23/003 - Calorific Value (CV) Energy Gas Quality Tracking System

Gas Networks Ireland

Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) intends to procure a CV energy tracking application system.
The scope includes the supply, installation, validation, licencing, support and maintenance of an enduring CV energy tracking application system on the GNI Transmission network.
The CV energy tracking application software is to be integrated with the existing GNI Gas Transmission Management System (GTMS) to allow for daily nominations / billing. The solution offered must be an off the shelf, technology ready solution that is fit-for purpose. The tenderer must demonstrate where it is currently in use on networks comparable to the GNI configuration.
The successful applicant shall clearly demonstrate their prior experience in:
- Supplying a real-time / technology-ready CV gas
quality tracking application
- Installing such an application
- Validating this application against pre-agreed criteria
for further details, please refer to the PQQ document.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-03-30. The procurement was published on 2023-02-22.

Who?

• Gas Networks Ireland

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2023-02-22	Contract notice

Contract notice (2023-02-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Natural gas
Reference number: 23/003
Short description:

Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) intends to procure a CV energy tracking application system. The scope includes the supply, installation, validation, licencing, support and maintenance of an enduring CV energy tracking application system on the GNI Transmission network. The CV energy tracking application software is to be integrated with the existing GNI Gas Transmission Management System (GTMS) to allow for daily nominations / billing. The solution offered must be an off the shelf, technology ready solution that is fit-for purpose. The tenderer must demonstrate where it is currently in use on networks comparable to the GNI configuration. The successful applicant shall clearly demonstrate their prior experience in: - Supplying a real-time / technology-ready CV gas quality tracking application - Installing such an application - Validating this application against pre-agreed criteria for further details, please refer to the PQQ document.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Natural gas 📦
Additional CPV: Computer-related equipment 📦
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: 2023-02-22 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-03-30 📅
Publication date: 2023-02-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 041-120318
OJ-S issue: 41
Additional information

You must submit through the eTenders system before the deadline. The system will automatically lockdown at the exact time specified in the Tender 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 12.00 hrs local time on Thursday 30th March 2023. www.etenders.gov.ie/system-user-guides

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) intends to procure a CV energy tracking application system.

The scope includes the supply, installation, validation, licencing, support and maintenance of an enduring CV energy tracking application system on the GNI Transmission network.

The CV energy tracking application software is to be integrated with the existing GNI Gas Transmission Management System (GTMS) to allow for daily nominations / billing. The solution offered must be an off the shelf, technology ready solution that is fit-for purpose. The tenderer must demonstrate where it is currently in use on networks comparable to the GNI configuration.

The successful applicant shall clearly demonstrate their prior experience in:

- Supplying a real-time / technology-ready CV gas

quality tracking application

- Installing such an application

- Validating this application against pre-agreed criteria

for further details, please refer to the PQQ document.

- Validating this application against pre-agreed

criteria

for further details on the scope please refer to Appendix 3 (PQQ) which provides an overview of the detailed scope and appendix 4(PQQ) which provides a list of the inputs that GNI will provide to allow the proposed CV tracking application to be configured and match the GNI network configuration requirements.

Initially the CV tracking system will be operated on the GNI Transmission network, but it is envisaged that this may in future phases over the lifetime of the framework be required to cover both GNI Transmission and Distribution networks

Duration: 60 months
Description of renewals: Option to extend for further periods up to a maximum of 36 months
Description of options:

Three Applicants will be invited to tender, provided three Applicants submit compliant PQQ Responses that meet the minimum requirements.

If there is more than one Applicant ranked in 3rd place, all the third placed Applicants will be invited to tender.

If at ITN stage (and prior to submission of the tenders) a successful Applicant withdraws from the competition the Contracting Entity reserves the right to invite the next ranked compliant Applicant from the PQQ stage to submit a tender. The Contracting Entity may extend the submission date of the ITN in order to facilitate this change

Option to extend for further periods up to a maximum of 36 months

Additional information:

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.
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: 3
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 on Thursday 30th March 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 2023/S 041-120318 (2023-02-22)

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