ETENDERS

Contract award notice

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Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 30/06/2015

External Reference: 2015-391579

TED Reference: 2015/S 126-230873

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=86286&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
I.2)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.3)

Main activity

  • Other: Regulatory Body
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:

Consultancy Support for Water Division

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 (the CER) is the independent body

    responsible for overseeing the liberalisation of Ireland‘s energy sector.

    The Water Services Act, 2013 and the Water Services Act, 2014 expanded the

    remit of the CER to include functions relating to the economic regulation of the

    public water sector.

    Section 22 of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 states that the CER may,

    having regard to certain matters including the costs likely to be incurred by Uisce

    Éireann (UÉ), approve a water charges plan. The plan, which is developed by

    and submitted to the CER by UÉ, specifies matters including charges to

    customers and costs likely to be incurred by UÉ.

    The CER has previously determined an interim revenue control for the period from

    October 1st 2014 to December 31st 2016. The CER is of the view that the next

    revenue control for UÉ should be for a period of two years.

    The CER advertised earlier this year to engage consultancy support to provide technical, economic and financial advice in regard to the next revenue control for Uisce Éireann, which is expected to apply from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2018. The consultancy support will also provide other advice outside of the revenue control.

    The support required is broken down into the following 3 Lots:

    Lot 1 - Technical and Economic Consultancy Support for Uisce Éireann Price

    Control (2017-2018)

    Lot 2 - Financial Consultancy Support for Uisce Éireann Price Control (2017-2018)

    Lot 3 – General Policy Advice

    Tenderers may bid for Lot 1, Lot 2 or Lot 3 or any combination of Lots.

    A detailed specification of requirements under each Lot is 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 refers to the award of this competition.

    II.1.5)

    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    Main vocabulary
    71621000   Technical analysis or consultancy services
    Supplementary vocabulary
    66171000   Financial 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)

    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 30
    2. Technical Merit of the Human Resources Proposed . Weighting 35
    3. Ultimate Cost of providing the service . Weighting 35
    IV.2.2)

    Information about electronic auction

    IV.3)

    Administrative information

    IV.3.1)

    File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

    File Reference: 011-03-321

    IV.3.2)

    Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    Contract notice
    Notice number in the OJEU: 2015/S 048-083696  of 05.03.2015

    Section V: Award of contract

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

    Technical and Economic Consultancy Support for Uisce Éireann Price Control (2017-2018)

    V.1)

    Date of contract award decision:

    14.05.2015
    V.2)

    Information about offers

    Number of offers received: 1
    Number of offers received by electronic means: 1
    V.3)

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

    NERA UK Ltd
    GB244251779
    Marble Arch House, 66 Seymour Street
    London  London
    UK
    Telephone: +44 2076598626
    E-mail: rosalind.mccaul@nera.com
    Internet address: http://www.nera.com
    V.4)

    Information on value of contract

    Total final value of the contract:
    Lowest offer 540720  and  highest offer 648912 EUR
    Excluding VAT
    V.5)

    Information about subcontracting

    The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
    Contract No: 2 Lot No: 2 - Lot title:

    Financial Consultancy Support for Uisce Éireann Price Control (2017-2018)

    V.1)

    Date of contract award decision:

    14.05.2015
    V.2)

    Information about offers

    Number of offers received: 6
    Number of offers received by electronic means: 6
    V.3)

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

    Europe Economics
    3477100
    Chancery House
    53-64 Chancery Lane  London
    UK
    Telephone: +44 2078314717
    E-mail: Proposals.coordinator@europe-economics.com
    Fax: +44 2078314515
    Internet address: http://www.europe-economics.com
    V.4)

    Information on value of contract

    Total final value of the contract:
    Lowest offer 69846  and  highest offer 111930 EUR
    Excluding VAT
    V.5)

    Information about subcontracting

    The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
    Contract No: 3 Lot No: 3 - Lot title:

    General Policy Advice (Water)

    V.1)

    Date of contract award decision:

    03.06.2015
    V.2)

    Information about offers

    Number of offers received: 5
    Number of offers received by electronic means: 5
    V.3)

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

    Europe Economics
    3477100
    Chancery House
    53-64 Chancery Lane  London
    UK
    Telephone: +44 2078314717
    E-mail: Proposals.coordinator@europe-economics.com
    Fax: +44 2078314515
    Internet address: http://www.europe-economics.com
    V.4)

    Information on value of contract

    Initial estimated total value of the contract:
    Value: 28883 EUR
    Excluding VAT
    Total final value of the contract:
    If annual or monthly value:
    Number of years: 1
    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
    D7  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