22/022 - Gas Networks Ireland Market Assurance Consultancy Services

Gas Networks Ireland

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.

Who?

• Gas Networks Ireland

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2022-11-29	Contract notice
2022-12-21	Additional information

Contract notice (2022-11-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
Reference number: 22/022
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.

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: Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services 📦
Additional CPV: Financial consultancy services 📦
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: Gas Networks Ireland
Postal address: Gasworks Road
Postal code: Cork
Postal town: Cork
Contact
Internet address: http://www.gasnetworks.ie 🌏
E-mail: tenders@gasnetworks.ie 📧
URL for documents: http://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for participation: http://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-11-29 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-01-09 📅
Publication date: 2022-12-02 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 233-669922
OJ-S issue: 233
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

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

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.

22/022 - Gas Networks Ireland Market Assurance Consultancy Services

Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals: Option to extend by 24 months
Additional information:

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

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Refer to tender documents.
Information about a particular profession: Services
Reference to relevant legislative or regulatory provisions:

If applicable, please refer to tender documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie only.

Contract execution
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

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Tender Admin
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/376 🌏
Documents URL: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for participation: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for documents: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Reference
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 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.

Complementary information
Review body
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 📧
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:

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)).

Source: OJS 2022/S 233-669922 (2022-11-29)

Additional information (2022-12-21)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Financial consultancy services 📦

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-12-21 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-01-18 📅
Publication date: 2022-12-23 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 248-721522
Refers to notice: 2022/S 233-669922
OJ-S issue: 248
Source: OJS 2022/S 248-721522 (2022-12-21)

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