Published date: 12 May 2021

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Opportunity (published 12 May 2021, last edited 12 May 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Data services - 72300000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£380,000

Procurement reference

TSC001-DN543569-45877388

Published date

12 May 2021

Closing date

14 June 2021

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 July 2021

Contract end date

31 October 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The National Digital Twin programme (NDTp) has made great headway in crafting and communicating a vision of connected Digital Twins as a cross-sector opportunity to support decisions in the context of high future uncertainty (climate, technology, public health, etc) and where many system interactions and cascading consequences exist.
A Digital Twin is a digital representation of a real-world asset, system or process, which is updated at sufficient frequency to inform decisions about interventions on the real-world twin. The two twins are connected through a two-way data exchange: any changes in the physical twin (e.g. traffic volumes on a road or temperature in a building) are picked up by sensors and represented in the digital twin; while changes in the digital one (e.g. changes made to road lay-out or reducing the heating in the building) can be passed onto the physical twin when appropriate. Digital Twins can be used for strategic planning (long-term planning, exploring how the physical asset can be as effective and efficient as possible, before the asset is completely delivered), operational planning (short-term, tactical planning to optimise the use of already existing assets) or active operations (adapting operation of an asset based on frequent feedback on conditions of use). In this context of this tender, only strategic and operational planning are relevant.

More information

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Please register at link below if not already registered and Express an Interest on this project to download the Tender Documents: https://procontract.due-north.com/Register

About the buyer

Contact name

Raj Ragiwala

Address

3rd Floor The Pinnacle
170 Midsummer Boulevard
Milton Keynes
MK9 1BP
England

Telephone

+44 7864987110

Email

raj.ragiwala@cp.catapult.org.uk

Website

http://cp.catapult.org.uk