Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services (Ирландия - Тендер #47509742)

Official name: Commission for Regulation of Utilities
National registration number: N/A
Postal address: The Grain House, The Exchange, Belgard Square North
Town: Tallaght
NUTS code: IE Éire / Ireland
Postal code: Dublin 24 D24 PXW0
Country: Ireland
Contact person: Katarina Holohan
E-mail: kholohan@cru.ie
Telephone: +353 14000800
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.cru.ie
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1232

Provision of Consultancy Support for Development of a Smart Meter Data Access Code

Reference number: 011-03-432

71600000 Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services

Services

Provision of Consultancy Support for Development of a Smart Meter Data Access Code

38551000 Energy meters

38554000 Electricity meters

50411300 Repair and maintenance services of electricity meters

71621000 Technical analysis or consultancy services

72220000 Systems and technical consultancy services

72222000 Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services

72222100 Information systems or technology strategic review services

72222300 Information technology services

NUTS code: IE Éire / Ireland

Main site or place of performance:

Dublin

Work on the Smart Meter Data Access Code (“the Code”) needs to be progressed in 2021 and 2022 to ensure the activities envisaged under the CEP are made possible. Requirements for the preferred Tenderer will include drafting a Smart Meter Data Access Code for consultation, supporting the work on a CRU consultation paper, developing a final version of the Code and supporting work on a CRU decision paper. It is expected that this will involve stakeholder engagement, representing the CRU at various forums and oversight of the implementation of the Code post publication.

This Code will set out certain rules for processing data from smart meters. The Code will establish which entities can use the customers’ smart meter data, for what purposes and under which conditions. It will define the purposes for which customers’ personal data can be used by ESB Networks in its’ role as the Distribution Network Operator, by Energy Suppliers who are providing a service to customers, other parties such as SEAI, the CSO for research purposes and other actors in the energy market whose role is set out in the CEP. This will include aggregators and demand side response providers. The intention is for this Code to establish a basis for market participants, including the DSO, to use meter data for network planning, real time grid management and information provision purposes.

European and international examples will inform the development of the Code for Ireland and it is envisaged that the preferred Tenderer will have considerable technical experience of the approach taken elsewhere. The Tenderer should have an understanding of energy markets and smart metering systems, particularly with defining rules for access to smart metering data of the final customer. It is preferable but not required for the Tenderer to have experience in preparing legal documents.

Duration in months: 24

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Notice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 196-511236

Contract No: 011-03-432

Title:

Provision of Consultancy Support for Development of a Smart Meter Data Access Code

07/09/2021

The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no

Official name: Gemserv Ireland Limited
Postal address: Fitzwilliam Hall Business Centre
Town: Dublin
NUTS code: IE Éire / Ireland
Country: Ireland
E-mail: bd@gemserv.com
Telephone: +353 16694630
Internet address: http://www.gemserv.ie/

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME: yes

Total value of the procurement: 239 650.00 EUR

Official name: The High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie
Internet address: www.courts.ie

24/10/2023

71600000 Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services

38554000 Electricity meters

38551000 Energy meters

50411300 Repair and maintenance services of electricity meters

71621000 Technical analysis or consultancy services

72220000 Systems and technical consultancy services

72222100 Information systems or technology strategic review services

72222000 Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services

72222300 Information technology services

NUTS code: IE Éire / Ireland

Main site or place of performance:

Dublin

Work on the Smart Meter Data Access Code (“the Code”) needs to be progressed in 2021 and 2022 to ensure the activities envisaged under the CEP are made possible. Requirements for the preferred Tenderer will include drafting a Smart Meter Data Access Code for consultation, supporting the work on a CRU consultation paper, developing a final version of the Code and supporting work on a CRU decision paper. It is expected that this will involve stakeholder engagement, representing the CRU at various forums and oversight of the implementation of the Code post publication.

This Code will set out certain rules for processing data from smart meters. The Code will establish which entities can use the customers’ smart meter data, for what purposes and under which conditions. It will define the purposes for which customers’ personal data can be used by ESB Networks in its’ role as the Distribution Network Operator, by Energy Suppliers who are providing a service to customers, other parties such as SEAI, the CSO for research purposes and other actors in the energy market whose role is set out in the CEP. This will include aggregators and demand side response providers. The intention is for this Code to establish a basis for market participants, including the DSO, to use meter data for network planning, real time grid management and information provision purposes.

European and international examples will inform the development of the Code for Ireland and it is envisaged that the preferred Tenderer will have considerable technical experience of the approach taken elsewhere. The Tenderer should have an understanding of energy markets and smart metering systems, particularly with defining rules for access to smart metering data of the final customer. It is preferable but not required for the Tenderer to have experience in preparing legal documents.

Duration in months: 44

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: 239 650.00 EUR

Official name: Gemserv Ireland Limited
National registration number: Gemserv Ireland Limited
Postal address: Fitzwilliam Hall Business Centre
Town: Dublin
NUTS code: IE Éire / Ireland
Postal code: 2
Country: Ireland
E-mail: bd@gemserv.com
Telephone: +353 16694630
Internet address: http://www.gemserv.ie/

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME: yes

Nature and extent of the modifications (with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract):

In 2021 the CRU entered into a contract with Gemserv for the provision of consultancy support in relation to the development of a Smart Meter Data Access Code. The project to develop and deliver the Smart Meter Data Access Code has taken longer and involved more work than initially anticipated. There are a number of reasons for the longer timeframe, which include the timeline for the transposition of EU legislation as well as legal challenges, which required additional legal reviews to be conducted. Further to this, the responses to the initial consultation resulted in the need to conduct a second round of consultation, which was not anticipated. Finally, the pressures placed on the energy markets in 2022, as a result of the war in Ukraine resulted in the CRU needing to prioritise work in other areas at certain times. These factors could not have been anticipated at the time of the contract period being developed, but have ultimately lead to a need to modify the contract signed in 2021. The modification will extend the period of the contract to 31/03/2025 and increase the number of draw-down days that can be utilised by 100.

Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee (Art. 43(1)(c) of Directive 2014/23/EU, Art. 72(1)(c) of Directive 2014/24/EU, Art. 89(1)(c) of Directive 2014/25/EU)

Description of the circumstances which rendered the modification necessary and explanation of the unforeseen nature of these circumstances:

The project to develop and deliver the Smart Meter Data Access Code has taken longer and involved more work than initially anticipated. There are a number of reasons for the longer timeframe, which include the timeline for the transposition of EU legislation as well as legal challenges, which required additional legal reviews to be conducted. Further to this, the responses to the initial consultation resulted in the need to conduct a second round of consultation, which was not anticipated. Finally, the pressures placed on the energy markets in 2022, as a result of the war in Ukraine resulted in the CRU needing to prioritise work in other areas at certain times. These factors could not have been anticipated at the time of the contract period being developed, but have ultimately lead to a need to modify the contract signed in 2021. The modification will extend the period of the contract to 31/03/2025 and increase the number of draw-down days that can be utilised by 100.

Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications and price adaptions and, in the case of Directive 2014/23/EU, average inflation in the Member State concerned)

Value excluding VAT: 239 650.00 EUR

Total contract value after the modifications

Value excluding VAT: 355 150.00 EUR