GNI seeks to contract an independent market assurance provider who will provide assurance to market participants (e.g. Gas Networks Ireland and gas suppliers) and CRU regarding the compliance of each market participants’ systems and business processes with the gas market design, thus mitigating the risk of disruption to the market.
The assurance may be applied to:
a. New entrants seeking to enter the market as gas shippers / suppliers; or
b. Existing participants may need to ‘requalify’ due to a change in their scope of operations, changes to their systems / processes, or changes to market systems / processes.
Further detail is to be found in appendix 3 Scope and the ‘Market Assurance Strategy’ document appendix 4 of the PQQ.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-01-09.
The procurement was published on 2022-11-29.
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: 22/022 - Gas Networks Ireland Market Assurance Consultancy Services
22/022
Products/services: Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services📦
Short description:
“GNI seeks to contract an independent market assurance provider who will provide assurance to market participants (e.g. Gas Networks Ireland and gas...”
Short description
GNI seeks to contract an independent market assurance provider who will provide assurance to market participants (e.g. Gas Networks Ireland and gas suppliers) and CRU regarding the compliance of each market participants’ systems and business processes with the gas market design, thus mitigating the risk of disruption to the market.
The assurance may be applied to:
a. New entrants seeking to enter the market as gas shippers / suppliers; or
b. Existing participants may need to ‘requalify’ due to a change in their scope of operations, changes to their systems / processes, or changes to market systems / processes.
Further detail is to be found in appendix 3 Scope and the ‘Market Assurance Strategy’ document appendix 4 of the PQQ.
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Additional products/services: Financial consultancy services📦
Additional products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Ireland
Description of the procurement: 22/022 - Gas Networks Ireland Market Assurance Consultancy Services
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: 36
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅ Description
Description of renewals: Option to extend by 24 months
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Description
Additional information:
“You must submit through the eTenders system before the deadline. The system will automatically lockdown at the exact time specified in the PQQ documents....”
Additional information
You must submit through the eTenders system before the deadline. The system will automatically lockdown at the exact time specified in the PQQ documents. Tenders that are not fully uploaded by the response deadline will not be accepted by the system.
Please submit via the eTenders system not later than 12:00hrs local time on Mon 9th Jan 23.
Help Guides: www.etenders.gov.ie/system-user-guides
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Refer to tender documents.
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions for participation
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
“Requests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups of service providers. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal...”
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded
Requests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups of service providers. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal form in order to submit a request to participate, but may if the Contracting Entity considers it necessary to ensure that the contract is carried out to its satisfaction, be required to do so prior to award of the contract. The Contracting Entity also reserves the right to contract with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several liability, or with one member of the group as a main contractor with a number of sub-contractors or on any other basis as the Contracting Entity considers appropriate
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Reserved to a particular profession
Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:
“If applicable, please refer to tender documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie only.” Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
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: 2023-01-09
12:00 📅
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: 6
Complementary information Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement ✅ Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information
“You must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict & no submissions will be possible after the date & time...”
You must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict & no submissions will be possible after the date & time specified in the PQQ documents. Please note that all tenders
are electronic, as such NO paper copies will be accepted or read. Please submit via the etenders system not later than 12:00 hrs local time Monday 9th January 2023.
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Name: The High Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“Please refer to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (and...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Please refer to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (and in particular Regulation 7 and 10(2)).
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Source: OJS 2022/S 233-669922 (2022-11-29)
Additional information (2022-12-21)
Complementary information Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2022/S 233-669922
Changes Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2
Old value
Date: 2023-01-09 📅
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2023-01-18 📅
Time: 12:00
Source: OJS 2022/S 248-721522 (2022-12-21)