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.