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planned
Official procurement procedure
Remote Mobile SIM Provisioning
Communications equipment
Installation of telecommunications equipment
Integrated telecommunications services
+1 more
UK
Published value
£700,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Northern Powergrid: "Remote Mobile SIM Provisioning". Published status: planned. Published value: £700,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Northern Powergrid | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | planned No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £700,000 |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Northern Powergrid
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Northern Powergrid. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
2.5Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate availablePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 9 active published awards; 2 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNorthern Powergrid | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusplanned | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published23 Sept 2021, 06:14 BST | Last source update23 Sept 2021, 06:14 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationCommunications equipment, Installation of telecommunications equipment, Integrated telecommunications services, Telecommunications services | ||
Delivery area UK | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02e3c1 | ||
What is being bought
Northern Powergrid, part of Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE) is seeking to let a contract for the provision of a solution to remotely manage and provision sims onto any MNO network without the need to do any interventions at the remote site. The terminal equipment will be ruggedised and in most cases will be a fixed installation.
Northern Powergrid uses a qualification system, the Utilities Vendor Database (UVDB) which is administered by Achilles Information Ltd, for supplier selection.
Companies interested in bidding for this opportunity, must be registered with the UVDB under category codes relating to Telecommunications, communications or IT solutions, in order to be considered for this opportunity. If you would like further details, please email tracy.precious@northernpowergrid.com.
Potential suppliers should note that the registration process with the UVDB can take up to 6 weeks to complete. As such, no contract notice will be issued for the requirement, as a Qualification system notice is issued by Achilles Information Ltd on behalf of the Company.
If you would like further details, please contact on how to register on Achilles, please email on tracy.precious@northernpowergrid.com.
This PIN is for information only and therefore no tender documents are available for publish at this time.
What changed
From the official release history
- Published value updated to £700,000
23 Sept 2021, 06:14 BST - Status changed to planned
23 Sept 2021, 06:14 BST - Official notice release published
23 Sept 2021, 06:14 BST - Buyer information updated
23 Sept 2021, 06:14 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedplannedPublished valueNot publishedNorthern Powergrid wish to procure a sim solution that can be installed in any standard network device. Once communication has been established over the Air Interface over any MNO, it shall be possible to re-provision the SIM onto any other MNO without the need to visit site. The company anticipates that a contract could last up to 60 months with the option to extend for a further three x 12 months periods. Additional information: This will be dependent on whether "Solution Only" is provided or "Solution and Airtime" are provide together. It is anticipated that the costs for the supply of sims and provisioning platform will be in the order of £700,000.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
23 Sept 2021, 06:14 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Northern Powergrid
Contracting authority GB-FTS-19750Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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