Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-08-07
Buyer: Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 09332000: Solar installation | 45300000 | 45310000 | 45317000 | 45331000
Submission deadline: 2018-09-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Contracting Entity intends to procure a Framework contract for the Provision of Residential Energy Services.
— The provision of other products and services associated with Residential Energy Services could be a feature of this framework during the lifetime of this agreement,
— Provision of administration services, for example, providing after sales support on certain products and services.
The Contracting Entity intends to procure a Framework contract for the Provision of Residential Energy Services.
— The provision of other products and services associated with Residential Energy Services could be a feature of this framework during the lifetime of this agreement,
— Provision of administration services, for example, providing after sales support on certain products and services.
Following the closing date the Contracting Entity will evaluate the responses with a view to selecting a list of suitable candidates to be invited to submit a tender for a Framework Agreement. ESB will invite at least the Five Highest scoring applicants for each lot to the tender stage of this competition, subject to the that number qualifying.
At the date of issuing this PQQ it is envisaged that this framework will be for three (3) years duration with an option, at the discretion of ESB, to extend for up to a further 48 months in one or more increments.
Please refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.
As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 137644
Where a grouping of service providers express interest in this process, it is a requirement of ESB that one member of the group accepts full contractual responsibility for the delivery of the services. Where appropriated the intended contractually responsible member of any grouping or consortium must be identified in responding to this notice.
Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (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 (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;

Eligibility requirements: As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 137644