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Energia Group Billing System Level 3 Support and Upgrades

ENERGIA GROUP

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

10 Oct 2023 at 13:08

Tender

16 Dec 2022 at 10:27

Summary of the contracting process

Energia Group has recently awarded a contract for the project "Energia Group Billing System Level 3 Support and Upgrades". The procurement process has reached completion and Wipro Limited has been selected as the supplier. The project falls under the services main procurement category and involves programming services of application software. Energia Group, based in Belfast, United Kingdom, conducted the procurement using a selective procurement method with a negotiated procedure. The award was signed on 21st August 2023.

This tender for Energia Group's Billing System Level 3 Support and Upgrades presents an opportunity for businesses providing IT services, specifically in application software programming. Suppliers capable of offering support services, system testing, application enhancements, and ICT solutions for billing systems are well-suited to compete. The submission period for this tender ended on 20th January 2023, with the invitation for the second stage set for 28th February 2023. Interested parties can further explore the tender details on Energia Group's procurement website.

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Notice Title

Energia Group Billing System Level 3 Support and Upgrades

Notice Description

This Project Information Memorandum (PIM) has been prepared by Energia Group as a briefing note for potential bidders interested in delivering the following ICT services: Level 3 support (L3) and enhancements of the Billing Systems (currently two instances of Oracle CC&B) custom code for the two Billing System instances within Energia Group. Projects to upgrade Energia's two Billing systems from Oracle CC&B versions 2.5.0.2 and 2.6.1.0 including Smart 2 Schema upgrade to the latest stable version of Oracle Customer Care & Billing (CC&B) or Oracle Customer to Meter (C2M). Possible future major projects, e.g. Implementation of Smart Metering Phase 3., Consolidation of Commercial Billing functionality within Power NI billing system into Energia billing system.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The successful Supplier will provide support services for the Energia and Power NI billing systems. The support services will comprise: Contract take-on, including knowledge transfer from incumbent third level support providers; Third level diagnosis of incidents. Energia will be responsible for first and second line support; Providing resolutions or workarounds for defects through changes to customisations or configuration; Investigation and resolution of application performance issues; Design and development of application enhancements or small-scale applications within the billing applications area; Quality management; System testing of all changes prior to release; Release of changes to Energia for implementation; Service management and reporting; Review, acceptance and support of in-house/external third party developed customisations for Billing system related systems; Knowledge transfer to the in-house team. SCOPE OF BILLING SYSTEM UPGRADE PROJECTS This section describes Energia's proposed approach to the two upgrade projects. Each of the two CC&B systems must be upgraded from CC&B 2.5 & 2.6 to the latest stable versions of CC&B or to Oracle C2M (with an agreed point release and service pack based on availability at the time of the project). It is envisaged that this upgrade will be primarily a 'technical' upgrade but will also include some functional enhancements and the 'migration' of Business functionality from Oracle deprecated technology to Oracle 'road-mapped' technology e.g. Workflow to Service tasks for Market Engagement processing. Energia is open to moving from CC&B to C2M should Suppliers believe this to be in Energia's best interest.

Renewal: The initial contract term will be for a five-year period, with an option at Energia Group's discretion, to extend by 1 year at a time up to a maximum of five years, subject to annual review.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0391ce
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029831-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

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
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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


CPV Codes

72212000 - Programming services of application software

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£29,822,993 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£29,822,993 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Oct 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
20 Jan 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
20 Aug 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
ENERGIA GROUP
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BELFAST
Postcode
BT9 5NF
Post Town
Northern Ireland
Country
Northern Ireland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLN Northern Ireland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLN0 Northern Ireland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLN06 Belfast
Delivery Location
TLN Northern Ireland, TLN0 Northern Ireland

Local Authority
Belfast
Electoral Ward
Upper Malone
Westminster Constituency
Belfast South and Mid Down

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

WIPRO

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