Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2021-03-30
Buyer: TenneT TSO B.V.
Country: NL
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 72000000

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
TenneT TSO B.V. (The Netherlands) and TenneT TSO GmbH (Germany) wish to conclude an agreement with a specialist party that can provide support within the MMT project with the flexibility of a commercial party where specific experience is necessary in the field of Scientific Software Engineering. MMT project is to replace the current market modelling tools PowrSym and JMM. Within the MMT project, support is needed. This support will be delivered in the end by a new department which is currently being setup within TenneT. In the meanwhile TenneT is looking for support from a specialist party.
— approach calculation algorithms and their complexity class in different ways to achieve a correct implementation;
The specialist party must be able to carry out work for both the German and Dutch TenneT companies, and the specialist party is required to work on both sites when TenneT requests. Within the project support is needed to realise the new tool MMT on the Smart Performance Cluster (SPC), including all forms of parallelisation. Also, TenneT requires a specialist party who has implemented and maintained calculation models and calculation methods concerning the grid load. In addition, support is required for the (further) optimisation of the pre- and post-processes of the MMT calculations. Of course, TenneT expects experience in an international company which is involved in the distribution of gas or electricity and has knowledge in the European Union energy market. The experience is gained in a multi-national project. Knowledge of the PEMMDB model and of ENTSO-E related studies is considered an advantage.
TenneT requires a specialist party which understands the abstraction level of data models. And is able to delegate and supervise the implementation to developers. TenneT wishes that the specialist party has knowledge of custom tools at other customers as the MMT tool will interface with these custom tools. To be able to design, build and maintain or improve these tools, a thorough knowledge of algorithms and computer science is required, as well as a basic knowledge of physics and power system engineering. The latter is necessary in order to be able to communicate in detail with the network strategists about important points in the calculation process and to be able to determine the right starting points for automating the processes.
TenneT requires that the specialist party presents a reference as a proof of the fulfilment of the requirements stated above. This reference has a minimal length of six months, and is not older than 3 years. Furthermore, TenneT requires to know what innovative developments you have contributed to. On demand, the specialist party can hand in three excellent CV's which confirm the expertise of Scientific Software Engineers.
To make sure we have selected the best parties possible, this announcement is taking place. TenneT intends to invite a few parties selected by TenneT for this future assignment (EUR 50 000-EUR 190 000 estimated in 2 years combined).
If parties feel that they can meet all requirements stated above then they are invited to contact Mr Stan Westerbaan of TenneT via Stan.Westerbaan@tennet.eu before or on 8 April 2021 at the latest. TenneT requires a motivation from the specialist party why you are interested in this future assignment and are of the opinion that your company is suitable for this assignment.