Official UK procurement notice
SONI030 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: SONI Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFollowing a lengthy consultation period, the Utility Regulator in Northern Ireland issued a decision in August 2022 regarding SONI Governance matters. This decision became effective within the SONI TSO Licence from 26 October 2022.
The Licence Modification requires significant changes to the SONI Ltd Board composition and the relationship between EirGrid plc (as parent) and SONI Ltd (its subsidiary). They also require that the SONI TSO business be managerially and operationally separate from EirGrid and any other company within the EirGrid Group with separate premises, IT and other systems, equipment, facilities, processes and staff.
The Utility Regulator’s Licence Modification requirements for independence at Board, Management and Operational levels in the SONI business equates to a de-facto requirement to demerge the EirGrid and SONI businesses.
As a result, SONI is now seeking to appoint a consultancy business to design, manage and implement this demerger programme.
CPV: Business analysis consultancy services · Business and management consultancy and related services · General management consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 2 bids received (2.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Framework Agreement period will be for an initial duration of two years with the…AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,000,000
The Framework Agreement period will be for an initial duration of two years with the option to extend annually for up to an additional three years, subject always to the satisfactory performance of the supplier.
The demerger project will be run over two phases:
(i) the initial scope, design and cost of the demerger project
(ii) the implementation of the demerger project.
SONI offers a hybrid working model. Candidates resources would be expected to attend SONI’s office in Belfast for certain meetings and workshops as and when required. Additional information: The estimated value of 2 million sterling is inclusive of the entire duration
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Project Team: 35%
- Approach and Methodology: 25%
- Contract Management: 10%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (4)
- Project Team: 35%
- Approach and Methodology: 25%
- Contract Management: 10%
- Price: 30%
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Shortlisting
- Please see Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire attached to this notice
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “SONI030” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 Aug 2023, 11:38 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Feb 2024, 10:39 GMT
- Authority reference
Demerger Consultants (SONI Led)- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-003825- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03f638Find a Tender
Publisher note: 1) Interested parties must register their interest on the mytenders web site (www.mytenders.co.uk) 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 Portal (www.mytenders.co.uk) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties. 2) This is the sole call for competition for this service. 3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers. 4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. 5) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next ranked tenderer as appropriate. 6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded. 7) 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. 8) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority 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. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at https://www.mytenders.co.uk The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.mytenders.co.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems This process is now concluded and a contract has been awarded. (MT Ref:231253)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 7 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
Timeline
7 Sept 2023 → 6 Feb 2024 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown7 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected18 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published6 Feb 2024, 10:39 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete6 Feb 2024, 10:39 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 003825-2024-1
- Signed
- 1 Feb 2024
- Value
- £2,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Ernst & YoungFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria