Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-10-10
Buyer: Energy Community Secretariat
Country: AT
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71314000: Energy and related services
Submission deadline: 2017-11-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of technical assistance in coupling of day-ahead electricity markets in the Western Balkans and with the SEE region, pursuant to CACM Guideline principles and processes.
Technical Assistance to the Implementation of a Regional Day-ahead Market in Western Balkans. This projects particularly targets coupling of day-ahead electricity markets in the Western Balkans and with the SEE region, pursuant to CACM Guideline principles and processes. The concrete services to be provided are: Consultancy services (Project Management and Project Promotion, Management and Strategy Consulting, Energy Markets and Processes), Legal services.
A. Qualifications relating to bidder Bidders (in case of a joint tender the combined capacity of all members of the group and identified subcontractors) must comply with the following qualification requirements. The project references indicated below consist in a list of relevant services provided in the past five years, with the sums, dates and clients, public or private. Qualification A1: The Bidder must prove experience in the fields of electricity market functioning and integration in line with EU acquis. Evidence: references for 3 projects in the fields of electricity market, out of which at least one related to market coupling, executed in the last five years, with a minimum value for each project of 30 000 EUR. The bidder may provide references to the reports and other deliverables, if publicly accessible, which illustrate their capacity and expertise in the field. Qualification A2: The bidder must have experience in working in the WB6 countries and/or neighbouring EU Member States. Evidence: references for 2 projects delivered in the last 5 years. The combination of projects must cover part of the required geographical scope. The bidder will also provide references to reports, preferably publicly accessible, which illustrate their capacity and experience in addressing the WB6 countries and neighbouring EU Member States. Qualification A3: The bidder must prove capacity to draft reports in English. Evidence: At least one of the documents provided as evidence under Criteria A1 and A2 delivered to a client in the last 5 years, preferably publicly accessible, of at least 10 pages (report, study, etc.) written in English. B. Staff and qualifications relating to the team delivering the service The Consultant's staff shall consist of: 1. Project management staff 2. Project implementation staff 1. Project management task shall be performed at least by 1 leading senior expert (Project Leader) engaged throughout the overall implementation period of the Project, who may be assisted by other experts or support staff (Assistant) with, as a minimum, the following qualifications: a) Project Leader — At least Master Degree academic level or equivalent in the field relevant to the assignment and at least 12 years of appropriate professional experience in the energy sector. — At least 1 assignment in project management, including overseeing project delivery, quality control of delivered service, in a project of similar size and dimension, in a role of the project manager b) Project Assistant (optional position) — Academic level of at least Bachelor Degree or equivalent in a field relevant to the assignment and at least 3 years of appropriate professional experience, preferably in the electricity sector. — At least 2 years of experience as a project assistant or similar profile, including overseeing project delivery, collection of data and quality control of delivered service. 2. Project implementation staff shall consist of a pool of minimum 5 experts with, as a minimum, the following qualifications: — All experts must have academic level of at least Bachelor Degree or equivalent and at least 5 years' professional experience in tasks related to establishment, functioning or analysis of electricity market, in line with the tasks assigned to her/him. — The experts must have in-depth understanding of the electricity market functioning and integration in line with the EU acquis on internal energy market, in particular the Third Energy Package and Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 establishing a guideline on capacity allocation and congestion management, of the organisation and functioning of organized day-ahead electricity market, as well as of the day ahead market coupling process. The aforementioned must be supported with at least 2 references in the last 5 years for each of the proposed experts.

Eligibility requirements: A. Qualifications relating to bidder Bidders (in case of a joint tender the combined capacity of all members of the group and identified subcontractors) must comply with the following qualification requirements. The project references indicated below consist in a list of relevant services provided in the past five years, with the sums, dates and clients, public or private. Qualification A1: The Bidder must prove experience in the fields of electricity market functioning and integration in line with EU acquis. Evidence: references for 3 projects in the fields of electricity market, out of which at least one related to market coupling, executed in the last five years, with a minimum value for each project of 30 000 EUR. The bidder may provide references to the reports and other deliverables, if publicly accessible, which illustrate their capacity and expertise in the field. Qualification A2: The bidder must have experience in working in the WB6 countries and/or neighbouring EU Member States. Evidence: references for 2 projects delivered in the last 5 years. The combination of projects must cover part of the required geographical scope. The bidder will also provide references to reports, preferably publicly accessible, which illustrate their capacity and experience in addressing the WB6 countries and neighbouring EU Member States. Qualification A3: The bidder must prove capacity to draft reports in English. Evidence: At least one of the documents provided as evidence under Criteria A1 and A2 delivered to a client in the last 5 years, preferably publicly accessible, of at least 10 pages (report, study, etc.) written in English. B. Staff and qualifications relating to the team delivering the service The Consultant's staff shall consist of: 1. Project management staff 2. Project implementation staff 1. Project management task shall be performed at least by 1 leading senior expert (Project Leader) engaged throughout the overall implementation period of the Project, who may be assisted by other experts or support staff (Assistant) with, as a minimum, the following qualifications: a) Project Leader — At least Master Degree academic level or equivalent in the field relevant to the assignment and at least 12 years of appropriate professional experience in the energy sector. — At least 1 assignment in project management, including overseeing project delivery, quality control of delivered service, in a project of similar size and dimension, in a role of the project manager b) Project Assistant (optional position) — Academic level of at least Bachelor Degree or equivalent in a field relevant to the assignment and at least 3 years of appropriate professional experience, preferably in the electricity sector. — At least 2 years of experience as a project assistant or similar profile, including overseeing project delivery, collection of data and quality control of delivered service. 2. Project implementation staff shall consist of a pool of minimum 5 experts with, as a minimum, the following qualifications: — All experts must have academic level of at least Bachelor Degree or equivalent and at least 5 years' professional experience in tasks related to establishment, functioning or analysis of electricity market, in line with the tasks assigned to her/him. — The experts must have in-depth understanding of the electricity market functioning and integration in line with the EU acquis on internal energy market, in particular the Third Energy Package and Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 establishing a guideline on capacity allocation and congestion management, of the organisation and functioning of organized day-ahead electricity market, as well as of the day ahead market coupling process. The aforementioned must be supported with at least 2 references in the last 5 years for each of the proposed experts.