Commercial Management Services

EirGrid plc

EirGrid intends to establish a single supplier framework for the provision of commercial management services. EirGrid intends to utilise, as necessary, a flexible third party resourcing model and has a requirement for the provision of specialised commercial resources and services from a strategic partner. The provision of services and allocation of resources shall be outlined for each assignment in order to best meet the EirGrid’s requirement. It is intended that this shall be a flexible approach to provision of service where services may be through a managed service type role, where the consultants personnel can work either remotely or in the EirGrid offices on a part time or full time basis, or through a more traditional form of consultancy advice which can be provided off-site. There may also be a requirement for a combination of these two approaches.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-11-26. The procurement was published on 2020-10-23.

Suppliers

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

• Turner and Townsend Ltd

Who?

• EirGrid plc

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2020-10-23	Contract notice
2021-04-21	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2020-10-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Business and management consultancy and related services
Reference number: ENQEIR732
Short description:

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 and related services 📦
Additional CPV: Project management consultancy services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: EirGrid plc
Postal address: Block 2 - The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road, Dublin 4
Postal town: Ballsbridge
Contact
Internet address: http://www.eirgrid.com 🌏
E-mail: anthony.flood@eirgrid.com 📧
Phone: +353 12370123 📞
Fax: +353 16615375 📠
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=176516&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=176516&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-10-23 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-11-26 📅
Publication date: 2020-10-28 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 210-513433
OJ-S issue: 210
Additional information

The estimated framework value is based on current and potential future project requirements and is not a guaranteed contract value.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 10 000 000 EUR 💰
Short description:

See the information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the eTenders notice for this tender at http://www.etenders.gov.ie

Estimated value excluding VAT: 10 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 96 months
Description of options:

The framework agreement period will be for an initial duration of 5 years with the option to extend annually for up to an additional 3 years, subject always to the satisfactory performance of the supplier.

Name of EU-financed project or programme: Celtic Interconnector Project.
Additional information:

The estimated framework value is based on current and potential future project requirements and is not a guaranteed contract value.

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

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:

See the information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the eTenders notice for this tender at http://www.etenders.gov.ie

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Justification for the framework agreement: Project duration and requirements may exceed 5 years
Justification for framework agreement duration over four years: Project duration and requirements may exceed 5 years
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2020-12-17 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️
Tender validity period: 2021-07-01 📅

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Anthony Flood
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/219 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=176516&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority 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 authority 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 and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate or eTax Clearance from the Revenue Commissioners when requested.

6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next ranked tenderer as appropriate.

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded.

8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source,process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words ‘or equivalent’ will always be appended.

9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority 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.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:

The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification on concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The statutory instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the reviewable public 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 in this contract.

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Central office of the High Courts (Appeal Section)
Postal address: Ground Floor, East Wing, Inns Quay
Source: OJS 2020/S 210-513433 (2020-10-23)

Contract award notice (2021-04-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

This tender is now complete. EirGrid intends to establish a single supplier framework for the provision of commercial management services. EirGrid intends to utilise, as necessary, a flexible 3

Total value of the procurement: 10 000 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-04-21 📅
Publication date: 2021-04-26 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 080-206651
Refers to notice: 2020/S 210-513433
OJ-S issue: 80
Additional information

The estimated framework value is based on current and potential future project requirements and is not a guaranteed contract value. The estimated value of 10 000 000 is for the full duration of the framework including the optional extensions.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description: This tender is now complete.

EirGrid intends to establish a single supplier framework for the provision of commercial management services. EirGrid intends to utilise, as necessary, a flexible…

… 3

… 3rd party resourcing model and has a requirement for the provision of specialised commercial resources and services from a strategic partner. The provision of services and allocation of resources shall be outlined for each assignment in order to best meet the EirGrid’s requirement. It is intended that this shall be a flexible approach to provision of service where services may be through a managed service type role, where the consultants personnel can work either remotely or in the EirGrid offices on a part time or full time basis, or through a more traditional form of consultancy advice which can be provided offsite. There may also be a requirement for a combination of these two approaches.

See the information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the etenders notice for this tender at http://www.etenders.gov.ie

Additional information:

The estimated value of 10 000 000 is for the full duration of the framework including the optional extensions.

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality, quantity and balance of human resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 40
Quality criterion (name): Approach and methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Quality criterion (name): Availability
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Price (weighting): 45

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-04-21 📅
Name: Turner and Townsend Ltd
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Ashford House, 18-23 Tara Street
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D02 VX67
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 14003300 📞
E-mail: fiona.collins@turntown.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.turnerandtownsend.com 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 10 000 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3

Complementary information
Review body
Information about review deadlines:

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

The contracting authority did not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applied in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification on concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period was 14 calendar days where notifications were sent electronically. The statutory instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the reviewable public contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the lawing relation in this contract.

Source: OJS 2021/S 080-206651 (2021-04-21)

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