Periodic indicative notice – utilities

Utilities

Directive 2004/17/EC

Services

This notice is a call for competition: no

This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: no

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Ervia
N/A
P.O.Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street
Cork Cork
IE
For the attention of: Janet Swayne
Telephone: +353 214239083
E-mail: tenders@ervia.ie

Further information can be obtained from:

Ervia
N/A
P.O.Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street
Cork Cork
IE
For the attention of: Janet Swayne
Telephone: +353 214239083
E-mail: tenders@ervia.ie

Internet address:

I.2)

Main activity

Production, transport and distribution of gas and heat
Water

I.3)

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)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity:

15/109 - Pilot Technology Trials of Water Metering Systems for Multi-Unit Developments

II.2)

Type of contract:

II.3)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s):

Irish Water wishes to investigate the functionality of water metering technologies

in the context of Irish Multi-Unit Developments (MUDs) to inform future metering

programmes. In this regard, Irish Water is seeking responses to this Request for

Expressions of Interest and Information. Funding for these trials is provided from

the Water Services Innovation Fund, which is supervised by the Commission for

Energy Regulation (CER).

II.4)

Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

Main vocabulary

38421100 Water meters

Supplementary vocabulary

32440000 Telemetry and terminal equipment

44617200 Meter housings

48612000 Database-management system

50411100 Repair and maintenance services of water meters

65500000 Meter reading service

72322000 Data management services

II.5)

Scheduled date for start of award procedures and duration of the contract

Scheduled date for start of award procedures:

II.7)

Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.8)

Additional information

Additional Information can be obtained by expressing your interest via email to tenders@ervia.ie

PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER ON ETENDERS AS YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY DOCUMENTATION.

Lot No: 1 Lot title: Pilot Technology Trials of Water Metering Systems for Multi-Unit Developments

Short description:

This notice involves 5 stages.

Stage 1) - initial request for information

Stage 2) - concept design

Stage 3) - submission by consortia

Stage 4) - offer by Irish Water to a number of

consortia

Stage 5) - the trial installation, commissioning,

monitoring and reporting.

Further information will be provided to candidates who express an interest via email to tenders@ervia.ie

Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

Main vocabulary

38421100 Water meters

Supplementary vocabulary

32440000 Telemetry and terminal equipment

44617200 Meter housings

48612000 Database-management system

50411100 Repair and maintenance services of water meters

65500000 Meter reading service

72322000 Data management services

Quantity or scope:

Stage 1 now seeks informative responses from competent parties who wish to participate in a trial installation of water meters in MUDs, i.e. residential apartment buildings. These parties may be metering technology suppliers and/or management companies with potential sites for trials, or other relevant parties. See the RFI document for further information on the parties who may respond to the RFI. Interested parties should note that they must respond to the RFI in order to be considered for this process and that no further call for competition will be issued in respect of the trial installations. However, parties and consortia that have applied in Stage 1 may add other parties to their consortia at a later stage.

Stage 2 will be a request for a concept design to those who have applied to participate in the trial, regarding the rules and criteria for later stages of the process.

Stage 3 will be the submission by consortia of responses, based on surveys of nominated multi-unit developments, which will contain concept designs for the installation of metering technology.

Stage 4 will be an offer by Irish Water to a number of consortia to avail of a portion of the available innovation funding to install their technology in the nominated multi-unit development in accordance with their concept design.

Stage 5 will be the trial installation, commissioning, monitoring and reporting.

This is an independent trial and will have no bearing on any future procurement exercise by Ervia / Irish Water.

Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Additional information about lots:

Section IV: Procedure and administrative information

IV.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting entity:

15/109

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.2)

Additional information:

A document will be issued to all candidates who forward an Expression of interest and send via email for the attention of The Shared Services Procurement Manager to Tenders@ervia.ie

The document must be completed and returned to the address in I.1. above not later than 12:00 Friday 4th December 2015.

PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER ON ETENDERS AS YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY DOCUMENTATION.

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