Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-05-05
Buyer: Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Country: IE
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 31000000 | 31100000 | 31121110 | 31600000 | 31610000
Submission deadline: 2018-05-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contracting entity intends to procure multi (3) member Frameworks for the supply and commissioning of EV Chargers of up to circa 350kW capacity including associated equipment and services to be delivered in Ireland.
Lot 1 – Ultra fast charge points including greater than 100Kw and up to 350Kw dedicated output to CCS and Chademo.
Delivery of charging equipment will be to locations in Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) and commissioning may take place at any location in Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland).
ESB reserves the right to request field trial of ultra-fast charging equipment as part of the tender stage.
The Contracting Entity intends to procure multi (3) member Framework for the supply and commissioning Ultra fast charge points including greater than 100Kw and up to 350Kw dedicated output to CCS and Chademo Delivery of charging equipment will be to locations in Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) and commissioning may take place at any location in Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). The appointed framework agreement providers will be required to upgrade their equipment and services to ESB as improved or new equipment and associated peripherals/services become available.
ESB reserves the right to request field trial of ultra-fast charging equipment as part of the tender stage. It is envisaged that such a trial will be with tenderers short listed following tender submissions and prior to final Contract award, details will be provided in the tender documents at the next stage of the procurement process.
It is envisaged that ESB shall enter into framework agreements with the 3 highest scoring successful tenderers for each lot following the completion of the procurement process. Applicants should note that the Contract may ultimately be entered into by any subsidiary or affiliate thereof.
Purchase under these frameworks/lots will be awarded by cascade to a maximum estimated value of 75 000 EUR per individual purchase. The highest scoring successful tenderer in each lot being given first preference to supply products at the rates given in their tender submission, where the first placed tenderer is unable to fulfil the requirement of the order for whatever reason, the second placed tenderer will be requested to supply products at the rates given in their tender submission. Where the second placed tenderer is unable to fulfil the requirement of the order for whatever reason, the third placed tenderer will be requested to supply products at the rates given in their tender submission.
For purchases of estimated value above 75 000 EUR a mini-tender of the framework/lot members will be undertaken by ESB.
If for any reason it is not possible to award membership on a framework to any of the 3 highest scoring successful tenderers, or if having awarded membership on a framework ESB considers that a successful tenderer has not met its obligations, ESB reserves the right to award membership on a framework to the next highest scoring tenderer.
Successful Tenderers will be notified of their rank, i.e. 1st or 2nd or 3rd in each lot/framework agreement at contract award stage. ESB reserves the right to change rankings at ESB discretion where a successful tenderer is considered by ESB to have not met ESB’s requirements.
Applicants may apply for one or all lots, and an applicant may be successful in qualifying for one, multiple or all lots depending on the evaluation of their submission for each lot.
Following pre-qualification and subsequent evaluation of the most economically advantageous tender for each lot a single applicant may be awarded membership of 1, 2 or all framework agreements (Lots). Where an applicant is successful in more than one Lot, then ESB may choose to enter into a single contract with that supplier for those Lots that the supplier has been awarded.
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 applicants will be invited to tender, subject to that number qualifying.
On the completion of framework period 2 years ESB retain the option, at the discretion of ESB, to extend the framework for up to and including a further 48 months in one or more increments.

Eligibility requirements: As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 133151.