Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-01-15
Buyer: Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 72000000
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Provision of a Managed Service to Provide Specialist Support Services for Oracle (Lodestar) Utilities and Market Processes
ESB have a requirement for a managed service to provide specialist services to support ESB’s IT Lodestar and Market Process competency centre for software systems developed using oracle Lodestar utilities products and functional support for the wholesale electricity market processes.
ESB’s IT Lodestar and Market Process competency centre currently provide support for business processes and the following systems implemented using oracle (Lodestar) Utilities products:
ESB have a requirement for a managed service to provide specialist services to support ESB’s IT Lodestar and Market Process competency centre for software systems developed using oracle Lodestar utilities products and functional support for the wholesale electricity market processes.
ESB’s IT Lodestar and Market Process competency centre currently provide support for business processes and the following systems implemented using oracle (Lodestar) Utilities products:
Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from http://www.etenders.gov.ie/ using RFT ID 121465.
Provision of a Managed Service to Provide Specialist Support Services for Oracle (Lodestar) Utilities and Market Processes
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (http://www.etenders.gov.ie/) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (http://www.etenders.gov.ie/) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting entity will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;
3) The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by Candidates or tenderers;
6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the Framework Agreement one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract under the Framework Agreement, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the framework agreement and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to the framework;
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process, the Framework Agreement or any contract awarded under the Framework Agreement at any time;
8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words ‘or equivalent’ will always be appended;
9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting entity is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition;
10) At Section II.2.9) we have indicated that 3 to be reviewed on a case-by-case basis (will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 3 to be reviewed on a case-by-case basis) subject to that number qualifying.


Winner: Reply S.p.a.
Number of bids: 3