Goods-Framework-Telemetry Outstations

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United Utilities has had a Strategy of centralising the monitoring of its site-based assets for a number of Asset Management Periods (AMPs). Primarily this is to provide alarms to the Integrated Control Centre (ICC) manned 24/7, so that the appropriate business response can be actioned. Increasingly, in support of the Systems Thinking Strategy, data is required in near-real time for more pro-active discovery of events and optimisation of processes. Lot 1: Goods-Framework-Telemetry Outstations United Utilities has had a Strategy of centralising the monitoring of its site-based assets for a number of Asset Management Periods (AMPs). Primarily this is to provide alarms to the Integrated Control Centre (ICC) manned 24/7, so that the appropriate business response can be actioned. Increasingly, in support of the Systems Thinking Strategy, data is required in near-real time for more pro-active discovery of events and optimisation of processes. Telemetry outstations are part of the end-to-end infrastructure that facilitates these services. They provide and edge computing capability – integrating into instrumentation and control systems, providing a “store and forward” capability for collected data, and ultimately servicing the Company’s Strategic Telemetry System (STS) within the ICC. United Utilities has an intention to engage the market to request information on the supply and support of Telemetry Outstations, including: small, medium and large Outstations and Dedicated Pump Controllers (DPC). Additional information: Refer to Appendix 1-4.