ENQEIR914 – Administration and actuarial services for the EirGrid Pension Trustees

EirGrid plc

EirGrid has a requirement for administration, advisory and actuarial services for EirGrid Plc’s Pension Trustees for the Defined Benefit (DB) pension scheme, The EirGrid Pension Fund. This document provides a description of EirGrid’s requirements for this contract as well as details of the services we wish to procure under each Lot. It also provides information about the selection procedure. Candidates are invited to submit a qualification application for inclusion on the tender list for one or more of the applicable Lots in accordance with this PQQ. Candidates wishing to apply for more than 1 Lot must submit a full questionnaire for each Lot. Lot 1 – Administration Services (including Pensioner Payroll) Lot 2 – Scheme Actuarial Services and Risk Management Services Lot 3 – Advisory Services including Investment Management advice The framework agreement period will be for an initial duration of Five(5)years with the option to extend annually for up to an additional Three(3) years The estimated value is: Lot 1 – €1M over the potential 8 years. Lot 2 - €700K over the potential 8 years. Lot 3 - €700K over the potential 8 years. Total - €2.4M

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2024-12-03. The procurement was published on 2024-10-30.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2024-10-30 Contract notice
2026-04-08 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2024-10-30)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: ENQEIR914 – Administration and actuarial services for the EirGrid Pension Trustees
Short description:
“EirGrid has a requirement for administration, advisory and actuarial services for EirGrid Plc’s Pension Trustees for the Defined Benefit (DB) pension...”    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Pension services 📦
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 3
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1️⃣
Description of the procurement:
“EirGrid has a requirement for administration, advisory and actuarial services for EirGrid Plc’s Pension Trustees for the Defined Benefit (DB) pension...”    Show more
Additional products/services: Pension investment services 📦
Additional products/services: Pension fund management services 📦
Additional products/services: Insurance and pension services 📦
Additional products/services: Actuarial services 📦
Additional products/services: Group pension services 📦
Additional products/services: Pension fund consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Pension fund administration services 📦
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

2️⃣
Description of the procurement:
“EirGrid has a requirement for administration, advisory and actuarial services for EirGrid Plc’s Pension Trustees for the Defined Benefit (DB) pension...”    Show more
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0002

3️⃣
Description of the procurement:
“EirGrid has a requirement for administration, advisory and actuarial services for EirGrid Plc’s Pension Trustees for the Defined Benefit (DB) pension...”    Show more
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0003

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-12-03 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

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“please see PQQ document”
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“please see PQQ document”

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: EirGrid plc
National registration number: 6358522H
Postal address: 160 Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge
Postal code: Dublin 4
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: tenders@eirgrid.com 📧
Phone: 0000 📞
URL: https://www.eirgridgroup.com/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.eirgridgroup.com/ 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Electricity
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=4579897 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=4579897 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: 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 214-666234 (2024-10-30)
Contract award notice (2026-04-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 400 000 EUR 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“EirGrid has a requirement for administration, advisory and actuarial services for EirGrid Plc’s Pension Trustees for the Defined Benefit (DB) pension...”    Show more
Duration: 96 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description of the procurement:
“EirGrid has a requirement for administration, advisory and actuarial services for EirGrid Plc’s Pension Trustees for the Defined Benefit (DB) pension...”    Show more
Description of the procurement:
“EirGrid has a requirement for administration, advisory and actuarial services for EirGrid Plc’s Pension Trustees for the Defined Benefit (DB) pension...”    Show more

Award of contract

1️⃣
A contract/lot is awarded
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Contract Number: 438960
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-04-01 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
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
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: will.mahony@wtwco.com 📧
Phone: 0035316146849 📞
URL: https://www.wtwco.com/en-ie 🌏

2️⃣
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0002

3️⃣
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0003
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
National registration number: 338522
Region: Dublin 🏙️

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
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 070-247076 (2026-04-08)