Provision of Provision of Trading and Settlement Code Market Auditor and Capacity Market Auditor of the Single Electricity Market

Commission for Regulation of Utilities

Since 1st November 2007 the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation (“NIAUR” or “Utility Regulator”) and the Commission for Utility Regulation (“CRU”), together referred to as the “Regulatory Authorities” or “RAs”, have jointly regulated the all-Island wholesale electricity market known as the Single Electricity Market (“SEM”) covering both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The decision-making body which governs the market is the SEM Committee (“SEMC”).

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-03-03. The procurement was published on 2022-01-27.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2022-01-27 Contract notice
2022-06-14 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2022-01-27)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Commission for Regulation of Utilities
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: The Grain House, The Exchange, Belgard Square North
Postal town: Tallaght
Postal code: Dublin 24 D24 PXW0
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Katarina Holohan
Phone: +353 14000800 📞
E-mail: kholohan@cru.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.cru.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1232 🌏

Contracting authority (additional)
Name: Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation
Postal address: 14 Queens Street
Postal town: Belfast

Contracting authority
Postal code: BT1 6ED
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧

Contracting authority (additional)
Contact person: Katarina Holohan

Contracting authority
Region: United Kingdom 🏙️
URL: http://www.cru.ie/ 🌏

Contracting authority (additional)
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1232 🌏

Contracting authority
Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Irish Procurement Regulations & Northern Irish Procurement Regulations
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=206261&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=206261&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Provision of Provision of Trading and Settlement Code Market Auditor and Capacity Market Auditor of the Single Electricity Market 011-03-449”
Products/services: Accounting and auditing services 📦
Short description:
“Since 1st November 2007 the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation (“NIAUR” or “Utility Regulator”) and the Commission for Utility Regulation...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 050 000 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Provision of Trading and Settlement Code Market Auditor of the Single Electricity Market”
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services 📦
Additional products/services: Auditing services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 24, D24 PXW0
Description of the procurement:
“The Services in Lot 1 relate to the all-island Single Electricity Market (“SEM”), specifically the SEM Trading and Settlement code (“TSC”). The TSC is a...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 600 000 💰
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 options
Options
Description of options: The contract will be awarded for a term of thirty-six (36) months
Description
Additional information:
“Please consult the associated documentation which contains full instructions regarding this submission of tenders and is available to download on...”    Show more

2️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Capacity Market Auditor of the Single Electricity Market
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The Services in Lot 2 relate to the all-island Single Electricity Market (“SEM”) specifically the Capacity Remuneration Mechanism (“CRM”). The Services for...”    Show more
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 450 000 💰
Information about options
Description of options: The contract will be awarded for a term of thirty-six (36) months.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“List and brief description of conditions: As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID206738.”
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2022-03-03 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2022-03-03 12:00 📅

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 📧
URL: www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2022/S 022-055217 (2022-01-27)
Contract award notice (2022-06-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1 050 000 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Approach to Service Delivery Methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 50%
Quality criterion (name): Technical Merit of Proposed Resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 20%
Price (weighting): 30%

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2022/S 022-055217

Award of contract

1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title:
“Provision of Trading and Settlement Code Market Auditor of the Single Electricity Market”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-05-03 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Deloitte Ireland LLP
Postal address: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 2
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 14172200 📞
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: https://www2.deloitte.com/ie/en.html 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 600 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 657 000 💰

2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Title: Provision of Capacity Market Auditor of the Single Electricity Market
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 450 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 449 000 💰
Source: OJS 2022/S 116-327542 (2022-06-14)