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Contract notice

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Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 14/03/2016

Expire date: 25/04/2016

External Reference: 2016-051712

TED Reference: 2016/S 053-089083

Contract notice

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Directive 2004/18/EC

Services

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
N/A
Wilton Park House, Wilton Place
Dublin
IE
For the attention of: Nathalie Sheridan
Telephone: +353 018082130
E-mail: nathalie.sheridan@seai.ie
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.seai.ie
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1188
Electronic access to information: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=97395&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=97395&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.3)

Main activity

  • General public services
  • Other: Sustainable Energy
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 by the contracting authority:

Provision of Sustainable Energy Communities Programme Development Services

II.1.2)

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

Services
    Category No27:  Other services
    Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:

    Dublin

    NUTS code
    IRELAND
    II.1.3)

    Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

    The notice involves a public contract
    II.1.5)

    Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

    The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), established by Government

    under the Sustainable Energy Act 2002, has a mission to play a leading role in the

    transformation of Ireland to a society based on sustainable energy structures,

    technologies and practices.

    The objective of this Request For Tenders is to appoint a suitably qualified

    organisation for the provision of services to SEAI under 2 LOTs as follows:

    Lot 1: Sustainable Energy Communities

    Lot 2: IEA DSM Task 24

    Tenderers may submit tenders for one or both LOTs. However each LOT

    response must be individually presented and priced.

    For more information, please refer to the RFT published on www.etenders.gov.ie

    II.1.6)

    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    Main vocabulary
    71314300   Energy-efficiency consultancy services
    Supplementary vocabulary
    71356300   Technical support services
    II.1.7)

    Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

    The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):  no
    II.1.8)

    Lots

    This contract is divided into lots:  yes
    Tenders may be submitted for  one or more lots
    II.1.9)

    Information about variants

    Variants will be accepted:  no
    II.2)

    Quantity or scope of the contract

    II.2.1)

    Total quantity or scope:

    Estimated cost excluding VAT
    Range: between  250000  and 300000  EUR
    II.2.2)

    Information about options

    Options: no
    II.2.3)

    Information about renewals

    This contract is subject to renewal: yes
    Number of possible renewals:  2
    In the case of renewable contracts, estimated time-frame for subsequent calls for competition: 
    in months: 12

    Information about lots

    Lot No: 1  Lot title: 1.1 Lot 1 –Sustainable Energy Communities
    1)

    Short description:

    The objective of Lot 1 of the Request for Tender is to identify a qualified organisation for the provision of expert strategic and programme development services to SEAI in the delivery of the SEC Programme of activities.

    Appointment: One Service Provider with sufficient capacity to provide 110 days per year. This is an estimate for support required, and the actual support required will be demand-led and determined by actual requirements of the programme and the rate of programme take up and development.

    A core aspect of the SEC Network will be to share knowledge and build capacity within communities. SEAI will use electronic media as much as possible to share this information, and connect Ireland as one virtual SEC.

    SECs will have opportunities to promote their successes through local, national and European award/ merit programmes, where these programmes are well established at a European level. SEAI would like to develop national award/ merit programmes with respect to SECs, which will promote Ireland’s SECs. SEAI’s SEC Programme is of interest to other countries who are working to develop the SEC or Smart Cities/ Community concept. SEAI will collaborate with organisations such as Covenant of Mayors and the EU Smart Cities Platform to disseminate information on the SEC Programme.

    SEAI requires one service provider to carry out the services as detailed below.

    The appointed service provider will be required to visit the exemplar SECs and SEAI offices for regular meetings and site visits.

    2)

    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    Main vocabulary
    71314300   Energy-efficiency consultancy services
    Supplementary vocabulary
    71356300   Technical support services
    3)

    Quantity or scope:

    4)

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

    5)

    Additional information about lots:

    Lot No: 2  Lot title: 1.4 Lot 2: IEA DSM Task 24 Support
    1)

    Short description:

    Task 24 poses that a better understanding of the human aspect of energy use, including behavioural and societal drivers and barriers and external and internal contexts, will greatly improve the uptake of energy efficiency and DSM policies and programmes.

    Based on work already carried out in Task 24 to date, the IEA DSM programme has created a different ‘model of understanding’ of the energy system and its actors that offers a pragmatic approach proposed to further improve the co-creation of knowledge, learning, sharing and translation into practice among practitioners in the energy field. SEAI is joining the task at this point.

    The main objective of this Task is to take good theory into practice to allow Behaviour Changers from government, industry, intermediaries, research and the third sector to:

    • Engage in an international expert network

    • Develop the top 3 DSM priorities to identify the most (politically, technologically, economically and societally) appropriate DSM themes on which to focus

    • Identify and engage countries’ networks in the 5 Behaviour Changers sectors for at least one of the top 3 DSM themes to co-create their Behaviour Changer Framework to collectively work on this problem

    • Use and test a Collective Impact Approach to develop shared methodologies, guidelines and a common ‘language’ based on narratives to aid Behaviour Changers’ decision-making of how to choose the best models of understanding behaviour and theories of change and how to best measure the many multiple benefits of energy efficiency and DSM

    • Standardise how to evaluate behaviour change programmes ‘Beyond kWh’ and ‘Beyond Energy’ including multiple benefits analysis

    • Collate national learnings into an overarching (international) story to understand, compare and contrast the different behaviour change approaches, risks and opportunities and which recommendations can be universally applied.

    SEAI requires a service provider to provide support in the development and implementation of Task 24 for Ireland.

    2)

    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    Main vocabulary
    71314300   Energy-efficiency consultancy services
    Supplementary vocabulary
    71356300   Technical support services
    3)

    Quantity or scope:

    4)

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

    5)

    Additional information about lots:

    Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

    III.1)

    Conditions relating to the contract

    III.1.4)

    Other particular conditions

    The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
    III.3)

    Conditions specific to services contracts

    III.3.1)

    Information about a particular profession

    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
    III.3.2)

    Staff responsible for the execution of the service

    Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

    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 , the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
    IV.2.2)

    Information about electronic auction

    An electronic auction will be used: no
    IV.3)

    Administrative information

    IV.3.2)

    Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    no
    IV.3.3)

    Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

    Payable documents: no
    IV.3.4)

    Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

    25.04.2016 - 12:00
    IV.3.6)

    Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

    [Language_EN]
    IV.3.7)

    Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

    [DurationDays]: 120 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
    IV.3.8)

    Conditions for opening tenders

    Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

    Section VI: Complementary information

    VI.1)

    Information about recurrence

    This is a recurrent procurement: no
    VI.2)

    Information about European Union funds

    The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
    Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s):

    ERDF