectors including the development of the low/zero carbon energy market;
15. Investment and funding appraisals across telecom, energy and water sectors;
16. Social value in the context of water, water services innovation, and cost efficiencies;
17. Innovation projects fund applications across telecom, energy and water sectors;
18. Energy affordability – burden share to networks utility – future revenue recovery;
19. Natural gas as a transition fuel;
20. Achieving net zero energy and water businesses via the EU Green Deal, the EU Innovation Fund and associated EU strategies;
21. Pandemics and the economic response. Advice with regards to Non-payment issues;
22. Appraisals, strategic assessments and economic advisory with regards to the Public Spending Code.
In addition to the above, it is envisaged that this Framework will support the economic or regulation advisory needs across Ervia and its subsidiaries for any emerging issues on an ad hoc basis.

Additional information:
“You must submit through the eTenders system before the deadline. The system will automatically lockdown at the exact time specified in the PQQ documents....”

Award of contract
Title:
“20/075 - A Multi-Party Framework for the provision of Economic & Regulation Advisory Services to GNI”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-03-29 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
Name and address of the contractor
National registration number: IR4806442L
Postal address: Merrion House, Merrion Road
Postal code: D04 R2C5
National registration number: GB775701707
Postal address: Queens House 55-56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Postal code: WC2A 3LJ
National registration number: IE 3536140KH
Postal address: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
Postal town: Dublin 2
Postal code: D02 AY28
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: EY Building, Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street
National registration number: IE9694399O
Postal address: 40 Leeson Street Lower
Postal code: D02 W449
National registration number: GB187 8268 48
Postal address: Park Central, 40-41 Park End Street
Postal code: OX1

Complementary information
Additional information

“You must submit through the eTenders system before the deadline. It is very important that you commence the scanning and uploading of your response in a...”
Review body
Postal code: 7
Source: OJS 2022/S 140-401938 (2022-07-19)

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