ETENDERS

Contract award notice

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Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 22/09/2015

External Reference: 2015-639751

TED Reference: 2015/S 187-339860

Contract award notice

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Contract award notice

Classic Sector

Directive 2004/18/EC

Services

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Commission for Energy Regulation
N/A
The Exchange, Belgard Square North
Dublin 24  Tallaght
IE
For the attention of: Siobhan Keating
Telephone: +353 14000800
E-mail: procurement@cer.ie
Fax: +353 14000850
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority/entity: http://www.cer.ie
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1232
Electronic access to information: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=83384&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
I.2)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.3)

Main activity

  • Other: Regulatory Authority
I.4)

Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract:

Change Control Authority for National Smart Meter Programme

II.1.2)

Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
    Category No27Y: 
    Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:

    Tallaght

    NUTS code
    IRELAND
    II.1.4)

    Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

    The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) is Ireland’s independent energy and water regulator. The CER was established in 1999 and now has a wide range of economic, customer protection and safety responsibilities in energy. The CER is also the regulator of Ireland’s public water and wastewater system. The CER advertised for expert consultancy support as part of the National Smart Metering Programme (NSMP) in order to deliver the function of Change Control Authority. The CER, working closely with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR), established the Smart Metering Programme which commenced with Phase 1 in 2008. Phase 2 (Requirements Definition) of the National Smart Metering Programme commenced in February 2013. The purpose of the Change Authority (CA) is to provide advice to the NSMP Project Managers Implementation Group (PMIG) when changes to agreed scope and/or programme timelines are being considered. The CA will review proposed changes with a view to identifying what form of impact assessment is required. The CA will be responsible for scheduling the required impact assessment and collating the responses. This service is also to be available to work streams. All changes to baselined scope are subject to the Change Authority process including those proposed by the SIIG, Department of Communications Energy & Natural Resources (DCENR) or the CER. The Change Authority operates in an advisory capacity and holds no decision making powers. Following a decision on the High Level Design and the progression to the detailed design phase the CER requires expert consultancy support (the ‘Support’) in order to deliver the function of the Change Authority within the NSMP. A detailed scope of this requirement was set out in Section 2 of the Invitation to tender (ITT) document available to download from the contract notice page on www.etenders.gov.ie

    This notice relates to the award notice for this contract

    II.1.5)

    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    Main vocabulary
    71600000   Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
    Supplementary vocabulary
    71621000   Technical analysis or consultancy services
    72220000   Systems and technical consultancy services
    72224000   Project management consultancy services
    79411000   General management consultancy services
    II.1.6)

    Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

    The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):  yes
    II.2)

    Total final value of contract(s)

    II.2.1)

    Total final value of contract(s)

    Section IV: Procedure

    IV.1)

    Type of procedure

    IV.1.1)

    Type of procedure

    Open
    IV.2)

    Award criteria

    IV.2.1)

    Award criteria

    The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
    1. Quality and technical merit of proposals for providing service detailed in Section 2 of the ITT . Weighting 25
    2. Technical Merit of the Human Resources Proposed . Weighting 35
    3. Approach to knowledge transfer . Weighting 5
    4. Cost proposal . Weighting 35
    IV.2.2)

    Information about electronic auction

    IV.3)

    Administrative information

    IV.3.1)

    File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

    011-03-316

    IV.3.2)

    Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    Contract notice
    Notice number in the OJEU: 2014/S 243-428309  of 12.12.2014

    Section V: Award of contract

    Contract No: 1 Lot No: 1 - Lot title:

    Change Control Authority for National Smart Meter Programme

    V.1)

    Date of contract award decision:

    18.03.2015
    V.2)

    Information about offers

    Number of offers received: 4
    Number of offers received by electronic means: 4
    V.3)

    Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

    PwC Ireland
    N/A
    One Spencer Dock
    North Wall Quay  Dublin
    IE
    Telephone: +353 0871245535
    E-mail: alan.d.murphy@ie.pwc.com
    Internet address:
    V.4)

    Information on value of contract

    Total final value of the contract:
    Lowest offer 441000  and  highest offer 639900 EUR
    Excluding VAT
    V.5)

    Information about subcontracting

    The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no

    Section VI: Complementary information

    VI.1)

    Information about European Union funds

    The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
    VI.3)

    Procedures for appeal

    VI.3.1)

    Body responsible for appeal procedures

    The High Court
    Chief Registrar, Four Courts, Inns Quay
    7  Dublin
    Internet address: http://www.courts.ie
     

    Body responsible for mediation procedures

    VI.3.2)

    Lodging of appeals

    Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:
    VI.3.3)

    Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained