Insurance Brokerage and Services for the Celtic Interconnector Project

Celtic Interconnector Designated Activity Company

CIDAC shall require the framework member to provide insurance brokerage and services, advice and support relating to all insurance issues regarding the Celtic Interconnector Project. The required services will mainly comprise of advice on and assistance with the insurance elements of the major contracts for the project and. shall include seeking quotations from the market for all required insurances and subsequently placing these insurances on behalf of the Company with the preferred insurance company.
The general requirements will include working with the Company’s insurance teams to provide advice on all insurance and ancillary services required for the project.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-03-24. The procurement was published on 2020-03-18.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-03-18 Contract notice
2020-04-07 Additional information
2022-01-29 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-03-18)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Celtic Interconnector Designated Activity Company
National registration number: 633828
Postal address: Block 2 - The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge
Postal town: Dublin 4
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Anthony Flood
Phone: +353 12370123 📞
E-mail: anthony.flood@eirgrid.com 📧
Fax: +353 16615375 📠
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.eirgrid.com 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/219 🌏

Contracting authority (additional)
Name: EirGrid
Postal address: Block 2 - The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road
Postal town: Dublin
Contact person: Anthony Flood
Name: Rte
Postal address: Immeuble WINDOW, 7C, Place du Dôme
Postal town: Paris

Contracting authority
Country: France 🇫🇷

Contracting authority (additional)
Contact person: Razan Yammout

Contracting authority
E-mail: razan.yammout@rte-france.com 📧
Region: France 🏙️
URL: www.rte-france.com 🌏
Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Irish.
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162745&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162745&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Insurance Brokerage and Services for the Celtic Interconnector Project ENQEIR710”
Products/services: Insurance services 📦
Short description:
“CIDAC shall require the framework member to provide insurance brokerage and services, advice and support relating to all insurance issues regarding the...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 37 000 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Insurance services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Place of performance: France 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“RTE and EirGrid, have been engaged in exploring the feasibility of an interconnector project between Ireland and France, which will hereafter be referred to...”    Show more
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 750 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 96
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
“See the information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the etenders notice for this tender at...”    Show more
Information about options
Options
Description of options:
“The initial framework agreement period will be from contract award for 4 years, with the option to extend annually for the longer of up to an additional 4...”    Show more
Scope of the procurement
Information about European Union funds: Celtic Interconnector Project.
Description
Additional information:
“See the information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the etenders notice for this tender at...”    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“See the information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the etenders notice for this tender at...”    Show more
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“See the information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the etenders notice for this tender at...”    Show more
Conditions for participation

“See the information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the etenders notice for this tender at...”    Show more
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“See the information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the etenders notice for this tender at...”    Show more
Conditions for participation
Conditions for participation (technical and professional ability):
“See the information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the etenders notice for this tender at...”    Show more
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
“See the information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the etenders notice for this tender at...”    Show more
Deposits and guarantees required:
“See the information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the etenders notice for this tender at...”    Show more
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“See the information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the etenders notice for this tender at...”    Show more
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
“See the information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the etenders notice for this tender at...”    Show more
Conditions related to the contract
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...”    Show more

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: 2020-03-24 12:00 📅
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2020-05-08 📅
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: 9

Complementary information
Additional information

“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/ in order to be included on the mailing list for...”    Show more
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Four Courts
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie/ 🌏
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument SI 130 of 2010,...”    Show more
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
Postal town: Inns Quay
Postal code: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2020/S 058-140069 (2020-03-18)
Additional information (2020-04-07)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: Block 2 - The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road
Postal town: Ballsbridge
Postal code: Dublin 4

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2020/S 058-140069

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Old value
Date: 2020-03-24 📅
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2020-04-24 📅
Time: 12:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: II.1.5)
Place of text to be modified: Estimated Total Value
Old value
Text: Value excluding VAT: 37 000 000.00 EUR
New value
Text: Value excluding VAT: 750 000.00 EUR
Source: OJS 2020/S 071-169852 (2020-04-07)
Contract award notice (2022-01-29)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Contact person: Anna Singh
Phone: +353 012370123 📞
E-mail: anna.singh@eirgrid.com 📧
Fax: +353 016615375 📠

Contracting authority (additional)
Contact person: Razan YAMMOUT

Contracting authority
Information about joint procurement
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Irish

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“CIDAC shall require the Framework Member to provide Insurance Brokerage and Services, advice and support relating to all insurance issues regarding the...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 250 000 💰
Description
Main site or place of performance: Ireland, France
Description of the procurement:
“RTE and EirGrid, have been engaged in exploring the feasibility of an interconnector project between Ireland and France, which will hereafter be referred to...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality, Quantity and Balance of Human Resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 10%
Quality criterion (name): Approach & Methodology - Scenario 1 OCIP
Quality criterion (weighting): 30%
Quality criterion (name): Approach & Methodology - Scenario 2 CCIP
Quality criterion (weighting): 20%
Quality criterion (name): Legal
Quality criterion (name): Cyber Security
Quality criterion (weighting): Pass/Fail
Price (weighting): 30%
Information about options
Description of options:
“The initial Framework Agreement period will be from contract award for 4 years, with the option to extend annually for the longer of up to an additional 4...”    Show more
Scope of the procurement
Information about European Union funds: Celtic Interconnector Project
Description
Additional information:
“See the Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for full details. This is attached to the etenders notice for this tender at...”    Show more

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 058-140069

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Insurance Brokerage and Services for the Celtic Interconnector Project
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-11-04 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Aon
National registration number: 0647277F
Postal address: Metropolitan House, James Joyce Street,
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 012666343 📞
E-mail: roisin.white@aon.ie 📧
Fax: +353 12666622 📠
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.aon.ie 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 250 000 💰

Complementary information
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Postal address: Ground Floor, East Wing,
Source: OJS 2022/S 024-059356 (2022-01-29)