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)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Business and management consultancy services
Reference number: 20/075
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 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.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Business and management consultancy services 📦
Additional CPV: Energy-management services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Ervia
Postal address: PO Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street
Postal town: Cork
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ervia.ie 🌏
E-mail: tenders@ervia.ie 📧
Phone: +353 214239065 📞
URL for documents: http://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for participation: http://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-09-23 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-10-28 📅
Publication date: 2020-09-28 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 188-454864
OJ-S issue: 188
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. Tenders that are not fully uploaded by the response deadline will not be accepted by the system. Please submit via the eTenders system not later than Wednesday 28 October 2020. www.etenders.gov.ie/system-user-guides

Object
Scope of the procurement
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 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.

Advice regarding;

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.

Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals: Description of renewals: +1 year, +1 year.
Additional information:

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin/Cork.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

Please refer to tender documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie only.

Contract execution
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 subcontractors or on any other basis as the contracting entity considers appropriate.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
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.

Number of participants to be contemplated: 8
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months

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

Reference
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 timely manner. The system will automatically lockdown at the exact time specified in the PQQ documents. Tenders that are not fully uploaded by the response deadline will not be accepted by the system.

Please submit via the eTenders system not later than Wednesday 28 October 2020.

Help Guides: www.etenders.gov.ie/system-user-

Complementary information
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 📧
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:

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)).

Source: OJS 2020/S 188-454864 (2020-09-23)

Contract award notice (2022-07-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

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

Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Lowest price

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Irish Water
Contact
Internet address: http://www.water.ie 🌏
E-mail: tenders@water.ie 📧

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-07-15 📅
Publication date: 2022-07-20 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 138-395792
Refers to notice: 2020/S 188-454864
OJ-S issue: 138

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

advisory services to Ervia

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;

6) cost of capital across telecom, energy, hydrogen, carbon capture and

storage, decarbonisation and water sectors;

Please refer to the PQQ Document for further information

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 of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-03-01 📅
Name: Jacobs Engineering Ireland Limited
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Name: Cambridge Economic Policy Associates Ltd
Postal town: London
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Name: Deloitte Ireland LLP
EY (Ernst & Young Business Advisory Services)
Frontier Economics Ltd
Oxera Consulting LLP
Postal town: Oxford
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7

Contracting authority
Contact
Internet address: www.water.ie 🌏

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)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

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; Please refer to the PQQ Document for further information.

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: Gasworks Road
Postal code: Cork
Contact
E-mail: tenders@gasnetworks.ie 📧

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-07-19 📅
Publication date: 2022-07-22 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 140-401938
OJ-S issue: 140
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. Tenders that are not fully uploaded by the response deadline will not be accepted by the system.Please submit via the eTenders system not later than Wednesday 28th October 2020. www.etenders.gov.ie/system-user-guides

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

A Multi-Party Framework for the provision of Economic & Regulation Advisory Services to Ervia

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. Tenders that are not fully uploaded by the response deadline will not be accepted by the system.Please submit via the eTenders system not later than Wednesday 28th October 2020. www.etenders.gov.ie/system-user-guides

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin/Cork

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-03-29 📅
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

Reference
Additional information

Please submit via the eTenders system not later than Wednesday 28th October 2020.

Complementary information
Review body
Postal code: 7
Source: OJS 2022/S 140-401938 (2022-07-19)

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