Appointment of a Safety Supervisory Body (SSB) to operate the CRU’s Safe Electric and Registered Gas Installer (RGI) schemes from 2023

Commission for Regulation of Utilities

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) is Ireland’s independent energy and water regulator and has a wide range of economic, customer protection and safety responsibilities in the energy and water sectors.
The CRU intends to appoint a single SSB to cover the operations of both the Electrical Safety Supervisory Body (ESSB) and the Gas Safety Supervisory Body (GSSB). The ESSB and the GSSB operate and manage the CRU’s statutory regulatory safety schemes for electrical contractors and gas installers, Safe Electric and RGI, respectively, on a day-to-day basis.
The SSB will be required to provide the required Services from the Go-Live Date for a period of five (5) years with the possibility of extending this by two one-year extensions up to an aggregate maximum term of seven (7) years. The estimated the value of the contract, for a five-year period, is between €31M-€38M.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-06-07. The procurement was published on 2022-04-25.

Suppliers

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

• SGS Ireland Limited

Who?

• Commission for Regulation of Utilities

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2022-04-25	Contract notice
2022-05-12	Additional information
2022-09-16	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2022-04-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: General public services
Reference number: 011-03-468
Short description:

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) is Ireland’s independent energy and water regulator and has a wide range of economic, customer protection and safety responsibilities in the energy and water sectors. The CRU intends to appoint a single SSB to cover the operations of both the Electrical Safety Supervisory Body (ESSB) and the Gas Safety Supervisory Body (GSSB). The ESSB and the GSSB operate and manage the CRU’s statutory regulatory safety schemes for electrical contractors and gas installers, Safe Electric and RGI, respectively, on a day-to-day basis. The SSB will be required to provide the required Services from the Go-Live Date for a period of five (5) years with the possibility of extending this by two one-year extensions up to an aggregate maximum term of seven (7) years. The estimated the value of the contract, for a five-year period, is between €31M-€38M.

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: General public services 📦
Additional CPV: Electrical installation work 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Commission for Regulation of Utilities
Postal address: The Grain House, The Exchange, Belgard Square North
Postal code: Dublin 24 D24 PXW0
Postal town: Tallaght
Contact
Internet address: http://www.cru.ie 🌏
E-mail: kholohan@cru.ie 📧
Phone: +353 14000800 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=212474&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=212474&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-04-25 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-06-07 📅
Publication date: 2022-04-29 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 084-226097
OJ-S issue: 84
Additional information

Please consult the associated documentation which contains full instructions regarding this submission of tenders and is available to download on www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID212575.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The CRU intends to appoint a single SSB to cover the operations of both the Electrical Safety Supervisory Body (ESSB) and the Gas Safety Supervisory Body (GSSB). The ESSB and the GSSB operate and manage the CRU’s statutory regulatory safety schemes for electrical contractors and gas installers, Safe Electric and RGI, respectively, on a day-to-day basis.

The SSB will be required to provide the required Services from the Go-Live Date for a period of five (5) years with the possibility of extending this by two one-year extensions up to an aggregate maximum term of seven (7) years. The estimated the value of the contract, for a five-year period, is between €31M-€38M.

Estimated total value: 31 000 000 EUR 💰
Short description:

The Services to be provided by the SSB include but are not limited to:

• Receipt, processing and evaluation of Applications for Registrations within the Safe Electric and RGI schemes;

• Registration of successful applicants and publication of the registers of Registered Electrical Contractors (RECs) and Registered Gas Installers (RGIs);

• Monitoring, Inspection and Audit of RECs and RGIs;

• Investigation of electrical and gas safety related complaints;

• Disciplining of RECs and RGIs as required;

• Management of the distribution, sale, recording, control and validation of electrical and gas work completion certificates;

• Public and industry awareness aimed at increasing membership of the schemes;

• Interaction and coordination of activities with other bodies, agencies, committees and Government Departments as the CRU may direct from time to time; and

• Maintaining records of, and reporting on, the activities of the SSB, in line with the Performance Management Framework requirements;

• Delivery of an end-to-end Electronic Certification System for electrical and gas completion certificates.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 31 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 60 months
Description of options:

The contract will be awarded for a term of sixty (60) months with the option to extend for a further twelve (12) month period(s) with a maximum of two (2) such extensions.

Additional information:

Please consult the associated documentation which contains full instructions regarding this submission of tenders and is available to download on www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID212575.

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

Please consult the associated documentation which contains full instructions regarding this submission of tenders and is available to download on www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID212575.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender opening date: 2022-06-07 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Katarina Holohan
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1232 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=212474&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2022/S 084-226097 (2022-04-25)

Additional information (2022-05-12)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Electrical wiring work 📦

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-05-12 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-06-16 📅
Publication date: 2022-05-17 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 095-263477
Refers to notice: 2022/S 084-226097
OJ-S issue: 95
Source: OJS 2022/S 095-263477 (2022-05-12)

Contract award notice (2022-09-16)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-09-16 📅
Publication date: 2022-09-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 182-515961
OJ-S issue: 182

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Approach and Methodology to Implementation for Services Go-Live
Quality criterion (weighting): 10%
Quality criterion (name): Approach and Methodology to Services Delivery and Business Continuity
Quality criterion (weighting): 22.5%
Quality criterion (name): Approach and Methodology to ICT Management and ICT Development
Quality criterion (weighting): 20%
Quality criterion (name): Approach and Methodology to Account & Contract Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 5%
Quality criterion (name): Approach and Methodology to Human Resource Management
Approach and Methodology to Performance Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 7.5%
Quality criterion (name): Approach and Methodology to Financial Management
Price (weighting): 25%

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-09-01 📅
Name: SGS Ireland Limited
Postal address: Hazel House, Millennium Business Park,
Postal town: Naas, Co. Kildare
Postal code: W91 PXP3
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: https://www.sgs.com/en-ie 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Source: OJS 2022/S 182-515961 (2022-09-16)

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