IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Tender description

This tender process is now complete. EirGrid has a requirement for a ramping margin tool to be developed and deployed in the control centres. This tool enables Grid Controllers to accurately schedule the ramping margin reserve services, thereby enabling more effective management of changing demand and generation profiles with increased wind integration. The scope of this contract will be to design and deliver a ramping margin tool to be deployed in the control centres in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The tool will need to take a range of data inputs (outlined in more detail below), perform a calculation to determine the ramping margin requirements and input these values back into the EirGrid Market Management System (MMS). The expectation is that this tool will be a key resource to the grid controllers in the control centres and therefore will need to be available on a 24 x 7 basis. EirGrid has a requirement for a ramping margin tool to be developed and deployed in the control centres. This tool enables grid controllers to accurately schedule the ramping margin reserve services, thereby enabling more effective management of changing demand and generation profiles with increased wind integration. The scope of this contract will be to design and deliver a Ramping margin tool to be deployed in the control centres in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The tool will need to take a range of data inputs (outlined in more detail below), perform a calculation to determine the ramping margin requirements and input these values back into the EirGrid Market Management System (MMS). The expectation is that this tool will be a key resource to the grid controllers in the control centres and therefore will need to be available on a 24 x 7 basis. The tool will provide a significant contribution to the scheduling, dispatch, real time control and trading processes. EirGrid envisages qualifying up to 3 candidates from this pre-qualification process, subject to the quality of responses received. The Services Agreement will commence on the services commencement date and will be for an initial duration of 3 years with an option to extend. Given the complexity of EirGrid system set-up, the software installed is likely to become embedded into EirGrid/SONI systems architecture. This may lead to the requirement for ongoing support. Pursuant to Article 50.F as set out in Council Directive 2014/25/EU as transposed into Irish law by the European Union (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertakings) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 286 of 2016) (the ‘Regulations’) EirGrid/SONI may extend the services agreement with the successful tenderer for up to a maximum of 20 years on an annual basis, subject always to the satisfactory performance of the supplier and EirGrid/SONI requirements.