23/058 - Framework for the Provision of Pensions Advisory Services
Gas Networks Ireland
The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to establish single supplier Framework agreements for the provision of general and specialist advice to Gas Networks Ireland, and the Trustees (Trustee Boards) of the occupational pension schemes in place (as outlined in Appendix 3), including accounting services The scope will also include liaising with – • Pensions in an Mergers and Acquisitions situation • Semi State bodies, Government departments and other Regulatory Bodies • Trade Union bodies and other stakeholders The PQQ Response must be submitted through the eTenders system before the deadline No submissions will be possible after the deadline. All submissions are electronic, as such NO paper copies will be accepted or read. The PQQ Response must be submitted through the eTenders system before the deadline (i.e. Applicants must press the submit button). Applicants should ensure all attachments have been added before submitting. Applicants should allow sufficient time to upload document(s). Applicants are advised that, depending on the size of the documentation, the submission/upload process may take some time. Any technical problems with the eTenders system or questions of the functionality in the eTenders system should be directed to the eTenders helpdesk. The email address and phone number for the eTenders system provider as per below: Email: irish-eproc-helpdesk@eurodyn.com Phone: 0818 001459 (Ireland) or +353 818001459 (International)
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2024-08-14. The procurement was published on 2024-07-16.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- • Banking and investment services › Trust and custody services
- • Banking and investment services › Financial markets administration services
- • Business and management consultancy services › Human resources management consultancy services
- • Business and management consultancy services › Financial management consultancy services
- • Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services › Financial consultancy services
- • Pension fund consultancy services › Pension fund administration services
- • Pension services › Group pension services
- • Pension services › Individual pension services
- • Portfolio management services › Pension fund management services
- • Security brokerage services › Pension investment services
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2024-07-16 | Contract notice |
| 2026-04-16 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2024-07-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: 23/058 - Framework for the Provision of Pensions Advisory Services
Short description:
“The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to establish single supplier Framework agreements for the provision of general and...”
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Business and management consultancy services 📦
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 4
Tenders may be submitted for all lots ✅
1️⃣
Internal identifier: 1
Title: 23_058 - LOT 1 - Pensions Advisory Services GNI
Estimated value excluding VAT: 0 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
“The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to establish single supplier Framework agreements for the provision of general and...”
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Business and management consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Individual pension services 📦
Group pension services 📦
Pension fund administration services 📦
Pension fund consultancy services 📦
Human resources management consultancy services 📦
Financial management consultancy services 📦
Pension investment services 📦
Pension fund management services 📦
Financial markets administration services 📦
Trust and custody services 📦
Financial consultancy services 📦
Pension services 📦
“Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents”
Maximum renewals: 2
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
“Extension Options - 2yrs+2yrs”
Award criteria
Criterion:
“MEAT (Price & Quality)”
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
2️⃣
Internal identifier: 2
Title: 23_058 - Lot 2 Pensions Advisory Services to the Trustees of the pension schemes
Estimated value excluding VAT: 0 EUR 💰
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0002
3️⃣
Internal identifier: 3
Title: 23_058 - Lot 3 Corporate Trusteeship Services
Estimated value excluding VAT: 0 EUR 💰
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0003
4️⃣
Internal identifier: 4
Title: 23_058 - Lot 4 Risk Management Services to the Trustees
Estimated value excluding VAT: 0 EUR 💰
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0004
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Individual pension services 📦
Group pension services 📦
Pension fund administration services 📦
Pension fund consultancy services 📦
Human resources management consultancy services 📦
Financial management consultancy services 📦
Pension investment services 📦
Pension fund management services 📦
Financial markets administration services 📦
Trust and custody services 📦
Financial consultancy services 📦
Pension services 📦
Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/25/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-08-14 12:00:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The contract has performance execution conditions ✅
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
“Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents”
Deposits and guarantees required:
“Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents”
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“Selection criteria as stated in the procurement PQQ document”
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“Please refer to the PQQ document.”
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Gas Networks Ireland
National registration number: 555744
Postal address: Gasworks Road
Postal code: T12RX96
Postal town: Cork
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: tenders@gasnetworks.ie 📧
Phone: +353 00000000000 📞
URL: https://www.gasnetworks.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gasnetworks.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
General public services
Production, transport and distribution of gas and heat
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=3964514 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=3964514 🌏
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Source: OJS 2024/S 138-429960 (2024-07-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: 23/058 - Framework for the Provision of Pensions Advisory Services
Short description:
“The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to establish single supplier Framework agreements for the provision of general and...”
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Business and management consultancy services 📦
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 4
Tenders may be submitted for all lots ✅
1️⃣
Internal identifier: 1
Title: 23_058 - LOT 1 - Pensions Advisory Services GNI
Estimated value excluding VAT: 0 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
“The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to establish single supplier Framework agreements for the provision of general and...”
