Contract notice – utilities

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

Contact person: Donie Cahalane

Telephone: +353 17026157

E-mail: donie.cahalane@esb.ie

Internet address(es):

Main address: http://www.esb.ie

Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/377

I.3)

Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:

http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162912&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE

Additional information can be obtained from

the abovementioned address:

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted

electronically via: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162912&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted

to the abovementioned address

I.6)

Main activity

Electricity

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Provision of IT Emerging Technology, Digital, Data Science & Consultancy Services Panel Framework Agreement.

Reference number: SSCON4776

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

The Contracting Entity intends to procure a multi-provider framework agreement with service providers to provide IT services to support the delivery of its IT capability.
The envisaged services include:
• Provision of Digital specialists in support of Digital transformation initiatives, including data analytics
• Provision of Automation specialists in support of test and process automation
• Provision of Data Analytics specialists
• Support for design of new IT projects, products and technology transformations
• Delivery of proofs of concept/value and implementation roadmaps in collaboration with ESB stakeholders for new or emerging technologies
• Architectural advisory resources for existing, new and emerging technologies
• Subject matter expertise in relation to existing, new and emerging technologies
• Provision of IT Consultancy services
• Provision of suitably qualified resources (onsite, nearshore and offshore) in support of the above.

II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots:

Vendors may be awarded one or more Lots.

II.2)

Description

II.2.1)

Title

Digital & Automation Specialists

Lot No: 1

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

It is proposed that the scope of Lot 1 will include:
• Proactive planning, resourcing, continuous improvement and performance management associated with service delivery;
• Provision of the following Digital & Automation capabilities:
o Digital Specialists (e.g. Digital Specialist, Customer Experience Design, Ideation, UI, Digital Marketing, Provision of customer focus groups)
o Automation Specialists (e.g. Cognitive, AI, RPA, Test Automation)
o Additional related emerging technologies or methodologies
• Provision of subject matter expertise related to the above capability areas
• Provision of Architectural support related to the above capability areas
The current assumption is that the contract value for an initial 3 years will be for 9,660 indicative number of forecast days subject to budgetary and operational requirements and constraints.
Forecast days are cumulative throughout the contract duration. The total forecast amount will be drawn down via multiple mini-tenders and some of forecasted days may be specified as committed days in mini tender pricing.
The current assumption is that the contract value for an initial 3 years will be for 9,660 indicative number of forecast days subject to budgetary and operational requirements and constraints.
Forecast days are cumulative throughout the contract duration. The total forecast amount will be drawn down via multiple mini-tenders and some of forecasted days may be specified as committed days in mini tender pricing.

II.2.5)

Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7)

Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 36

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.9)

Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged number of candidates: 5

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

Applicants will be assessed on the quality of their responses to the criteria and rules outlined in the qualification questionnaire and at least the top scoring 5 firms will be invited to tender, subject to that number qualifying.

II.2.10)

Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: yes

Description of options:

At the date of issuing this PQQ it is envisaged that the framework agreement will be for an initial duration of 3 years with an option to extend by a further 3 years and a final 2 years (a potential 8-year framework).

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 refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.

II.2)

Description

II.2.1)

Title

Architecture, Innovation & Emerging Technologies

Lot No: 2

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

It is proposed that the scope of Lot 2 will include:
• Provision of, but not limited to, the following Architecture capabilities:
o Cloud
o Digital Solutions (AI, ML, Robotics, IOT etc.)
o Cybersecurity
o Networking
o SAP
o Infrastructure
o Innovation & Emerging Technologies
o Other
• Provision of subject matter expertise related to the above capability areas
The current assumption is that the contract value for an initial 3 years will be for 2,070 indicative number of forecast days subject to budgetary and operational requirements and constraints.
Forecast days are cumulative throughout the contract duration. The total forecast amount will be drawn down via multiple mini-tenders and some of forecasted days may be specified as committed days in mini tender pricing.

II.2.5)

Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7)

Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 36

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.9)

Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged number of candidates: 5

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

II.2.10)

Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: yes

Description of options:

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 refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.

II.2)

Description

II.2.1)

Title

IT Consultancy Services

Lot No: 3

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

It is proposed that the scope of Lot 3 will include:
• Provision of, but not limited to, the following IT Consultancy capabilities:
o Advice on IT strategy management, development and implementation
o Consultants to advise ESB on Group & BU Digital & IT strategies
o Consultants to advise ESB on Digital transformation
o Consultants to advise ESB on creating a Digital Eco-system
o Review and Benchmarking of IT Capabilities including Digital and Data Analytics capabilities
o All of the above in the context of an energy utility
The current assumption is that the contract value for an initial 3 years will be for 690 indicative number of forecast days subject to budgetary and operational requirements and constraints.
Forecast days are cumulative throughout the contract duration. The total forecast amount will be drawn down via multiple mini-tenders and some of forecasted days may be specified as committed days in mini tender pricing.

II.2.5)

Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7)

Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 36

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.9)

Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged number of candidates: 5

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

II.2.10)

Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: yes

Description of options:

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 refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.

II.2)

Description

II.2.1)

Title

Data Science & Analytics

Lot No: 4

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

It is proposed that the scope of Lot 4 will include:
• Provision of the following Data Science & Analytics capabilities:
o Thought-leadership on Data Science and Analytics Strategy and implementation, including architecture, platforms and tools.
o Delivery of bespoke exploratory projects and analytics use cases involving large data sets from a multitude of data analytics domains across ESB
o Resources to upskill the Data Analytics team
• Provision of subject matter expertise to the above capability areas
The current assumption is that the contract value for an initial 3 years will be for 1380 indicative number of forecast days subject to budgetary and operational requirements and constraints.
Forecast days are cumulative throughout the contract duration. The total forecast amount will be drawn down via multiple mini-tenders and some of forecasted days may be specified as committed days in mini tender pricing.

II.2.5)

Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7)

Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 36

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.9)

Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged number of candidates: 5

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

II.2.10)

Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: yes

Description of options:

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 refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)

Conditions for participation

III.1.1)

Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions: As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 165842

III.1.2)

Economic and financial standing

List and brief description of selection criteria:

As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 165842

III.1.3)

Technical and professional ability

List and brief description of selection criteria:

As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 165842

III.1.4)

Objective rules and criteria for participation

List and brief description of rules and criteria: As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 165842

III.1.6)

Deposits and guarantees required

Will be specified in RFT.

III.1.7)

Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them

Will be specified in RFT.

III.1.8)

Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded

As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 165842

III.2)

Conditions related to the contract

III.2.2)

Contract performance conditions

Will be specified in RFT.

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

Framework agreement with several operators

Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 20

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.2.2)

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 28/03/2020

Local time: 12:00

IV.2.4)

Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)

Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.3)

Additional information

1) It is our intention to use the Irish Government Procurement portal (http://www.etenders.gov.ie/) for this competition. Access to this Portal is free of charge. Interested parties must formally register their expression of interest for this competition on eTenders before they can gain access to the PQQ documentation. All information relating to and including the pre-qualification documents, any clarifications and changes will be issued/published via this portal. 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 5 will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 5 subject to that number qualifying.

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

Chief Registrar

Four Courts, Inns Quay

Dublin 7

Telephone: +353 18886000

Internet address: http://www.courts.ie

VI.4.2)

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Not applicable

Ireland

VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Supplier's own legal advisor

Ireland

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