Electricity Meter Reading Services
Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Call for for competition with pre-qualification questionnaire for electricity meter reading services in the Republic of Ireland — pursuant to a multi service provider framework agreement.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-07-28. The procurement was published on 2021-06-25.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What? Where?- • Éire/Ireland › Ireland
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2021-06-25 | Contract notice |
| 2022-05-24 | Contract award notice |
| 2025-04-10 | Contract award notice |
| 2026-02-17 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2021-06-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Meter reading service
Reference number: D20/CON/211
Short description:
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Meter reading service 📦
Additional CPV: Meter reading service 📦
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
Postal code: East Wall Road
Postal town: Dublin 3
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: linda.tierney@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 860685223 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=191878&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=191878&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-06-25 📅
Submission deadline: 2021-07-28 📅
Publication date: 2021-06-30 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 124-329603
OJ-S issue: 124
Additional information
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals:
Main site or place of performance: Throughout the Republic of Ireland.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Number of participants to be contemplated: 4
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: Linda Tierney
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=191878&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Additional information
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 🌏
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Name: N/a
Postal town: N/a
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Your Legal Advisor
Source: OJS 2021/S 124-329603 (2021-06-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Meter reading service
Reference number: D20/CON/211
Short description:
Call for for competition with pre-qualification questionnaire for electricity meter reading services in the Republic of Ireland — pursuant to a multi service provider framework agreement.
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: Meter reading service 📦
Additional CPV: Meter reading service 📦
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
Postal code: East Wall Road
Postal town: Dublin 3
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: linda.tierney@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 860685223 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=191878&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=191878&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-06-25 📅
Submission deadline: 2021-07-28 📅
Publication date: 2021-06-30 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 124-329603
OJ-S issue: 124
Additional information
Please note the following information in relation to notice sections above IV.1.3 ‘...number of participates to the framework agreement 4’.
The number of 4 stated in section IV.1.3) is an estimate of a final number of service providers that may be required. The contracting entity envisages that it will appoint between 2 and 4 service providers to the framework agreement. However, the number of service providers ultimately appointed will be the number determined by the contracting entity to be sufficient to provide the services required under the Framework. That number may be greater than or less than 4.
More information will be set out in the invitation to tender at that stage of the procurement process.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Call for for competition with pre-qualification questionnaire for electricity meter reading services in the Republic of Ireland — pursuant to a multi service provider framework agreement. The duration of the framework agreement will be 2 years with an option to extend at the contracting entity's discretion for a further year.
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Description of renewals:
Note that the duration in months stated above represents the duration of the framework agreement in the event that the contracting entity exercises it's option to extend the framework agreement beyond it's initial 2 years, for a further 1 year.
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Throughout the Republic of Ireland.
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 193172
Economic and financial standing:
As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 193172
Technical and professional ability:
As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 193172
Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Number of participants to be contemplated: 4
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: Linda Tierney
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=191878&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Additional information
Please note the following information in relation to notice sections above IV.1.3 ‘...number of participates to the framework agreement 4’.
The number of 4 stated in section IV.1.3) is an estimate of a final number of service providers that may be required. The contracting entity envisages that it will appoint between 2 and 4 service providers to the framework agreement. However, the number of service providers ultimately appointed will be the number determined by the contracting entity to be sufficient to provide the services required under the Framework. That number may be greater than or less than 4.
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More information will be set out in the invitation to tender at that stage of the procurement process.
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 🌏
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Name: N/a
Postal town: N/a
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Your Legal Advisor
Source: OJS 2021/S 124-329603 (2021-06-25)
Contract award notice (2022-05-24)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-05-24 📅
Publication date: 2022-05-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 102-287269
Refers to notice: 2021/S 124-329603
OJ-S issue: 102
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Throughout the Republic of Ireland
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-04-06 📅
Name: Mn meter north limited
Postal town: Sligo
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Northern and Western 🏙️
Name: Southern meter readers
Postal town: Wexford
Country: Southern 🏙️
Name: Tam ireland services ltd
Postal town: Co. dublin
Country: Dublin 🏙️
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court (only after review with ESB Networks Procurement)
Source: OJS 2022/S 102-287269 (2022-05-24)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Electricity Meter Reading Services in the Republic of Ireland - pursuant to a multi service provider framework agreement
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-05-24 📅
Publication date: 2022-05-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 102-287269
Refers to notice: 2021/S 124-329603
OJ-S issue: 102
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Electricity Meter Reading Services in the Republic of Ireland - pursuant to a multi service provider framework agreement. The duration of the framework agreement is two years with an option to extend at the Contracting Entity's discretion for a further year.
