Contract award notice - utilities

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 11/01/2019

External Reference: 2019-249056

TED Reference: 2019/S 010-020250

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
2 Gateway
Dublin 3
East Wall Road
IE
Contact person: Stephen Lawton
Telephone: +353 17026836
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

Provision of a Managed Service to provide Specialist Support Services for Oracle (LODESTAR) Utilities and Market Processes.
Reference number:  SSCON3404A
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

72000000  -  IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

ESB have a requirement for a managed service to provide specialist services to support ESB’s IT Lodestar and Market Process competency centre for software systems developed using Oracle Lodestar utilities products and functional support for the wholesale Electricity Market Processes.
ESB’s IT Lodestar and Market Process competency centre currently provide support for business processes and the following systems implemented using Oracle (LODESTAR) Utilities products:
• Demand Forecasting System (DFS) – used for Load Profiling and Settlement
• Tariff Pricing System (TPS) – used for Rate Management
• Pool Market Operations (PMO) – primarily used for market communications
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

72000000  -  IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
II.2.3)

Place of performance

Main site or place of performance:  
Dublin
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

ESB have a requirement for a managed service to provide specialist services to support ESB’s IT Lodestar and Market Process competency centre for software systems developed using Oracle Lodestar utilities products and functional support for the wholesale Electricity Market Processes.
ESB’s IT Lodestar and Market Process competency centre currently provide support for business processes and the following systems implemented using Oracle (LODESTAR) Utilities products:
• Demand Forecasting System (DFS) – used for Load Profiling and Settlement
• Tariff Pricing System (TPS) – used for Rate Management
• Pool Market Operations (PMO) – primarily used for market communications
II.2.5)

Award criteria ( Agree to publish? yes )

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Technical  /  Weighting:  60%
Price  -  Weighting:  40%
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: yes
Description of options:
ESB retains the option of extending the contract up to 2 years by mutual consent.
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 http://www.etenders.gov.ie/ using RFT ID 121465.

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
IV.1.3)

Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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: 2017/S 140-288458

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Provision of a Managed Service to provide Specialist Support Services for Oracle (LODESTAR) Utilities and Market Processes.

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

11/01/2019
V.2.2)

Information about tenders ( Agree to publish? yes )

Number of tenders received:  3
Number of tenders received from SMEs:  0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States:  1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States:  2
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor ( Agree to publish? yes )

Reply S.p.a.
08013390011
Corso Francia 11
Turin
Italy
IT
Telephone: +39 3453418008
Internet address: http://www.reply.eu

The contractor is an SME : no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (http://www.etenders.gov.ie/) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (http://www.etenders.gov.ie/) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting entity will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties
2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.
3) The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant.
6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract under the framework agreement, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the framework agreement and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to the framework.
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.
8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words ‘or equivalent’ will always be appended.
9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting entity is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
10) At Section II.2.9) we have indicated that 3 to be reviewed on a case-by-case basis (will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 3 to be reviewed on a case-by-case basis) subject to that number qualifying.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

Chief Registrar
Four Courts, Inns Quay
Dublin 7
IE
Telephone: +353 1888600
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie

VI.4.3)

Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 
The Contracting Entity will not conclude this framework agreement / contract until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned tenderers. Review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the framework agreement / contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that framework agreement /contract.