Data Management Platform

Description

NIE Networks is the electricity Distribution Network Operator(DNO) and transmission network owner in Northern Ireland. NIE Networks have a requirement for provision of suitably qualified and experienced organisation(s) to provide an Enterprise-scale Data Management Platform, associated Implementation Consultancy and Application Service Support. NIE Networks would like to invite service providers, who provide services relevant to the requirements, to attend a Supplier Information Day in Belfast on Friday 28th April 2023 relating to these requirements. At this session NIE Networks will outline an overview of the requirements, gain feedback on particular elements from the audience and consider various technical options. The feedback gained may be used to add to the procurement strategy. There may be a request for feedback after the event in the form of a questionnaire. Suppliers should register their interest via eSourcingNI by Friday 7th April 2023 providing the name(s) of who will attend. NIE Networks may shortlist attendees on the basis of direct relevant experience. Please note a separate Call for Competition in form of a FTS Contract Notice will be published on eSourcingNI. Any interested parties will still be required to apply separately when launched & expressing an interest in the market engagement shall in no way be accepted as registering an interest. Additionally, expressing an interest in the market engagement will not be a prerequisite in relation to the future tender competition. Please note this is not a Call for Competition. NIE Networks will be restricting the number of attendees to no more than two (2) representatives from your organisation who can attend the session. Project S1212 (2023) has been created on eSourcingNI where parties can register their interest to attend the session. Lot 1: NIE Networks have a requirement for provision of suitably qualified and experienced organisation(s) to provide an Enterprise-scale Data Management Platform, associated Implementation Consultancy and Application Service Support. Key platform functional requirement areas may include, for example: • Data Governance Management • Reference and Master Data Management • Metadata Management • Data Quality Management • Data Architecture Management • Data Modelling and Design • Data Storage and Operations • Data Security • Data Integration and Interoperability • Document and Content Management • Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and Cloud Data Lakehousing Governance The procurement of the Data Management Platform Project may be launched under a separate process. Please note a separate Call for Competition in form of Contract Notice will be published on eSourcingNI. Any interested parties will still be required to apply separately when launched & expressing an interest in the market engagement shall in no way be accepted as registering an interest. Additionally, expressing an interest in the market engagement will not be a prerequisite in relation to the future tender competition. Please note this is not a Call for Competition. In order to maintain a suitable list of suppliers please also provide a short description of your experience in this area. NIE Networks may shortlist attendees of the basis of direct relevant experience only. In addition in the event of the required being over subscribed NIE Networks may restrict the total number of attendees to the first 10 suppliers who demonstrate direct relevant experience. Additional information: Project S1212 (2023) has been created on eSourcingNI; where parties can register their interest to attend the session. The ONLY way to register is via the secure messaging function in the project, by providing no more than two names of representatives from your organisation who will attend and a brief description of your organisations direct relevant experience.