Notice Information
Notice Title
Remote Mobile SIM Provisioning
Notice Description
Northern Powergrid, part of Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE) is seeking to let a contract for the provision of a solution to remotely manage and provision sims onto any MNO network without the need to do any interventions at the remote site. The terminal equipment will be ruggedised and in most cases will be a fixed installation. Northern Powergrid uses a qualification system, the Utilities Vendor Database (UVDB) which is administered by Achilles Information Ltd, for supplier selection. Companies interested in bidding for this opportunity, must be registered with the UVDB under category codes relating to Telecommunications, communications or IT solutions, in order to be considered for this opportunity. If you would like further details, please email tracy.precious@northernpowergrid.com. Potential suppliers should note that the registration process with the UVDB can take up to 6 weeks to complete. As such, no contract notice will be issued for the requirement, as a Qualification system notice is issued by Achilles Information Ltd on behalf of the Company. If you would like further details, please contact on how to register on Achilles, please email on tracy.precious@northernpowergrid.com. This PIN is for information only and therefore no tender documents are available for publish at this time.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Northern Powergrid wish to procure a sim solution that can be installed in any standard network device. Once communication has been established over the Air Interface over any MNO, it shall be possible to re-provision the SIM onto any other MNO without the need to visit site. The company anticipates that a contract could last up to 60 months with the option to extend for a further three x 12 months periods. Additional information: This will be dependent on whether "Solution Only" is provided or "Solution and Airtime" are provide together. It is anticipated that the costs for the supply of sims and provisioning platform will be in the order of PS700,000.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02e3c1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023630-2021
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
45 - Construction work
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
-
- CPV Codes
32570000 - Communications equipment
45314000 - Installation of telecommunications equipment
64200000 - Telecommunications services
64227000 - Integrated telecommunications services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £700,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Sep 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 6 Dec 2021Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NORTHERN POWERGRID
- Contact Name
- Tracy Precious
- Contact Email
- tracy.precious@northernpowergrid.com
- Contact Phone
- +44 07731-024909
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- Postcode
- NE1 6AF
- Post Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC43 Tyneside
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Electoral Ward
- Monument
- Westminster Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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