Gas Safety Framework – Technical Consultancy Support

Tender description

The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) is Ireland’s independent energy and water regulator. The CER was established in 1999 and now has a wide range of economic, customer protection and safety responsibilities in energy. The CER is also the regulator of Ireland’s public water and wastewater system. The CER’s core focus in safety is to protect lives and property across a range of areas in the energy sector. This includes safety regulation of electrical contractors, gas installers and gas pipelines. In addition the CER is the safety regulator of upstream petroleum safety extraction and exploration activities, including on-shore and off-shore gas and oil. The CER currently wishes to engage consultancy support to provide technical exp expertise and assistance including specialist audit, specialist technical inspection and and other work items as necessary where specialist expertise is required. The consultancy support will require expertise in key areas including: • Natural Gas transmission • Natural Gas distribution • LPG including LPG distribution Networks A detailed specification of requirements is set out in Section 2. Tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie