Monitoring Performance of Solar Systems at Northern Beaches Council Sites

⁠⁠⁠ABOUT THE COUNCIL:
Stretching from Palm Beach to Manly, the Northern Beaches boasts more than half of all the beaches in Sydney and a population of more than 266,000. The Council is committed to maintaining a high level of customer service to the local community.

Northern Beaches Council is working closely with the community to build strategies that enhance our quality of life, promote sustainable development and protect our environment.

SERVICE REQUIRED:
Northern Beaches Council (Council) invites Expressions of Interest to understand solutions and methodologies in the marketplace to monitor and report on the performance of Northern Beaches Council owned and operated solar and battery systems. Following identification of suitable monitoring solutions in the market, Council may undertake another procurement stage to progress to appoint a suitable service provider. Council is under no obligation to proceed to the next stages.

The expected outcome of the full procurement process (if Council proceeds to that stage) is to provide a web-based, centralised solar and battery performance monitoring solution for Council owned and operated solar and battery systems. This will assist Council in reporting on solar energy generation at a site-by-site level and organisational level as well as timely identification and notification of system malfunction and suboptimal performance.

The purpose of this EOI is to seek submissions for concepts/methodologies/monitoring solutions to provide a suitable monitoring and reporting solution for Council-owned and operated solar and battery systems, from applicants with a proven ability and experience in the required services outlined in detail in Part B of the EOI.

EVALUATION CRITERIA:
Submissions will be evaluated using the information provided in the EOI and responses to the Selection Criteria as noted in Part A & Part D of this EOI. Council may use a short list resulting from this EOI to issue a further procurement activity to the shortlisted Applicants.

DOCUMENTS:
Full EOI documents are available for download at no cost.

CLOSING DATE AND TIME:
Submissions close at 2pm on Thursday 15th December 2022 and must be fully received by this time.

LODGEMENT:
Submissions should be lodged in the electronic tender box by the time and date nominated. Late submissions may not be accepted.

REGISTRATION:
Documents must be obtained after registration on the e-tendering portal which is free (see option below).

ENQUIRIES:
Quote enquiries should be directed to the Tendering Officer via the online forum (see forum option below).