Project for the Design, Development, Build, Supply & Maintenance of an End-to-End Solution consisting of Pre-payment Gas Metering Equipment and associated Meter Management System ‘23

Concepts

• electronic meters
• phoenix natural gas ltd
• belfast
• phoenix natural gas limited
• database management system
• end-to-end solution
• associated pre qualification ref
• pre-payment gas metering solution
• associated meter management system
• provision of an end

Location

Northern Ireland:

Description

This tender process is being led by Phoenix Natural Gas Limited in conjunction with, and for the benefit of, all of the clients specified in Section VI.3 below. Phoenix Natural Gas Ltd, acting as a Central Purchasing Body, seeks to appoint a suitably experienced Service Provider to design, develop, build, supply & maintain an end-to-end solution that delivers a robust network consisting of a Pre-payment Gas Metering Solution and associated Meter Management System. Further details of the supplies and services required are set out in the draft Invitation to Tender documentation, made available with the associated Pre Qualification Ref: pqq_4442.

Total Quantity or Scope

The supplies/ services required through this procurement exercise entail the design, development, build and provision of an end to end pre-payment gas metering solution which includes an associated meter management system. Additional information: Phoenix Natural Gas Ltd reserve the right at any time to: reject any, or all, responses and to cancel or withdraw from this procurement process at any stage; award a Contract without prior notice; change the basis, the procedures and timescales set out - or referred to - within the tender documentation; require any Applicant or subsequent Tenderer, to clarify any submissions.

Renewal Options

The estimated value of this project could be between £40M and £65M. The maximum value range represents the estimated maximum potential value of work that could be awarded in the event that the Utility Regulator approves an accelerated roll out of meter replacement. Please note that, in the absence of such approval, the lower value represents the clients' current expectations of the estimated maximum potential value of work that could be awarded.

CPV Codes

• 38552000 - Electronic meters
• 48612000 - Database-management system
• 72314000 - Data collection and collation services

Indicators

• Variant bids may be considered.
• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The clients who may ultimately avail of any Framework Agreement for the supply of the Pre-payment Metering Equipment consist of the following Natural Gas Network Operators: 1. Phoenix Natural Gas Limited (trading as Phoenix Energy). 2. Firmus Energy (Distribution) Limited. 3. SGN Natural Gas Limited. With regards to the Software Development Agreement for the Meter Management System, the Contracting Entity shall be Phoenix Natural Gas however the aforementioned Network Operators and the following Gas Suppliers (plus any additional gas supplier that may subsequently enter into the market) shall be reliant on this provision and, as such, shall be entitled to 3rd Party Rights through the relevant Agreement: The Gas Suppliers consist of: 1. Firmus Energy (Supply) Limited. 2. SSE Airtricity Gas Supply (NI) Limited. Applicants wishing to be considered, must first complete a Pre-qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). Only those Applicants that successfully pass the PQQ stage shall be invited to complete the relevant tender documentation. This tender is being procured competitively in accordance with the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (as amended). The procedure to be followed for this procurement is the negotiated procedure. The costs of responding to this notice and participation in the process will be borne by each participating entity. All discussions and correspondence will be deemed strictly subject to contract until a formal contract is entered into. Any subsequent formal contract(s) shall not be binding until they have been signed and dated by the duly authorised representatives of each of the relevant participating parties.