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Main site or place of performance: Throughout the Republic of Ireland
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-04-06 📅
Name: Mn meter north limited
Postal town: Sligo
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Northern and Western 🏙️
Name: Southern meter readers
Postal town: Wexford
Country: Southern 🏙️
Name: Tam ireland services ltd
Postal town: Co. dublin
Country: Dublin 🏙️
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court (only after review with ESB Networks Procurement)
Source: OJS 2022/S 102-287269 (2022-05-24)
Contract award notice (2025-04-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Electricity Meter Reading Services
Reference number:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Meter reading service 📦
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 41 200 000 EUR 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
Additional products/services: Meter reading service
📦
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Duration
Start date: 2022-04-01 📅
End date: 2025-12-31 📅
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Description
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/25/EU
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
Contract Number:
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-04-06 📅
Title: Electricity Meter Reading Services
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement ✅
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 0 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
Information about tenders
Name of the tendering party: Mn meter north limited
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Mn meter north limited
National registration number:
Postal code: F91F2W4
Postal town: Sligo
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Size of the economic operator: Micro, small, or medium
Tender identifier:
Information about tenders
Name of the tendering party: Southern meter readers
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Southern meter readers
National registration number:
Postal code: Y35 C7F3
Postal town: Wexford
Tender identifier:
Information about tenders
Name of the tendering party: Tam ireland services ltd
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Tam ireland services ltd
National registration number:
Postal code: K67PX59
Postal town: Co. dublin
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
National registration number:
Postal address: 2 Gateway
Postal code: East Wall Road
Postal town: Dublin 3
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact point: Linda Tierney
E-mail: linda.tierney@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 860685223 📞
URL: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/377 🌏
Main activity
Electricity
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
National registration number:
Postal code: D7
Region: Dublin 🏙️
URL: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Ref: High Court
Changes
Other additional information
EXTENSION OF FRAMEWORK TIME AND VALUE
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 287269-2022
Source: OJS 2025/S 072-237825 (2025-04-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Electricity Meter Reading Services
Reference number:
D20/CON/211
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Meter reading service 📦
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 41 200 000 EUR 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
Electricity Meter Reading Services in the Republic of Ireland - pursuant to a multi service provider framework agreement. The duration of the framework agreement is two years with an option to extend at the Contracting Entity's discretion for a further year.
April 2025 update: Framework extended for a further 9 months, bringing the total duration to 3 years and 9 months
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Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Duration
Start date: 2022-04-01 📅
End date: 2025-12-31 📅
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0000
Description
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/25/EU
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0000
Contract Number:
MN METER NORTH
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-04-06 📅
Title: Electricity Meter Reading Services
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement ✅
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 0 EUR 💰
Tender identifier:
MN Meter North Ltd
Identifier of lot or group of lots:
LOT-0000
Information about tenders
Name of the tendering party: Mn meter north limited
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Mn meter north limited
National registration number:
MN METER NORTH LIMITED
Postal code: F91F2W4
Postal town: Sligo
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Size of the economic operator: Micro, small, or medium
Tender identifier:
SOUTHERN METER READERS
Information about tenders
Name of the tendering party: Southern meter readers
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Southern meter readers
National registration number:
SOUTHERN METER READERS
Postal code: Y35 C7F3
Postal town: Wexford
Tender identifier:
TAM IRELAND SERVICES LIMITED
Information about tenders
Name of the tendering party: Tam ireland services ltd
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Tam ireland services ltd
National registration number:
TAM IRELAND SERVICES LTD
Postal code: K67PX59
Postal town: Co. dublin
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
National registration number:
N/A
Postal address: 2 Gateway
Postal code: East Wall Road
Postal town: Dublin 3
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact point: Linda Tierney
E-mail: linda.tierney@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 860685223 📞
URL: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/377 🌏
Main activity
Electricity
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
National registration number:
N/A
Postal code: D7
Region: Dublin 🏙️
URL: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Ref: High Court
Changes
Other additional information
EXTENSION OF FRAMEWORK TIME AND VALUE
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 287269-2022
Source: OJS 2025/S 072-237825 (2025-04-10)
Contract award notice (2026-02-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 55 200 000 EUR 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
Duration
End date: 2026-12-31 📅
Award of contract
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 0 EUR 💰
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
E-mail: networks.procurement@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 676 5831 📞
Changes
Other additional information
EXTENSION OF FRAMEWORK TIME AND VALUE
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 237825-2025
Source: OJS 2026/S 035-117523 (2026-02-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 55 200 000 EUR 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
Electricity Meter Reading Services in the Republic of Ireland - pursuant to a multi service provider framework agreement. The duration of the framework agreement is two years with an option to extend at the Contracting Entity's discretion for a further year.
April 2025 update: Framework extended for a further 9 months, bringing the total duration to 3 years and 9 months.
February 2026 update: Framework extended for a further 12 months, bringing the total duration to 4 years and 9 months.
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End date: 2026-12-31 📅
Award of contract
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 0 EUR 💰
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
E-mail: networks.procurement@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 676 5831 📞
Changes
Other additional information
EXTENSION OF FRAMEWORK TIME AND VALUE
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 237825-2025
Source: OJS 2026/S 035-117523 (2026-02-17)