Provision of Technical Consultancy Support for Gas Safety Framework

Commission for Regulation of Utilities

The CRU wishes to engage consultants to provide general technical assistance to the GSF Team to enable the CRU to operate the gas safety regulatory framework effectively and efficiently. The contractor is required to provide general technical assistance across the entirety of the gas safety regulatory framework (this excludes CRUโ€™s regulation of the gas safety supervisory body (separate team in CRU)). This includes but is not limited to supporting the CRUโ€™s safety regulation of the following activities: โ€ข operation of a gas transmission system; โ€ข operation of a gas distribution system; โ€ข operation of a natural gas storage facility; โ€ข operation of an LNG facility; โ€ข supply of natural gas (including Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)); โ€ข shipping of natural gas; โ€ข renewable natural gas (RNG) (biomethane) and hydrogen injection facilities; and, โ€ข other activities that fall within the gas safety regulatory framework or remit of the GSF team.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-05-26. The procurement was published on 2023-04-21.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2023-04-21 Contract notice
2023-05-22 Additional information
2024-01-10 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2023-04-21)
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 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Katarina Holohan
Phone: +353 14000800 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: kholohan@cru.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.cru.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1232 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=240941&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=240941&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Technical Consultancy Support for Gas Safety Framework 011-03-511
Products/services: Professional services for the gas industry ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe CRU wishes to engage consultants to provide general technical assistance to the GSF Team to enable the CRU to operate the gas safety regulatory...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Gas regulation equipment installation work ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Technical support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Technical analysis or consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Technical inspection and testing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Technical inspection services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Systems and technical consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Safety consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 24, D24 PXW0
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe CRU is committed to playing its role to help deliver a secure, low carbon future at the least possible cost, while ensuring energy is supplied safely,...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 1 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24
Information about options
Options โœ…
Description of options:
โ€œThe contract will be awarded for a twenty-four (24) month period with the option to extend for a further twelve (12) month period with a maximum of 2 such...โ€    Show more
Description
Additional information:
โ€œPlease consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from...โ€    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
โ€œPlease consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from...โ€    Show more
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
โ€œPlease consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from...โ€    Show more
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
โ€œPlease consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from...โ€    Show more

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-05-26 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2023-05-26 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2023/S 082-246922 (2023-04-21)
Additional information (2023-05-22)

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2023/S 082-246922

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2
Old value
Date: 2023-05-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2023-06-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.7
Old value
Date: 2023-05-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2023-06-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
Source: OJS 2023/S 101-318773 (2023-05-22)
Contract award notice (2024-01-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Currency code: EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (lowest offer): 439350.00
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (highest offer): 493350.00
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Approach to Service Delivery
Quality criterion (weighting): 45
Quality criterion (name): Technical Merit of Proposed Resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 25
Price (weighting): 30

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2023/S 082-246922

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Provision of Technical Consultancy Support for Gas Safety Framework
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-11-10 ๐Ÿ“…
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: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Name and address of the contractor
Name: GL Industrial Services UK Limited
Postal address: Holywell Park, Ashby Road
Postal town: Leicestershire
Postal code: LE11 3GR
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
Region: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: www.dnv.com ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Currency code: EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Lowest offer: 439350.00
Highest offer: 439350.00
Source: OJS 2024/S 010-024571 (2024-01-10)