Northern Ireland Water has gone out to tender with two control and instrumentation contracts worth a combined potential total of £42 million.

 NI Water’s Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation (EICA) Installation, Repair and Maintenance Contract will cover the following activities:

i. General EICA installation including upgrade across NI Water's wide range of assets and equipment (e.g. offices, pumping stations, industrial workshops, chemical stores, treatment works etc.)

ii. Planned and Reactive EICA maintenance and repair across NI Water's wide range of assets and equipment (e.g. pumps, instrumentation, control and automation, analytical, screening equipment, flow meters etc.) ofa  wide variety of makes and models of equipment.

iii. Quoting for the remedial repair of C3 faults arising from NI Water's electrical inspection and testing programme as required by BS7671 legislation.

iv. Providing minor works certificates as required following any EICA installation, planned and reactive repair/ maintenance work.

v. Portable Appliance Testing as required by The Electricity at Work Regulations.

The contract will also cover electrical actuator repair and maintenance including supplying of replacement actuators as required and any spare parts/ accessories. This may require Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) or their nominated agency support. The majority of NI Water's electric actuators are currently Rotork and Auma brands.

Other work covered under the wised-ranging tender includes:

• Manufacture of, modification to and maintenance of MCC, instrument, leakage, telemetry, switchboard, control panels, central marshalling; power factor correction equipment, switchgear and any other panel types in accordance with all current legislation/ regulations, WIMES specifications etc.
• Supply, repair and rewinding of electric motors in accordance with all current legislation/ regulations, WIMES specifications etc.
• Supply and delivery of electrical consumables, sundries, spares and miscellaneous items .
• Special projects which may include project management, energy efficiency projects, technical support/advice, site surveys, design services etc.

The contract , which is is worth up to £30 million, will run for an initial contract period of 36 months with the possible extension of the contract by 24 months and a further extension period of 12 months.

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 7^th May.

The utility’s Siemens Instrumentation, Control and Automation Contract, which is worth up to £12 million, is designed to provide NI Water with access to the goods and manufacturers of Siemens equipment. The service aspect of the contract is to provide NI Water with access to specialist manufacturer's support and to be a complementary service to the in-house skilled craft team if and when required.

The initial contract period will run for three years with two possible extension periods -  two years  and a further extension of 12 months. Tender deadline for the Siemens contract is 7^th May.

Click here to download the Siemens contract.

Click here to download the EICA contract