Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2023-12-01
Buyer: EirGrid plc
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 09310000 | 31682500 | 45315300 | 51112100 | 65300000: Electricity distribution and related services
Estimated value: 482800000 EUR
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: The CRU, with the consent of the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, directed EirGrid under Regulation 28(10) of European Communities (Internal Market in Electricity) Regulations 2005, in its capacity as the Transmission System Operator, to secure the delivery of c. 450MW of emergency temporary generation. In fulfilment of that direction, [EirGrid, through a wholly owned special purpose vehicle (EirGrid SPV 2022 DAC) procured from the market electricity generation plant for the purpose of subsequent transfer of that plant to one or more electricity generators in accordance with the EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Act 2022.] The present procurement relates to the appointment by EirGrid of electricity generators to provide 450 MW of generation onto the transmission network by a target date of winter 2023 / 2024.
The procurement was conducted in accordance with the negotiated procedure without prior call for competition, pursuant to Article 49 of S.I. No. 286/2016 - European Union (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertakings) Regulations 2016. EirGrid under this agreement is engaging ESB to conduct installation and operation services at Shannonbridge.
The procurement was conducted in accordance with the negotiated procedure without prior call for competition, pursuant to Article 49 of S.I. No. 286/2016 - European Union (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertakings) Regulations 2016. EirGrid under this agreement is engaging SSE to complete installation and operation services at Tarbert.
The CRU, with the consent of the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, directed EirGrid under Regulation 28(10) of European Communities (Internal Market in Electricity) Regulations 2005, in its capacity as the Transmission System Operator, to secure the delivery of c. 450MW of emergency temporary generation. Securing the delivery of temporary emergency generation is required to address the likely and substantial risk of a national security of supply emergency. The purchase of installation and operation services by EirGrid plc is the second stage of the process, in which the electricity generators install and operate the plant purchased under OJ S: 2022/S 250-730961 and OJ S: 2023/S 076-227650 Generator units and Design services under OJ S: 2022/S 250-730636 in accordance with the EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Act 2022. Given the extreme urgency of the situation, it was not possible for EirGrid to comply with the time limits specified for open procedures, restricted procedures, and negotiated procedures with prior call for competition in procuring the installation and operation service suppliers (SSE and ESB) to complete installation and operation in order to preserve critical path lead times.


Winner: ESB Generation & Wholesale Markets
Award value: 482800000
Number of bids: 2