Provision of Programme Management Office Services for the Security of Supply Programme of Work

Commission for Regulation of Utilities

The EirGrid Generation Capacity Statement 2021 (GCS) has identified that, if no action is taken, a significant electricity capacity deficit would develop in the coming five years. This has resulted in the development of a Security of Supply Programme of Work, incorporating the technical advice of EirGrid, comprising of a range of measures which will address this supply and demand deficit. Workstreams include the provision of temporary emergency generation; the retention of existing generation, otherwise due to retire; the delivery of enhanced demand side response; and enhanced delivery of generating capacity through the Capacity Remuneration Mechanism (CRM) of the Single Electricity Market (SEM) inter alia.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-11-15. The procurement was published on 2021-10-28.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-10-28 Contract notice
2022-03-08 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-10-28)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Commission for Regulation of Utilities
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: The Grain House, The Exchange, Belgard Square North
Postal town: Tallaght
Postal code: Dublin 24 D24 PXW0
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Katarina Holohan
Phone: +353 14000800 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: kholohan@cru.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.cru.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1232 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=200921&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=200921&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œProvision of Programme Management Office Services for the Security of Supply Programme of Work 011-03-470โ€
Products/services: Project management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe EirGrid Generation Capacity Statement 2021 (GCS) has identified that, if no action is taken, a significant electricity capacity deficit would develop in...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 5 500 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Public utilities ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Project-management services other than for construction work ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Dublin
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Contracting Authority invites Tenders in response to this RFT from Tenderers for the provision of the Services as described in Appendix 1 to this...โ€    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 5 500 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24
Additional information:
โ€œPlease consult the associated documentation which contains full instructions regarding this submission of tenders and is available to download on...โ€    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
โ€œAs stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 201673.โ€
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
โ€œAs stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 201673.โ€
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
โ€œAs stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 201673.โ€

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Accelerated procedure:
โ€œThe accelerated open procedure is being used for this Competition. To ensure security of electricity supply over the coming five years, the requirement to...โ€    Show more
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-11-15 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-11-15 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2021/S 212-559402 (2021-10-28)
Contract award notice (2022-03-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Currency code: EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (lowest offer): 1284680.00
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (highest offer): 2310000.00
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Approach to Service Delivery Methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 40%
Quality criterion (name): Technical Merit
Quality criterion (weighting): 30%
Price (weighting): 30%
Information about options
Options โœ…
Description of options:
โ€œThe contract will be awarded for a term of twenty-four (24) months with the option to extend for a further twelve (12) month period with a maximum of two...โ€    Show more

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 212-559402

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
โ€œProvision of Programme Management Office Services for the Security of Supply Programme of Workโ€
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-01-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 9
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 9
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Ernst & Young Business Consultants
National registration number: 4554695L
Postal address: Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D02 YA40
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 14750555 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: eytendersirl@ie.ey.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 991 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2022/S 050-130271 (2022-03-08)