Scottish Water has gone out to tender with a major contract for the survey, design, manufacture, systems integration, testing, delivery, installation and commissioning of low voltage motor control centres worth an estimated £160 million in total.
The scope of services to be provided under the contract includes:
- Supply, systems integration, delivery, installation and commissioning of PLC/SCADA and repair and maintenance of process control
- Provision of reactive ICAT maintenance services
The contract is being tendered in four separate Lots:
Lot 1 Large MCCs (£70m)
The survey, design, manufacture, factory acceptance test, delivery, site acceptance test, installation and commissioning of large conventional and intelligent low voltage motor control centres with associated systems integration, software, components, training and documentation.
A large MCC is defined as 6 or more functional units and can include the supply of other panels and MCCs in the same or connected network.
Lot 2 Small MCCs (£30m)
A small MCC is defined as 5 or fewer functional units.
Lot 3 Systems Integration (£55m)
The provision of planned systems integration and process control services to support SW’s SR21 PLC/SCADA replacement, as well as new works, requirements.
Lot 4 ICAT Maintenance (£5m)
The provision of reactive systems integration and process control services.
The initial contract period is 6 years with a further 2-year extension option. Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 10th March 2020 – click here to access the tender documentation
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