The provision of Service Providing Access to Long Term Power Price Forecasts [624]

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Commission for Regulation of Utilities ran this procurement for “The provision of Service Providing Access to Long Term Power Price Forecasts [624]” as an operational contract requiring implementation and sustained service execution. The extracted pack showed qualification-stage material with references to later ITT technical depth; practical activity therefore centred on building, integrating, and operating the specified service stack with compliant reporting and handover obligations where stated. Constituent activities and named work elements in the supplied extracts:

• Title: The provision of Service Providing Access to Long Term Power Price Forecasts [624]
• uccessful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13 million Public Liability €6.5 million Cyber €250,000 Professional Indemni
• shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference
• port in the form of a service desk with a minimum 8 hours x 5 days coverage; 09:00 –
• for the provision of Service Providing Access to
• Service Providing Access to Long Term
• Term of the contract: Any Services Contract that may result from this
• Authorities will have the right under any Services Contract to extend the Term
• expenditure on the Services to be covered by the proposed Services Contract
• Effective Economic Regulation of Water Services
• The Market Modelling Group (MMG) is part of the Security of Supply and Wholesale Division.
• The MMG is responsible for the administration and calculation of the Public Service Obligation Non-binding monetary references in the source were treated as context only and were not used as qualification thresholds.

3. Background & buyer context

The buyer context reflected a formal Irish public-procurement route, with pre-qualification used to control entry into the tender stage.

• Leadership Development Programmes as more particularly described below (the
• within a policy and statutory framework set by Government and has responsibility for
• of the Network Imperfections Charges. The MMG also carries out various policy analysis and
• Part 2: Background Information to Services Required

4. Eligibility & selection criteria

• Turnover requirement — — use these verbatim for insurance / turnover. If a category (insurance, turnover) has no entry here, treat it as 'not specified' for THIS tender.
• Insurance — — use these verbatim for insurance / turnover. If a category (insurance, turnover) has no entry here, treat it as 'not specified' for THIS tender.; uccessful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13 million Public Liability €6.5 million Cyber €250,000 Professional Indemni; ve the following insurances in place: Insurance Type Level in place Details of Excess Expiry Date Employers Liability €13m the following insurances in place: Insurance Type Level in place Details of Excess Expiry Date Employers Liability €13m Public Liability €
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — not specified for this tender
• Personnel — not specified for this tender
• Geographic / facility constraints — not specified for this tender Additional binding lines surfaced in the deterministic extract:
• — use these verbatim for insurance / turnover. If a category (insurance, turnover) has no entry here, treat it as 'not specified' for THIS tender.
• uccessful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13 million Public Liability €6.5 million Cyber €250,000 Professional Indemni
• ve the following insurances in place: Insurance Type Level in place Details of Excess Expiry Date Employers Liability €13m the following insurances in place: Insurance Type Level in place Details of Excess Expiry Date Employers Liability €13m Public Liability €
• 5m Professional Indemnity € 0.25 Cyber € 250,000

5. Award criteria & scoring

6. Submission requirements

• Method statement / response document (template/page limits) — Appendix 1 questionnaire/PQQ response was required.
• CVs (page count, named roles) — not specified in extract.
• Pricing schedule (format/template) — expected at ITT stage.
• Case studies (number/value range) — client references/comparable project evidence was referenced.
• Declarations (ESPD/Bona Fides/Tax/COI) — ESPD/declaration/statement-of-confirmation language was present.
• Mandatory site visit — not specified in extract.
• Submission portal and formatting — eTenders portal and PDF electronic copies were referenced. Submission-related source lines:
• [CRU ITT Power Price Forecasts Non OJEU Ref 011-03-624.pdf] 1
• Appendix 1: Statement of Requirements ............................................................................... 5
• Appendix 2: Grading Criteria ................................................................................................12
• Appendix 3: Procurement Conditions ...................................................................................14
• Appendix 4: Contract Terms and Conditions ........................................................................18
• Appendix 5: Confidentiality Agreement .................................................................................45

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 24 months. Payment cycle, SLA/KPI schedule, and penalty regime were not fully disclosed in the snippets unless listed below.

• Title: The provision of Service Providing Access to Long Term Power Price Forecasts [624]
• VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
• uccessful Tenderer shall be required to hold for the term of the Services Contract the following insurances: Type of Insurance Indemnity Limit Employer’s Liability €13 million Public Liability €6.5 million Cyber €250,000 Professional Indemni
• NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED in consideration of the sum of €2.00 (the receipt of which is hereby
• Competition will be issued for a term of 24 months (the “Term”)
• of the contract for a further 12 months with a maximum of 2 such extension/s
• breach(es) are capable of remedy) within 30 days after receipt of a request
• For the Term and for a period of 12 months thereafter (and save in respect of publ

9. Risks, red flags & unusuals

• Qualification gate: the deterministic extract included a turnover threshold line (— use these verbatim for insurance / turnover. If a category (insurance, turnover) has no entry here, treat it as 'not specified' for THIS tender.), which can materially narrow bidder pool composition.
• The two-step process (PQQ then ITT) shifted effort to compliance evidence early, with competitive scoring detail potentially deferred.
• Technical and contractual granularity appeared ITT-dependent, increasing ambiguity at qualification stage for non-incumbent bidders.

10. SME fit assessment

This competition looked most accessible to firms with established public-sector tender capability, documented financial capacity, and direct operational experience in the relevant service category.

• Credible bidder profile — mid-sized to large specialist with formal QA/compliance process.
• Consortium / sub-contracting — not clearly specified in extract.
• Indicative bid-prep effort — 6 to 12 working days for evidence collation, form completion, and review cycles at PQQ level.
• Pwin signal — strongest for bidders with reusable qualification artefacts, comparable references, and low-friction mobilisation capability.

11. Where to dig deeper

• Source RFT/PQQ filenames: CRU ITT Power Price Forecasts Non OJEU Ref 011-03-624.pdf, ITT Power Price Forecasts Non OJEU Ref 011-03-624.pdf] 1, ITT).
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: OJEU Ref 011-03-624.pdf] 1.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: Appendix 1: Statement of Requirements .................................................., Appendix 2: Grading Criteria ..........................................................., Appendix 3: Procurement Conditions ......................................................