Tender

Britned Allocation and Nomination Platform

BRITNED DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

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Tender

02 Aug 2021 at 12:07

Summary of the contracting process

Britned Development Limited is currently engaged in an active procurement process titled "Britned Allocation and Nomination Platform," which is focused on IT services classified under the CPV code 72000000. The tender is aimed at developing a new capacity allocation and nomination IT platform essential for the operational functionality of the BritNed Interconnector, located in the UK and Netherlands. The procurement method is selective, employing a negotiated procedure with prior call for competition, and submissions are due by 2 September 2021. Interested suppliers are encouraged to register their interest and obtain pre-qualification documents via email.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in IT services, particularly those with expertise in software development and operational support systems. Companies that focus on custom IT solutions, particularly those with capabilities in building and managing complex platforms for commercial operations in the energy sector, will find this opportunity particularly relevant. The successful supplier will take on a comprehensive role, developing, hosting, and operating the new platform, which may pave the way for ongoing business relations and service renewals after the initial contract duration of approximately three years.

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Notice Title

Britned Allocation and Nomination Platform

Notice Description

This Contract Notice is Mirrored on TED Enotices. Britned are tendering to procure a new capacity Allocation and Nomination IT Platform. This Platform shall allow BritNed to replace functionalities currently performed and hosted by other systems and shall improve BritNed's system driven business functions. The Platform will need to perform a variety of different 24/7 operative commercial use cases (further detail is provided in the detailed description and tender documents). To register your interest in this procurement event and to obtain the pre-qualification documents applicants are to email elliot.leighton@nationalgrid.com using the wording 'Registering Interest for Britned Allocation and Nomination Platform' and include in the body of the message (if you have them) your Ariba AN numbers (Network ID), name, email address and contact phone number for all contacts who will need to receive Ariba messages and administer your online submissions.

Lot Information

Lot 1

BritNed Development Limited is tendering for a new capacity Allocation and Nomination IT Platform for the commercial operation of the BritNed Interconnector. The new IT Platform shall allow BritNed to replace functionalities currently hosted and performed by other systems and shall furthermore help to improve BritNed's system driven business functions. The Platform will need to perform a variety of critical 24/7 commercial operations processes such as: - Different user roles setup and management - Receipt and/or calculation, verification, management and processing of Interconnector Capability and Net Transfer Capacity - Calculation, verification, management and processing of Available Transfer Capacity - Calculation, verification, management and processing of Offered Capacity for all auction types - Enabling and facilitation of Explicit Auctions and Implicit Auctions/Market Coupling interfacing at various timescales (Long-term, Day Ahead and Intraday) with different auction products and product settings - Facilitation of Secondary Market activities - Credit management - Settlement, invoicing and auditing processes for all timescales - Calculation / receipt, management and publication of Transmission Rights - Transmission Rights Curtailment - Nominations at Long Term, Day Ahead and Intraday timescales - Backup Power Purchase Management - Interfaces to TSOs for Physical Transmission Rights (PTRs) nomination - Market Notifications to customers and for regulatory purposes - Publications to Platform users and external systems - Business data management, extractions and reporting functions - Market interfacing throughout the whole commercial process (to TSOs, customers, regulators, Power Exchanges, data warehouses, other IT supplier platforms) The selected supplier shall as part of this tender deliver a customised IT development to establish the new platform for BritNed. Furthermore, the supplier shall offer the solution in form of a turn-key-agreement as a managed service to BritNed. Meaning that the supplier shall not only develop, but also host and operate the platform on behalf of BritNed after the completion of the initial development. Therefore, the supplier will be asked to provide an option for a 24/7 helpdesk function for BritNed and its customers to handle any system process related issues, as well as a 24/7 technical support function to deal with technical issues and failures of the platform or its interfaces that need IT engineering intervention. The platform shall be hosted to comply with high performance, availability and cyber security requirements. For this, the supplier needs to ensure that that the stated performance, security and availability levels within the business requirements documentation can be met and that the platform contains of a hot standby setup with a geographically separated Disaster Recovery site to ensure operation to all times.

Renewal: After the initial contract duration a further renewal of agreed services may be exercised.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02cf62
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018420-2021
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
2 Aug 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
2 Sep 2021Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
BRITNED DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
Contact Name
Elliot Leighton
Contact Email
elliot.leighton@nationalgrid.com
Contact Phone
+44 7866792545

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
N/A
Post Town
Not specified
Country
Not specified

Major Region (ITL 1)
Not specified
Basic Region (ITL 2)
Not specified
Small Region (ITL 3)
Not specified
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Not specified
Electoral Ward
Not specified
Westminster Constituency
Not specified

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