Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of network investment forecasting and mass low carbon technology connection tools
Notice Description
Northern Powergrid intends to purchase the provision of network investment forecasting and mass low carbon technology connection tools. The network investment forecasting tool will model a range of scenarios with different future energy requirements, spread geographically across Northern Powergrid's low voltage distribution network. The mass low carbon technology connections tool will deliver efficiencies by automating and streamlining the process for optioneering, costing and approval of bulk applications for low carbon technologies.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Northern Powergrid intends to purchase the provision of network investment forecasting and mass low carbon technology connection tools. The network investment forecasting tool will model a range of scenarios with different future energy requirements, spread geographically across Northern Powergrid's low voltage distribution network. The tool will identify forecast thermal, voltage and earth loop impedance network constraints, identifying the optimal intervention (or set of interventions) from a configurable solution set to resolve these constraints for a customisable forward-looking period (up to and including year 2050). The tool will also provide forecast expenditure on load related network investment and details of forecast future network interventions. The tool will display the outputs in various formats including reports (data tables and PDFs), interactive maps and online dashboards. The network investment forecasting tool will forecast the impact of increasing load/generation on the network, specifically: * Addition of domestic low carbon technologies at existing points of connection. * Addition of low carbon technologies at existing non-domestic points of connection. * Changes to underlying profile assumptions e.g. changing the annual electricity consumption associated with each profile class to account for improvements in energy efficiency. * Standalone new connections of low carbon technologies. * New connections / increases in housing stock. Data received as additional properties (with some property type information) per secondary substation per year. * All items will be distributed based on total allocations / data provided at a secondary substation level or association with specific existing property Unique Property Reference Numbers. The mass low carbon technology connections tool will deliver efficiencies by automating and streamlining the process for optioneering, costing and approval of bulk applications for low carbon technologies. The tool will be aimed at external users (e.g. local authorities) who have regional decarbonisation plans which require the deployment of large amounts of low carbon technologies within a defined area. The tools need to provide data in a consistent manner, in line with other similar tools currently used by Northern Powergrid. Both tools are required to be delivered no later than September 2025. EA Technology Limited is the only known supplier that has the experience and tools available to meet this requirement within the required timescale.
Procurement Information
The tools are required by September 2025 to ensure they are in place to meet the expected rise in demand and generation requests, driven by decarbonisation, and to provide information for the next regulatory price control period. Northern Powergrid is operating within strict budget and timescale constraints for the delivery of the requirement. Our market analysis has identified no other suitable tool currently available on the market that can meet the full list of functional requirements listed above, within the timescales and costs identified. Most notably, we have taken into account that we would require suppliers to be able to integrate with our LV spatial database consisting of millions of assets and then undertake statistical calculations using the method outlined in ACE 49.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04b38b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035572-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
-
- CPV Codes
48100000 - Industry specific software package
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Nov 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 4 Nov 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NORTHERN POWERGRID LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- james.bell@northernpowergrid.com
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SUNDERLAND
- Postcode
- SR5 3XB
- Post Town
- Sunderland
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC44 Sunderland
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Sunderland
- Electoral Ward
- Castle
- Westminster Constituency
- Washington and Gateshead South
Further Information
Notice URLs
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