Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-01-31
Buyer: Ervia
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 79000000 | 79211120 | 79340000 | 79342000 | 79342100
Submission deadline: 2019-02-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to appoint a sales service provider to implement and deliver a complete and integrated sales service to its subsidiaries Gas Networks Ireland and GNI trading as Aurora Telecom
A key objective of this requirement is to support the provision of efficient sales services in order to help grow the Ervia business in the areas of Gas Networks Ireland New Connections, Aurora Telecom fibre, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for Transport and Renewable Gas and any other emerging areas of the energy business requiring sales services and support during the lifetime of this Contract.
The Contracting Entity is undertaking a competitive tender process to appoint a sales service provider to implement and deliver a complete and integrated sales service to its subsidiaries Gas Networks Ireland and GNI trading as Aurora Telecom
A key objective of this requirement is to support the provision of efficient sales services in order to help grow the Ervia business in the areas of Gas Networks Ireland New Connections, Aurora Telecom fibre, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for transport and renewable gas and any other emerging areas of the energy business requiring sales services and support during the lifetime of this contract.
The Contracting Entity wishes to appoint a sales service provider whose responsibilities will include the provision of services associated with, but not limited to, the following:
The provision of the above services may include sales services provider resource requirements including, but not limited to:
5 Applicants will be invited to tender for (provided 5 Applicants submit compliant PQQ Responses that meet the minimum requirements).
If there is more than one Applicant ranked at [fifth] place, all the [fifth] placed Applicants will be invited to tender.
You must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and time specified in the PQQ documents. Please note that all tenders are electronic, as such no paper copies will be accepted or read. Please submit via the etenders system not later than 12:00 local time Monday 18.2.2019.
Requests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups of service providers. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal form in order to submit a request to participate, but may if the Contracting Entity considers it necessary to ensure that the contract is carried out to its satisfaction, be required to do so prior to award of the contract. The Contracting Entity also reserves the right to contract with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several liability, or with one member of the group as a main contractor with a number of sub-contractors or on any other basis as the Contracting Entity considers appropriate.
You must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and time specified in the PQQ documents. Please note that all tenders are electronic, as such no paper copies will be accepted or read. Please submit via the etenders system not later than 12:00 local time Monday 18t.2.2019.
Please refer to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (and in particular Regulation 7 and 10(2)).

Eligibility requirements: Please refer to tender documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie only.