Section one: Contracting entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Northern Powergrid
Lloyds Court 78 Grey Street
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 6AF
Contact
Tracy Precious
Tracy.Precious@northernpowergrid.com
Telephone
+44 07731-024909
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.northernpowergrid.com/
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.6) Main activity
Electricity
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Remote Mobile SIM Provisioning
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 64200000 - Telecommunications services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short 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.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £700,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 32570000 - Communications equipment
- 45314000 - Installation of telecommunications equipment
- 64227000 - Integrated telecommunications services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
Northern Powergrid license areas across North East and Yorkshire.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
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.
two.2.14) 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 £700,000.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
6 December 2021
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes