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# Real Time Rating System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/real-time-rating-system-ocds-h6vhtk-04c9f6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited: "Real Time Rating System". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £4,500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northern-ireland-electricity-networks-limited-coh-ni026041)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £4,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Industry specific software package, Miscellaneous software package and computer systems, Software package utilities
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c9f6`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/real-time-rating-system-ocds-h6vhtk-04c9f6#tl-md)

## Description
The high penetration of renewable energy sources across Northern Ireland Electricity Networks’ (NIE Networks) transmission network has resulted in the network becoming increasingly constrained. NIE Network’s Real Time Thermal Rating (RTTR) project aims to determine the thermal capacity of 110 kV Transmission assets during different weather conditions, facilitating increased loading of assets without the need for costly network reinforcement.  
NIE Networks would like to invite interested parties who provide services relevant to the requirement to attend separate online market engagement sessions. At these sessions NIE will ask suppliers to provide a demonstration of their systems. NIE will ask Suppliers a number of questions, a copy of which has been provided with this Notice. 
The information obtained through this process will be retained by NIE Networks and will not be released to ensure confidentiality. However information obtained at the sessions may be used to inform the procurement strategy. 
NIE Networks will hold separate supplier sessions on 24 January 2025 between 9am - 4pm.  It is expected that each session will last approximately 45 minutes with up to a maximum of 7 suppliers.  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 oversubscribed NIE Networks will restrict the total number of attendees to the first 7 suppliers who demonstrate direct relevant experience.
The deadline for Suppliers to register is 17 January 2025. 
Suppliers should register their interest via eSourcingNI by 17 January 2024 providing the names of those who will attend. 
Please note, should NIE Networks tender for this requirement, a separate Call for Competition in the form of a FTS Contract Notice will be published on eSourcingNI.  Interested parties will still be required to apply if/when the tender is launched & expressing an interest in the market engagement shall in no way be accepted as registering an interest in the competition. 
Additionally, expressing an interest in the market engagement will not be a prerequisite in relation to the potential future competition.
Please note this is not a Call for Competition. 
Project S1223 has been created on eSourcingNI where parties can register their interest in attending the session.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 48700000, 48900000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Description:** This tender is for technology to monitor local weather conditions and overhead line sag to calculate the adjusted rating. The Supplier shall provide a fully functioning Application Programming Interface (API) and all the necessary sensor and communic...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F041119-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-20T09:59:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T09:00:46.193Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c9f6