Administration and Associated Services to the Trustees/Committee and Members of ESB Defined Benefit (DB) Pension Scheme

Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

Administration and associated services to the trustees/ committee and members of ESB defined benefit (DB) Pension Scheme.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-03-20. The procurement was published on 2020-02-18.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2020-02-18 Contract notice
Contract notice (2020-02-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Pension services
Reference number: SS/CON/4738
Short description:
Administration and associated services to the trustees/ committee and members of ESB defined benefit (DB) Pension Scheme.
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: Pension services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Pension fund consultancy services 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: Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Postal address: Matthews Building, East Wall Road
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: conor.foley@esb.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 17026911 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162692&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162692&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-02-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2020-03-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2020-02-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 036-086071
OJ-S issue: 36
Additional information
ESB may at its sole discretion extend the contract with the successful tenderer for up to 4 years.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 1 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Short description:
Administration and associated services to the trustees/ committee and members of ESB Defined Benefit (DB) Pension Scheme.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals: ESB at its sole discretion may extend the contract for up to 4 years.
Additional information:
ESB may at its sole discretion extend the contract with the successful tenderer for up to 4 years.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID SSCON4738

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2020-04-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 2020-06-15 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Conor Foley
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/377 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162692&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Additional information
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.
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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;
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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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Complementary information
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Information about review deadlines:
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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Body responsible for mediation procedures
Same as: Review body
Source: OJS 2020/S 036-086071 (2020-02-18)