Supply and Install Solar PV Solutions

Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

The contracting entity intends to procure a single supplier framework for the supply and install solar PV solutions, and related services, to commercial and industrial customers.
The scope of the service design, procure, supply, install, commission and maintain all elements of ground-mounted and roof-mounted solar PV projects. The projects will be located in the Republic of Ireland on commercial premises. Applicants must be able to provide the full scope of services of a solar EPC contractor, including all associated construction, balance of plant and grid connection works.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-05-25. The procurement was published on 2020-04-23.

Suppliers

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

• Grange Solar

Who?

• Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2020-04-23	Contract notice
2021-03-26	Additional information
2021-05-12	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2020-04-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Solar panel roof-covering work
Reference number: SS/CON/5271
Short description:

The contracting entity intends to procure a single supplier framework for the supply and install solar PV solutions, and related services, to commercial and industrial customers. The scope of the service design, procure, supply, install, commission and maintain all elements of ground-mounted and roof-mounted solar PV projects. The projects will be located in the Republic of Ireland on commercial premises. Applicants must be able to provide the full scope of services of a solar EPC contractor, including all associated construction, balance of plant and grid connection works.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Works
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Solar panel roof-covering work 📦
Additional CPV: Solar energy 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Postal address: 2 Gateway, East Wall Road
Postal town: Dublin 3
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: richard.german@esbi.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17026125 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=165617&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=165617&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-04-23 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-05-25 📅
Publication date: 2020-04-28 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 083-197402
OJ-S issue: 83
Additional information

Please refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The contracting entity intends to procure a single supplier framework for the supply and install solar PV solutions, and related services, to commercial and industrial customers.

The scope of the service design, procure, supply, install, commission and maintain all elements of ground-mounted and roof-mounted solar PV projects. The projects will be located in the Republic of Ireland on commercial premises. Applicants must be able to provide the full scope of services of a solar EPC contractor, including all associated construction, balance of plant and grid connection works.

Duration: 36 months
Description of options:

The duration of the framework agreements will be for three years duration with an option, at the discretion of ESB, to extend up to a further 48 months in one or more increments.

Additional information:

Please refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.

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 168398.

List and brief description of rules and criteria:

As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 168398.

Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required:

As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 168398.

Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As per procurement documents.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Where a grouping of services providers express interest in this process, it is a requirement of ESB that one member of the group accepts full contractual responsibility for the delivery of services. Where appropriated the intended contractually responsible member of any grouping or consortium must be identified in responding to this notice.

Contract performance conditions: As per procurement documents.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

Provided that a sufficient number of applicants are qualified to be considered for shortlisting, following application of the procedures set out in section A.9 (Evaluation of PQQ responses), it is anticipated that at least the 5 highest-scored Applicants for each lot will be shortlisted and invited to proceed to the next stage of the procurement process.

Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Richard German
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/377 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=165617&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the e-Tenders web site (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 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 5 applicants will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 5 applicants subject to that number qualifying.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2020/S 083-197402 (2020-04-23)

Additional information (2021-03-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The contracting entity intends to procure a single supplier framework for the Supply and Install Solar PV Solutions, and related services, to commercial and industrial customers. The scope of the service design, procure, supply, install, commission and maintain all elements of ground-mounted and roof-mounted Solar PV projects. The projects will be located in the Republic of Ireland on commercial premises. Applicants must be able to provide the full scope of services of a solar EPC contractor, including all associated construction, balance of plant and grid connection works.

Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Electrical services 📦

Contracting authority
Contact
E-mail: peter.coughlan@esb.ie 📧

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-03-26 📅
Publication date: 2021-03-31 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 063-161160
Refers to notice: 2020/S 083-197402
OJ-S issue: 63
Additional information
Available from eTenders

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The contracting entity intends to procure a single supplier framework for the Supply and Install Solar PV Solutions, and related services, to commercial and industrial customers.

The scope of the service design, procure, supply, install, commission and maintain all elements of ground-mounted and roof-mounted Solar PV projects. The projects will be located in the Republic of Ireland on commercial premises. Applicants must be able to provide the full scope of services of a solar EPC contractor, including all associated construction, balance of plant and grid connection works.

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Peter Coughlan
Source: OJS 2021/S 063-161160 (2021-03-26)

Contract award notice (2021-05-12)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Installation services of electrical equipment
Short description:

The contracting entity procured a single supplier framework for the supply and Install Solar PV Solutions, and related services, to commercial and industrial customers. The scope of the service is to design, procure, supply, install, commission and maintain all elements of ground-mounted and roof-mounted Solar PV projects. The projects will be located in the Republic of Ireland on commercial premises.

Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Nature of contract: Services
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Installation services of electrical equipment 📦

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: 2 Gateway
Postal code: East Wall Road
Contact
Phone: +353 17026299 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-05-12 📅
Publication date: 2021-05-17 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 094-248538
OJ-S issue: 94

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The contracting entity procured a single supplier framework for the supply and Install Solar PV Solutions, and related services, to commercial and industrial customers.

The scope of the service is to design, procure, supply, install, commission and maintain all elements of ground-mounted and roof-mounted Solar PV projects. The projects will be located in the Republic of Ireland on commercial premises.

The contracting entity has procured a single supplier framework for the supply and Install Solar PV Solutions, and related services, to commercial and industrial customers.

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Republic of Ireland.

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Technical
Quality criterion (weighting): 60
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 40

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-04-22 📅
Name: Grange Solar
Postal town: Navan
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Source: OJS 2021/S 094-248538 (2021-05-12)

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