Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2021-08-04
Buyer: EirGrid plc
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71314000: Energy and related services
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This tender process is now complete. Gate 4B covered all 12 services as outlined in this Qualification System Briefing Document. There is a separate DS3 System Services Agreement for services in Ireland, which is to be entered into with EirGrid and a separate DS3 System Services Agreement for services in Northern Ireland, which is to be entered into with SONI. The services are split into a number of Lots for each of the TSOs as follows, Lots 1IE – 12IE relate to the System Services required by EirGrid and Lots 1NI – 12NI relate to the System Services required by SONI. The start date of each of the Contracts awarded under Gate 4B is 1st July 2021. It is intended that the term of each Contract will last until 30th April 2023, but with an option for each TSO to extend the term of its Contract in respect of any or all of its applicable Lots in certain defined cases for two additional time periods of up to eighteen (18) months each, at the discretion of the Contracting Entity.
It is intended that the term of each contract will last until 30 April 2023, but with an option for each TSO to extend the term of its Contract in respect of any or all of its applicable lots in certain defined cases for two additional time periods of up to eighteen (18) months each, at the discretion of the contracting entity.
RR (De-synchronised)’ means replacement reserve provided by the providing unit when: (i) not Synchronised to the power system in the case of a synchronous providing unit, or
(ii) when connected to the power system and operating at a level less or equal to 0 MW in the case of an energy storage providing unit, or (ii) when connected to the power system in the case of a demand side unit.
It is intended that the term of each contract will last until 30 April 2023, but with an option for each TSO to extend the term of its Contract in respect of any or all of its applicable lots in certain defined cases for two additional time periods of up to eighteen (18) months each, at the discretion of the contracting entity.
RR (Synchronised)’ means Replacement Reserve provided by the Providing Unit when: (i) synchronised to the power system in the case of a synchronous providing unit, or (ii) when connected to the power system and operating at a level greater than 0 MW in the case of an energy storage providing unit or power park module.
It is intended that the term of each contract will last until 30 April 2023, but with an option for each TSO to extend the term of its Contract in respect of any or all of its applicable lots in certain defined cases for two additional time periods of up to eighteen (18) months each, at the discretion of the contracting entity.
Steady-state reactive power or ‘SSRP’ means reactive power capability (Leading) and reactive power capability(Lagging).
It is intended that the term of each contract will last until 30 April 2023, but with an option for each TSO to extend the term of its Contract in respect of any or all of its applicable lots in certain defined cases for two additional time periods of up to eighteen (18) months each, at the discretion of the contracting entity.
Synchronous Inertial Response (SIR) is the kinetic energy (at a Frequency of 50 Hz) of a centrally dispatched synchronous providing unit multiplied by the SIR factor (SIRF).
It is intended that the term of each contract will last until 30 April 2023, but with an option for each TSO to extend the term of its Contract in respect of any or all of its applicable lots in certain defined cases for two additional time periods of up to eighteen (18) months each, at the discretion of the contracting entity.
Ramping Margin 1 is the increased MW Output and/or MW Reduction that a providing unit can provide to the company within one hour of the company issuing a dispatch instruction to a service provider and that the providing unit can maintain for a further two hours after the one hour period has elapsed. It is limited by the lowest availability in that three hour period.