The Environment Agency (EA) has issued a Prior Information Notice inviting suppliers to register their interest in an upcoming contract for mobile assets tracking, monitoring and reporting.
TheEA is looking to appoint of a contractor to provide for tracking, remote monitoring and reporting of pumps, barrier stillages, and other auxiliary equipment – up to a maximum of 1500 separate pieces of equipment.
Contract length will be 8 years with a maximum estimated total value of £5 million.
The contractor will be required to maintain a GPS based tracker platform and mobile app, on behalf of the EA, for all suitable equipment – the system should include:
- Track all equipment including pump stock, flood barriers and some ancillary equipment
- Administration and management of the tracking platform web based and mobile app
- A facility to carry out maintenance on tracker system transponders as required
- Remote monitoring of pumps
- Provide reports showing a wide range of management information
- Ensure platform is compatible with EA systems.
Must have reporting parameters for tracking and reporting of mobile pumps include:
- Current position (real time)
- Historical movement reporting
- Status (on / off)
- Battery level / voltage
For pump remote monitoring requirement:
- Fuel level
- Ad blue level (if equipped)
- Temperature
- Oil pressure
- Oil level
- Suction pressure
- Discharge pressure
- Total hours
- RPM
- Pump operation state (auto / manual)
- Autonomous control of the pump
- Live view (camera?)
- Ability to hold historical data
- Asset function alarm notification system
- Remote interrogation of issues/HealthCheck reporting
- Any possible future technological innovation
There is also a specific requirement to be able to report accurately on the location of mobile assets and on other auxiliary equipment e.g. generators, eel strainers, metal stillages, lighting towers etc. including:
- Live location tracking
- Detailed mapping
- Reporting of movements
Availability both on desktop via PC/Laptop and also on a mobile device via an app or other accessible API is
It is also essential that the raw data from the assets must be owned by the EA and should be in a format that can be shared for use with third parties if needed.
The EA is inviting suppliers to register their interest for the tender ahead of publication of a formal contract notice in early June.
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