Project-management services other than for construction work

Tender description

The all-island Single Electricity Market (SEM) is regulated jointly by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) in Dublin and the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation (or Utility Regulator) in Belfast, known as the Regulatory Authorities or RAs. The decision making body which governs the market is the SEM Committee (SEMC), consisting of the CER, the Utility Regulator as well as an independent member (who also has a deputy), with each entity having one vote. The RAs now invites tenders for Integrated Programme and Project Management Services to the Regulatory Authorities for the Integrated SEM (I-SEM) and DS3 System Services projects. This includes the provision of a centralised programme management office to support the delivery and governance of both the I-SEM and DS3 projects in accordance with recognised project management standards (PMBOK, Prince2 or equivalent) and the existing governance arrangements for the projects. This includes schedule, scope, quality, change, risk, issue, project stakeholder engagement and communication management and project governance. To ensure policy/scope consistency across both project and work streams under each project, the tender also includes the provision of a Centralised Design Authority. The support required for the above service has been divided into 2 separate elements or Lots. Specifically, parties are invited to tender separately for: — Lot 1 — Centralised Programme Management Function, and Lot 2 — Centralised Design Authority Function.