Business and management consultancy services

Tender description

EirGrid is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and competent advisors to review our current control room operations in Dublin/Belfast and other jurisdictions in the energy and non-energy sectors from around the world to identify best practice in terms of tools, processes and systems. This is expected to include big data analytics promoting control and decision making in a dynamic environment to facilitate automation for our 2030 and beyond requirements taking the high level of planned renewable integration. The successful tenderer will be required to: — develop a vison of the control room of 2030 and beyond; — identify activities and options which may facilitate best practice and operation; — develop a prototype or virtual reality experience of the proposal; and — develop an outline design and roadmap with proposed implementation programme. EirGrid Group operates and develops the electricity system in Ireland. Our 2020-25 strategy is shaped by climate change and the transition of the electricity sector to low-carbon, renewable energy. We have a unique role to play in leading the radical transformation that is required. Our strategy sums up our response to these challenges. It consists of a set of key goals, underpinned by our purpose to ‘Transform the power system for future generations’. One of the primary company goals is to ‘Lead the island's electricity sector on sustainability and decarbonisation’ renewable targets. The Climate Action Plan 2019 states that 70 % of electricity will be generated from renewable sources by 2030. In the UK, the Government is pursuing net zero carbon emissions by 2050. We can currently operate the grid with up to 65 % of renewable power. By 2030 this must increase to 95 %. To do this we must operate the system in a more dynamic and responsive way. Integral to this is to develop our control room in accordance with international best practice utilising the most up to date technology, processes and systems. EirGrid is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and competent advisors to review our current control room operations in Dublin/Belfast and other jurisdictions in the energy and non-energy sectors from around the world to identify best practice in terms of tools, processes and systems. This is expected to include big data analytics promoting control and decision making in a dynamic environment to facilitate automation for our 2030 and beyond requirements taking the high level of planned renewable integration. The successful tenderer will be required to: — develop a vison of the control room of 2030 and beyond; — identify activities and options which may facilitate best practice and operation; — develop a prototype or virtual reality experience of the proposal; and — develop an outline design and roadmap with proposed implementation programme.