Provision of nMarket Support Managed Services

Electricity Supply Board ESB

Ongoing support /change support of nMarket/ Portfolio Reporting/BBM/ BBS / FMT (ESBโ€™s fuel management tool). . Candidates will be responsible for a number of workstreams - Tech and Application Support: Oversee day to day maintenance of ESBs ISEM centric applications/services. This is to include troubleshooting tech issues with the business. Deployment Operations: Coordinate and manage the deployment of change with our technical vendor including system configuration and data population for the purpose of both system and user testing. Customer Focused Support: Maintain a constant open conversation with the Trading Business Unit and keep them informed of upcoming change. Coordinate and support urgent technical issues to a resolution. Liaise with other business units for fix implementation as necessary. Real time monitoring of systems will be necessary.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-07-21. The procurement was published on 2023-06-07.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2023-06-07 Contract notice
2023-06-15 Additional information
Contract notice (2023-06-07)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Electricity Supply Board ESB
Postal address: 27 Fitzwilliam Street Lower, Dublin
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D02 KT92
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Martha Maher
E-mail: martha.maher@esb.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=1898420 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=1898420 ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of nMarket Support Managed Services SSCON6824
Products/services: System and support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œOngoing support /change support of nMarket/ Portfolio Reporting/BBM/ BBS / FMT (ESBโ€™s fuel management tool). . Candidates will be responsible for a number...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 7 340 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Computer support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œOngoing support /change support of nMarket/ Portfolio Reporting/BBM/ BBS / FMT (ESBโ€™s fuel management tool). . Candidates will be responsible for a number...โ€    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 7 340 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
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 the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
โ€œApplicants will be assessed on the quality of their responses to the rules and criteria outlined in the qualification questionnaire and it is anticipated...โ€    Show more
Information about options
Options โœ…
Description of options:
โ€œAt the date of issuing this PQQ, it is envisaged that the contract will be for an initial duration of 3 years with an option to extend up to a further 2...โ€    Show more
Description
Additional information:
โ€œAs stated in the pre-qualification information memorandum available on request from www.etenders.gov.ie using CFT ID 1898420โ€

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
โ€œAs stated in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire available for download from www.etenders.gov.ie ID Ref :1898420โ€
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
โ€œAs stated in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire available for download from www.etenders.gov.ie ID Ref :1898420โ€
Deposits and guarantees required:
โ€œAs stated in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire available for download from www.etenders.gov.ie ID Ref :1898420โ€
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
โ€œAs stated in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire available for download from www.etenders.gov.ie ID Ref :1898420โ€
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
โ€œAs stated in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire available for download from www.etenders.gov.ie ID Ref :1898420โ€
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: Will be stated in the RFT.

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-07-21 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information

โ€œIt 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....โ€    Show more
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: http://ww.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2023/S 111-349649 (2023-06-07)
Additional information (2023-06-15)

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2023/S 111-349649

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: II.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: II.2.2
Old value
Additional products/services: Computer support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
New value
Additional products/services: Software support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: II.2.9)
Place of text to be modified: II.2.9
Old value
Text:
โ€œEnvisaged number of candidates : 5 Applicants will be assessed on the quality of their responses to the rules and criteria outlined in the qualification...โ€    Show more
New value
Text:
โ€œEnvisaged number of candidates: 3 Applicants will be assessed on the quality of their responses to the rules and criteria outlined in the qualification...โ€    Show more
Other additional information

โ€œApplicants will be assessed on the quality of their responses to the rules and criteria outlined in the qualification questionnaire and it is anticipated...โ€    Show more
Source: OJS 2023/S 117-365553 (2023-06-15)