The Provision and Support of SCADA Software

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    "description": "Wales & West Utilities is reviewing the current service and system with a view to potentially undertaking a competitive tender under the Procurement Act 2023. This market engagement notice has a number of different purposes; ascertain the degree of competition in the market, ensure that any potential systems could meet the functionality required and explore the level of system innovation in the market. \nCore Functional Requirements\nReal-time Monitoring & Data Acquisition: Continuous gathering of data from geographically distributed RTUs and PLCs to monitor pressure, temperature, flow rates, and gas composition.\nSupervisory Control: Ability to remotely manage field devices, such as opening/closing valves and starting/stopping pumps.\nLeak Detection and Mitigation: Specific algorithms to detect leaks, pinpoint their location, and initiate mitigation, often involving integration with 3rd-party hydraulic modeling software.\nAlarm Management: Real-time alerting for threshold breaches (e.g., pressure) and abnormal operating conditions.\nHistorical Data Archiving & Reporting: High-performance databases for storage and retrieval of trend data, often using SQL or specialized relational databases.\nCustody Transfer Tracking: Accurate tracking of gas volume transfers between parties.\nTechnical and System Requirements\nCommunication Protocols: Support for standard protocols such as Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP/IP, and IEC 60870-5-104.\nHigh Availability & Redundancy: Redundant servers, network self-healing (e.g.,",
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        "description": "Any interested suppliers should send information detailing the respective systems, features, functionality and any relevant case studies. \nWales and West subject matter experts will review all information and if feasible arrange for 1 - 2 - 1 demonstrations from selected suppliers.\nSuppliers may contact or email directly if there are any queries."
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