Mobile Assets tracking, monitoring and reporting contract

Tender description

The requirement of this Contract is the appointment of a contractor to provide for:<br/>• Tracking <br/>• Remote monitoring<br/>• Reporting <br/>of pumps, barrier stillages, and other auxiliary equipment. A maximum of 1500 separate pieces of equipment.<br/>Contract length will be 8 years, with a maximum of £5.0 million. Lot 1: To summarise, the Contractor is required to maintain a GPS based tracker platform and mobile app, on behalf of the EA, for all suitable equipment. This system should include:<br/>• Track all equipment including pump stock, flood barriers and some ancillary equipment<br/>• Administration and management of the tracking platform web based and mobile app<br/>• A facility to carry out maintenance on tracker system transponders as required<br/>• Remote monitoring of pumps<br/>• Provide reports showing a wide range of management information<br/>• Ensure platform is compatible with EA systems.<br/><br/>Detailed specification for tracking and reporting of mobile pumps. <br/>We have listed below a list of must have reporting parameters, below and will help us improve our overall efficiency as a team in the way we manage and operate our mobile assets.<br/>Therefore, these reporting streams must be acquired to fulfil the following needs:<br/>• Current position (real time)<br/>• Historical movement reporting<br/>• Status (on / off)<br/>• Battery level / voltage<br/>Pump remote monitoring requirement:<br/>• Fuel level<br/>• Ad blue level (if equipped) <br/>• Temperature<br/>• Oil pressure<br/>• Oil level<br/>• Suction pressure<br/>• Discharge pressure<br/>• Total hours <br/>• RPM<br/>• Pump operation state (auto / manual)<br/>• Autonomous control of the pump<br/>• Live view (camera?)<br/>• Ability to hold historical data<br/>• Asset function alarm notification system<br/>• Remote interrogation of issues/HealthCheck reporting<br/>• Any possible future technological innovation<br/>We understand that this list of reporting parameters may be limited by the technology available e.g. Tier 3 pumps vs tier 5 pumps, however access to this information would also allow a more structured refuelling/maintenance/diagnosis, regime thus making incidents particularly more carbon efficient.<br/>Location tracking of barriers and other auxiliary equipment<br/>There is a specific requirement to be able to report accurately on the location of Mobile Assets and on other auxiliary equipment e.g. generators, eel strainers, metal stillages, lighting towers etc.<br/>• Live location tracking<br/>• Detailed mapping <br/>• Reporting of movements<br/>Technology requirement:<br/>• It is an essential requirement to be available not only on desktop via PC/Laptop but also on a mobile device via an app or other accessible API. <br/>• It is also essential that the raw data from our assets must be owned by the EA and should be in a format that can be shared if we need to, for use with third parties.<br/>• There may be a requirement for GPS equipment with a high IP rating due to the nature of some of the mobile asset fleet. Additional information: Please register your interest for the tender by emailing pippa.hicks@defra.gov.uk. <br/><br/>Whilst we are not intending to carry out a RFI at this stage, we would like to gauge the market and should there be sufficient interest, and RFI may be carried out.