Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
โAdministration and Associated Services to the Trustees/Committee and Members of ESB Defined Benefit (DB) Pension Scheme
SS/CON/4738โ
Products/services: Pension services๐ฆ
Short description:
โAdministration and associated services to the trustees/ committee and members of ESB defined benefit (DB) Pension Scheme.โ
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 000 000 ๐ฐ
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Additional products/services: Pension fund consultancy services๐ฆ
Additional products/services: Pension fund administration services๐ฆ
Place of performance: รire/Ireland๐๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โAdministration and associated services to the trustees/ committee and members of ESB Defined Benefit (DB) Pension Scheme.โ 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 1 000 000 ๐ฐ
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 โ Description
Description of renewals: ESB at its sole discretion may extend the contract for up to 4 years.
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Description
Additional information:
โESB may at its sole discretion extend the contract with the successful tenderer for up to 4 years.โ
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
โAs stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID SSCON4738โ Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
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
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-03-20
12:00 ๐
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2020-04-21 ๐
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Tender must be valid until: 2020-06-15 ๐
Complementary information Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information
โIt is our intention to use the Irish Government Procurement portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) for this competition. Access to this portal is free of charge....โ
It is our intention to use the Irish Government Procurement portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) for this competition. Access to this portal is free of charge. Interested parties must formally register their expression of interest for this competition on eTenders before they can gain access to the PQQ documentation. All information relating to and including the pre-qualification documents, any clarifications and changes will be issued/published via this portal. The contracting entity will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;
3) The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers;
4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;
5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant;
6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the contract 1 or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process or having awarded a contract under the contract, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the contract and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to the said contract;
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process, the contract at any time;
8) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting entity is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Phone: +353 18886000๐
URL: http://www.courts.ie๐ Body responsible for mediation procedures
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
URL: http://www.courts.ie๐ Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
โPrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The contracting entity will not conclude this framework agreement/contract until after the expiry...โ
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The contracting entity will not conclude this framework agreement/contract until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned tenderers. Review procedure are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the framework agreement/contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that framework agreement/contract.
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Source: OJS 2020/S 036-086071 (2020-02-18)