ESB Freight and Custom Clearance Services

Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )

The Contracting Entity intends to procure a framework agreement for the provision of Freight and Customs Services. Which will broadly involve the following:
โ€ข Shipping of materials purchased Ex-Works
โ€ข Shipping of items being exported
โ€ข Domestic Deliveries
โ€ข Customs Clearance associated with above
โ€ข Warehousing as required
It is proposed that the Contract will provide freight services to ESB, involving the collection of materials from suppliers around the world for delivery to ESB locations throughout the Republic of Ireland. The service will also include customs clearance at Irish ports where required, and also occasional ESB exports to suppliers worldwide.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-06-06. The procurement was published on 2022-05-06.

Who?

What?

Where?

Procurement history
Date Document
2022-05-06 Contract notice
Contract notice (2022-05-06)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 27 Fitzwilliam Street Lower
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Ursula Conlan
Phone: +353 17027646 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: ursula.conlan@esb.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.esb.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/377 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=212589&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=212589&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: ESB Freight and Custom Clearance Services SSCON6337
Products/services: Freight transport agency services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe Contracting Entity intends to procure a framework agreement for the provision of Freight and Customs Services. Which will broadly involve the...โ€    Show more
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œEurope โ€“ Air/Sea/Road Transport Agency Services (EU including accession states, UK & Turkey)โ€
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Freight transport agency services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Storage and warehousing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Warehousing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œAir/Sea/Road Transport Agency Services (EU including accession states & Turkey). Also includes domestic deliveries between ESB Locations within Ireland, and...โ€    Show more
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
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
โ€œIt is anticipated that the 5 highest-scored Applicants will be short-listed and invited to proceed to the next stage of the Procurement process.โ€
Information about options
Options โœ…
Description of options: Option to extend for a further 48 months.

2๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: USA โ€“ Air & Sea Transport Agency Services
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œAir, Sea and occasionally Road Transport Agency Services deliveries are often to port so there will be a requirement for delivery from Port to ESB locations.โ€

3๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: The Rest of the world โ€“ Air & Sea Transport Agency Services
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3
Information about options
Description of options: Option to extend for a further 48 months

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
โ€œAs stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 212677.โ€
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
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
โ€œAs stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 212677.โ€
Deposits and guarantees required:
โ€œAs stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 212677.โ€
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
โ€œAs stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 212677.โ€
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
โ€œAs stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 212677.โ€
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
โ€œAs stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 212677.โ€
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 several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 3
Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2022-06-06 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2022-07-31 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information

โ€œAs stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 212677.โ€
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2022/S 091-251843 (2022-05-06)