ETENDERS

Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 08/04/2015

External Reference: 2015-428815

TED Reference: 2015/S 070-125161

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=83394&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:

Market Systems Expert 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, Dublin

    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 fo expert consultancy support as part of the National Smart Metering Programme (NSMP) in order to provide Market Systems Subject Matter Expertise. 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. Following a decision on the High Level Design and the progression to the detailed design phase the CER requires dedicated consultancy support in order to provide Market Systems Subject Matter Expertise. The Market Systems Subject Matter Expert SME will provide technical expertise to CER during detailed design phase – Phase 3. The successful tenderer will be working within a defined governance structure for the NSMP which encompasses all of the projects being delivered by key stakeholders as part of the NSMP i.e. ESB Networks, Bord Gáis Networks, EirGrid, Suppliers and possibly others. The successful tenderer will be a lead member of the “Design Team” along with the Change Authority Lead. There will be significant interaction with the Change Authority in order to deliver this service. There will also be significant interaction with other workstreams i.e. Policy. The support will also be required to represent CER and participate in industry governance groups as required. The support will be in place for a period from end February 2015 to end February 2017. A detailed scope of this requirement is set out in Section 2 of the Invitation to tender 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)

    71600000   Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
    71621000   Technical analysis or consultancy services
    72220000   Systems and technical 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)

    Lowest offer 594000  and  highest offer 824700 EUR
    Excluding VAT

    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

    011-03-317

    IV.3.2)

    Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    Contract notice
    Notice number in the OJEU: 2014/S 243-428280  of 12.12.2014

    Section V: Award of contract

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

    Market Systems Expert for National Smart Meter Programme

    V.1)

    Date of contract award decision:

    18.03.2015
    V.2)

    Information about offers

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

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

    DNV KEMA Limited
    4478894
    Palace House
    3 Cathedral Street  London
    UK
    Telephone: +44 2034659609
    E-mail: alex.searle@dnvgl.com
    Fax: +44 2073576048
    Internet address: http://www.dnvgl.com
    V.4)

    Information on value of contract

    Total final value of the contract:
    Lowest offer 594000  and  highest offer 824700 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
    IE
    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