Two firms have been awarded a £10 million telemetry equipment contract by Northern Ireland Water.
Schneider Electric Ltd and MP&E t/a EMR Integrated Solutions will provide the water company with the supply and installation of telemetry equipment for outstations. The main replacement of approximately 900 outstations will take place during the first two years of the contract with further outstations replaced as required over the remainder of the contract period.
The work covers all aspects of provision of WITS-DNP3 compliant outstation equipment, including:
- design, manufacture, or supply
- configuration, programming, testing and delivery
- site installation and site configuration
- programming, testing and commissioning.
The contract also covers delivery of legacy spares, removal and disposal of redundant outstation equipment, and the provision of technical support, spares and repairs services,
The firms will also be required to provide a telephone support service available to respond within 1 hour on a 24 hour / 7 days a week basis.
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