Contract award notice - utilities

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 08/05/2017

External Reference: 2017-515434

TED Reference: 2017/S 090-178291

Contract award notice - utilities

Contract award notice – utilities

Results of the procurement procedure

Services

Directive 2014/25/EU

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1)

Name and addresses

Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
N/A
27 Lower Fitzwilliam Street
Dublin 2
Dublin
IE
Contact person: Alan Lambe
Telephone: +353 17027847
NUTS code:  IE021 -  Dublin
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.esb.ie

I.6)

Main activity

Electricity

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Pre-accredited Energy Supply Company & Managed Service
Reference number:  SS/CON/2783
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

72200000  -  Software programming and consultancy services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

ESB seeks to procure a fully licenced energy supply company with associated software solutions and services that enables rapid, compliant and cost effective market entry. We anticipate that this will be predominantly SaaS, potentially cloud-based, delivered on an on-going basis as a managed service, and one that can be enhanced flexibly over the contract lifetime to meet evolving and emerging requirements.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

72300000  -  Data services
72310000  -  Data-processing services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

ESB is requesting proposals from organisations capable of providing the capabilities and systems necessary to support the market entry of our new subsidiary – code named Project Arrow to the GB (England/Scotland/Wales) Residential Energy Supply market.
The intention is to procure a fully licenced energy supply company with associated software solutions and services that enables rapid, compliant and cost effective market entry. We anticipate that this will be predominantly SaaS, potentially cloud-based, delivered on an on-going basis as a managed service, and one that can be enhanced flexibly over the contract lifetime to meet evolving and emerging requirements.
Key technology principles that Project Arrow will need their providers to support include:
• Supporting an excellent online/digital customer experience
• Supporting ESB’s vision of building a residential energy supply business in GB that is fit for purpose in today’s rapidly evolving energy market.
• Ensuring constant compliance with all licencing, regulatory etc. requirements, with an expectation that providers are compliant and support compliance at all times,
• Allowing and providing timely access to all customer data throughout the customer lifecycle, from first lead generation through to end of service
Interested parties should note that this selection process is not governed by the provisions of Directive 2004/18/EC or Directive 2004/17/EC (or the Irish regulations transposing those Directives) and ESB does not intend to follow the procedures or rules set out in those Directives/Regulations in this selection process.
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)

Additional information

Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.ie using Ref ID 110204.

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S: 2016/S 203-367280

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Lot No: 1

Title: Pre-accredited Energy Supply Company & Managed Service

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

08/05/2017
V.2.6)

Price paid for bargain purchases

Value excluding VAT: 1.00  GBP

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

Interested parties should note that this selection process is not governed by the provisions of Directive 2004/18/EC or Directive 2004/17/EC (or the Irish regulations transposing those Directives) and ESB does not intend to follow the procedures or rules set out in those Directives/Regulations in this selection process.
Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.ie using Ref ID 110204.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

Chief Registrar
Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Dublin
IE
Telephone: +353 18886000
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie

VI.5)

Date of dispatch of this notice

08/05/2017