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Business and management consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Individual pension services 📦
Group pension services 📦
Pension fund administration services 📦
Pension fund consultancy services 📦
Human resources management consultancy services 📦
Financial management consultancy services 📦
Pension investment services 📦
Pension fund management services 📦
Financial markets administration services 📦
Trust and custody services 📦
Financial consultancy services 📦
Pension services 📦
“Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents”
Maximum renewals: 2
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
“Extension Options - 2yrs+2yrs”
Award criteria
Criterion:
“MEAT (Price & Quality)”
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
2️⃣
Internal identifier: 2
Title: 23_058 - Lot 2 Pensions Advisory Services to the Trustees of the pension schemes
Estimated value excluding VAT: 0 EUR 💰
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0002
3️⃣
Internal identifier: 3
Title: 23_058 - Lot 3 Corporate Trusteeship Services
Estimated value excluding VAT: 0 EUR 💰
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0003
4️⃣
Internal identifier: 4
Title: 23_058 - Lot 4 Risk Management Services to the Trustees
Estimated value excluding VAT: 0 EUR 💰
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0004
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Individual pension services 📦
Group pension services 📦
Pension fund administration services 📦
Pension fund consultancy services 📦
Human resources management consultancy services 📦
Financial management consultancy services 📦
Pension investment services 📦
Pension fund management services 📦
Financial markets administration services 📦
Trust and custody services 📦
Financial consultancy services 📦
Pension services 📦
Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/25/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-08-14 12:00:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The contract has performance execution conditions ✅
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
“Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents”
Deposits and guarantees required:
“Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents”
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“Selection criteria as stated in the procurement PQQ document”
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“Please refer to the PQQ document.”
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Gas Networks Ireland
National registration number: 555744
Postal address: Gasworks Road
Postal code: T12RX96
Postal town: Cork
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: tenders@gasnetworks.ie 📧
Phone: +353 00000000000 📞
URL: https://www.gasnetworks.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gasnetworks.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
General public services
Production, transport and distribution of gas and heat
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=3964514 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=3964514 🌏
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Source: OJS 2024/S 138-429960 (2024-07-16)
Contract award notice (2026-04-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6359312.34 EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 6359312.34 EUR 💰
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6359312.34 EUR 💰
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Duration: 48 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Award criteria
Price ✅
Quality criterion (name): MEAT (Price & Quality)
Description
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6359312.34 EUR 💰
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): MEAT (Price & Quality)
Description
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6359312.34 EUR 💰
6359312.34 EUR 💰
Award of contract
1️⃣
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Contract Number: 439261
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-04-02 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 6359312.34 EUR 💰
Tender identifier: 000101785
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0001
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Mercer (Ireland) Limited
National registration number: 28158
Postal address: Charlotte House, Charlemont Street
Postal code: D02NV26
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: carol.leonard@mercer.com 📧
Phone: +353-87-2054396 📞
URL: www.mercer.ie 🌏
Size of the economic operator: Large
2️⃣
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0002
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 0 EUR 💰
Tender identifier: 000101717
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0002
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Willis Towers Watson_33828
National registration number: 402562
Postal address: Elm Park, Merrion Road
Postal code: D04 P231
Postal town: Dublin 4
E-mail: will.mahony@wtwco.com 📧
Phone: 0035316146849 📞
URL: https://www.wtwco.com/en-ie 🌏
3️⃣
Information on non-award
No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected
The reason why a winner was not chosen: Decision of the buyer, because of a change in needs
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0003
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 0
4️⃣
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0004
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 6359312.34 EUR 💰
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0004
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Phone: 353 000 0000 📞
URL: www.gasnetworks.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: www.gasnetworks.ie 🌏
Complementary information
Review body
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Source: OJS 2026/S 075-264327 (2026-04-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6359312.34 EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 6359312.34 EUR 💰
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6359312.34 EUR 💰
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Duration: 48 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Award criteria
Price ✅
Quality criterion (name): MEAT (Price & Quality)
Description
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6359312.34 EUR 💰
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): MEAT (Price & Quality)
Description
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6359312.34 EUR 💰
6359312.34 EUR 💰
Award of contract
1️⃣
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Contract Number: 439261
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-04-02 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 6359312.34 EUR 💰
Tender identifier: 000101785
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0001
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Mercer (Ireland) Limited
National registration number: 28158
Postal address: Charlotte House, Charlemont Street
Postal code: D02NV26
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: carol.leonard@mercer.com 📧
Phone: +353-87-2054396 📞
URL: www.mercer.ie 🌏
Size of the economic operator: Large
2️⃣
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0002
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 0 EUR 💰
Tender identifier: 000101717
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0002
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Willis Towers Watson_33828
National registration number: 402562
Postal address: Elm Park, Merrion Road
Postal code: D04 P231
Postal town: Dublin 4
E-mail: will.mahony@wtwco.com 📧
Phone: 0035316146849 📞
URL: https://www.wtwco.com/en-ie 🌏
3️⃣
Information on non-award
No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected
The reason why a winner was not chosen: Decision of the buyer, because of a change in needs
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0003
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 0
4️⃣
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0004
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 6359312.34 EUR 💰
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0004
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Phone: 353 000 0000 📞
URL: www.gasnetworks.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: www.gasnetworks.ie 🌏
Complementary information
Review body
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Source: OJS 2026/S 075-264327 (2026-04-16)
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