Grant Making Organisation for Community Benefit Funds for the Island of Ireland

Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )

ESB seeks to award a contract for provision of Community Benefit Funds for all renewable projects.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-07-29. The procurement was published on 2022-06-28.

Suppliers

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

• SECAD Partnership CLG

Who?

• Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )

What?

Where?

• United Kingdom › Northern Ireland
• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2022-06-28	Contract notice
2023-04-28	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2022-06-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of services to the community
Reference number: GWM13918
Short description:

ESB seeks to award a contract for provision of Community Benefit Funds for all renewable projects.

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: Provision of services to the community 📦
Additional CPV: Wind farm 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Northern 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: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
Postal address: 27 Fitzwilliam Street Lower
Postal code: Dublin
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: aoife.mulvaney@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16765831 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=217431&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=217431&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-06-28 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-07-29 📅
Publication date: 2022-07-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 125-356962
OJ-S issue: 125

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 1 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Grant Making Organisation for Community Benefit Funds for ROI
Lot number: 1
Short description:

Developing application forms, and documentation with ESB (Electricity Supply Board) prior to launching first and subsequent funding rounds. Developing and maintaining an accessible web-based interface for community applicants. Project managing the annual funding process within defined annual schedules, assessing the success of each project. Reporting on the annual funding process including financial reporting on funds, compliance with ESB Wind Farm Community Fund policy and a review of success of funds/projects for ROI.

Duration: 60 months
Title of the lot: Grant Making Organisation for Community Benefit Funds for NI
Lot number: 2
Short description:

,.Developing application forms, and documentation with ESB (Electricity Supply Board) prior to launching first and subsequent funding rounds. Developing and maintaining an accessible web-based interface for community applicants. Project managing the annual funding process within defined annual schedules, assessing the success of each project. Reporting on the annual funding process including financial reporting on funds, compliance with ESB Wind Farm Community Fund policy and a review of success of funds/projects for NI.

Title of the lot: Grant Making Organisation for Community Benefit Funds for the Island of Ireland
Lot number: 3
Short description:

.Developing application forms, and documentation with ESB (Electricity Supply Board) prior to launching first and subsequent funding rounds. Developing and maintaining an accessible web-based interface for community applicants. Project managing the annual funding process within defined annual schedules, assessing the success of each project. Reporting on the annual funding process including financial reporting on funds, compliance with ESB Wind Farm Community Fund policy and a review of success of funds/projects for the Island of Ireland.

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

As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 217217

Economic and financial standing:

As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 217217

Technical and professional ability:

As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 217217

List and brief description of rules and criteria:

As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 217217

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Aoife Mulvaney
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/377 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=217431&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

.1) It is our intention to use the Irish Government Procurement portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) for this competition. Access to this Portal is free of charge. Interested parties must formally register their expression of interest for this competition on eTenders before they can gain access to the PQQ documentation. All information relating to and including the pre-qualification documents, any clarifications and changes will be issued/published via this

portal. The contracting entity will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.

3) The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.

4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant.

6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract under the contract, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to the contract and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to the contract.

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process, or any contract awarded at any time.

8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended.

9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting entity is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:

The Contracting Entity will not conclude this contract until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned tenderers. Review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that contract.

Source: OJS 2022/S 125-356962 (2022-06-28)

Contract award notice (2023-04-28)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Lowest price

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-04-28 📅
Publication date: 2023-05-03 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 086-266467
Refers to notice: 2022/S 125-356962
OJ-S issue: 86

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2023-03-13 📅
Name: SECAD Partnership CLG
Postal address: Midleton Community Enterprise Centre, Owencurra Business Park, Knockgriffin
Postal town: Midleton
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Source: OJS 2023/S 086-266467 (2023-04-28)

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