As part of ESB’s objectives to improve the quality of its corporate social responsibility programme, in terms of both its coverage and scalability, ESB is seeking proposals from tenderers for an evidence-based desktop CSR risk assessment (lot 1) and lot 2, a third party on-site audit programme.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-04-01.
The procurement was published on 2020-03-06.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“SS/CON/5092 — An Evidence-based Desktop CSR Risk Assessment (Lot 1) and Lot 2, a Third Party On-site Audit Programme
SS/CON/5092”
Products/services: Procurement consultancy services📦
Short description:
“As part of ESB’s objectives to improve the quality of its corporate social responsibility programme, in terms of both its coverage and scalability, ESB is...”
Short description
As part of ESB’s objectives to improve the quality of its corporate social responsibility programme, in terms of both its coverage and scalability, ESB is seeking proposals from tenderers for an evidence-based desktop CSR risk assessment (lot 1) and lot 2, a third party on-site audit programme.
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Tenders may be submitted for all lots
1️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: An Evidence-based Desktop CSR Risk Assessment
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Procurement consultancy services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“This covers auditing for modern slavery violations and also environmental and sustainability compliance.” Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 72
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 10
Description
Additional information:
“Please refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.”
2️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: A Third Party On-site CSR Audit Programme
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
“This covers on site audit of suppliers for modern slavery compliance as well as environmental and sustainability compliance.”
Additional information:
“Applicants will be assessed on the quality of their responses to the criteria and rules outlined in the PQQ attached.”
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 16370.” Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 16370.” Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 163670.” Conditions for participation
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
“Where a group of service providers express interest, it will be a requirement of ESB Group that 1 member of the group accepts full contractual...”
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded
Where a group of service providers express interest, it will be a requirement of ESB Group that 1 member of the group accepts full contractual responsibility for the delivery of the service. Where appropriate the intended contractually responsible member of any grouping or consortium must be identified in the response notice.
Procedure Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-04-01
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Complementary information Additional information
“1) 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....”
1) 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 framework agreement one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract under the framework agreement, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the framework agreement and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to the framework.
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.
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 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.
10) At Section II.2.9) we have indicated that 10 may be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 6 subject to that number qualifying.
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Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏
Source: OJS 2020/S 050-119646 (2020-03-06)
Contract award notice (2022-03-21) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Name: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
Postal address: 2 Gateway
Postal code: East Wall Road
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“SS/CON/5092 - An evidence-based desktop CSR risk assessment (Lot 1) and Lot 2, a 3rd party on-site audit programme
SS/CON/5092”
Short description:
“As part of ESB’s objectives to improve the quality of its Corporate Social Responsibility Programme, in terms of both its coverage and scalability, ESB is...”
Short description
As part of ESB’s objectives to improve the quality of its Corporate Social Responsibility Programme, in terms of both its coverage and scalability, ESB is seeking proposals from tenderers for an evidence-based desktop CSR risk assessment (Lot 1) and Lot 2, a 3rd party on-site audit programme.
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This contract is divided into lots ✅ Scope of the procurement
Title: An evidence-based desktop CSR risk assessment
Description
Description of the procurement:
“This covers auditing for Modern Slavery Violations and also Environmental and Sustainability Compliance.”
Additional information:
“Please refer to the individual instructions for submission
of
bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.” Scope of the procurement
Title: A 3rd party on-site CSR audit programme
Description
Description of the procurement:
“This covers on site audit of Suppliers for Modern Slavery Compliance as well as Environmental and Sustainability Compliance.”
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 050-119646
Award of contract
1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Lot Identification Number: 1
Title: An evidence-based desktop CSR risk assessment
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-01-27 📅
Name and address of the contractor
Name: BSI Assurance UK Limited
Postal town: London
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Region: United Kingdom 🏙️
The contractor is an SME
2️⃣
Lot Identification Number: 2
Title: A 3rd party on-site CSR audit programme
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-10-13 📅
Name and address of the contractor
Name: ITS Testing Services (UK) Ltd
Postal town: Essex
Complementary information Additional information
“1) 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....”
1) 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 framework agreement one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract under the framework agreement, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the framework agreement and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to the framework.
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.
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 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.
10) At Section II.2.9 we have indicated that 10 may be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 6 subject to that number qualifying.
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Source: OJS 2022/S 060-158896 (2022-03-21)