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Published 13 Mar 2023, 15:32 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Data Management Platform · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited (Public body)

Goods
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Sept 2023from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NIE Networks is the electricity Distribution Network Operator(DNO) and transmission network owner in Northern Ireland. NIE Networks have a requirement for provision of suitably qualified and experienced organisation(s) to provide an Enterprise-scale Data Management Platform, associated Implementation Consultancy and Application Service Support.

NIE Networks would like to invite service providers, who provide services relevant to the requirements, to attend a Supplier Information Day in Belfast on Friday 28th April 2023 relating to these requirements.

At this session NIE Networks will outline an overview of the requirements, gain feedback on particular elements from the audience and consider various technical options. The feedback gained may be used to add to the procurement strategy.

There may be a request for feedback after the event in the form of a questionnaire.

Suppliers should register their interest via eSourcingNI by Friday 7th April 2023 providing the name(s) of who will attend. NIE Networks may shortlist attendees on the basis of direct relevant experience.

Please note a separate Call for Competition in form of a FTS Contract Notice will be published on eSourcingNI. Any interested parties will still be required to apply separately when launched & expressing an interest in the market engagement shall in no way be accepted as registering an interest.

Additionally, expressing an interest in the market engagement will not be a prerequisite in relation to the future tender competition.

Please note this is not a Call for Competition.

NIE Networks will be restricting the number of attendees to no more than two (2) representatives from your organisation who can attend the session.

Project S1212 (2023) has been created on eSourcingNI where parties can register their interest to attend the session.

CPV: Business intelligence software package · Compliance software package · Data management services · Database systems · Electronic data management (EDM) · IT software package · Platform interconnectivity software package · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1NIE Networks have a requirement for provision of suitably qualified and experienced…Planned

NIE Networks have a requirement for provision of suitably qualified and experienced organisation(s) to provide an Enterprise-scale Data Management Platform, associated Implementation Consultancy and Application Service Support.

Key platform functional requirement areas may include, for example:

  • Data Governance Management
  • Reference and Master Data Management
  • Metadata Management
  • Data Quality Management
  • Data Architecture Management
  • Data Modelling and Design
  • Data Storage and Operations
  • Data Security
  • Data Integration and Interoperability
  • Document and Content Management
  • Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and Cloud Data Lakehousing Governance

The procurement of the Data Management Platform Project may be launched under a separate process. Please note a separate Call for Competition in form of Contract Notice will be published on eSourcingNI. Any interested parties will still be required to apply separately when launched & expressing an interest in the market engagement shall in no way be accepted as registering an interest. Additionally, expressing an interest in the market engagement will not be a prerequisite in relation to the future tender competition. Please note this is not a Call for Competition.

In order to maintain a suitable list of suppliers please also provide a short description of your experience in this area. NIE Networks may shortlist attendees of the basis of direct relevant experience only. In addition in the event of the required being over subscribed NIE Networks may restrict the total number of attendees to the first 10 suppliers who demonstrate direct relevant experience. Additional information: Project S1212 (2023) has been created on eSourcingNI; where parties can register their interest to attend the session. The ONLY way to register is via the secure messaging function in the project, by providing no more than two names of representatives from your organisation who will attend and a brief description of your organisations direct relevant experience.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
13 Mar 2023, 15:32 GMT
Last source update
13 Mar 2023, 15:32 GMT
Authority reference
S1212 (2023)
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-007262
Classification (CPV)
Business intelligence software packageCompliance software packageData management servicesDatabase systemsElectronic data management (EDM)IT software packagePlatform interconnectivity software packageSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b256 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The ONLY way to register your interest to attend the briefing session is via the secure messaging function in the project on eSourcingNI. The closing date & time to register is 5pm Friday 7th April 2023. An agenda will be issued to invited suppliers once the date of registration has closed.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

13 Mar 2023 → 1 Sept 2023 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    13 Mar 2023, 15:32 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected
    1 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northern Ireland Electricity Networks

Contracting authorityPublic bodyElectricity 120 Malone Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 5HTContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.