Wrexham Smart Towns Expansion – LoRaWAN/ IOT Sensors and Associated Hardware Framework

Location

Flintshire and Wrexham:

Description

Wrexham County Borough Council wish to establish a Framework for LoRaWAN IOT sensors and other associated hardware for the expansion of the Wrexham Smart Towns initiative. The SMART Towns initiative was launched in 2022 and has proven highly successful. It is hosted within the Regeneration team at Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC), links to the Council plan and is backed by the Welsh Government. WCBC is now seen as one of the leading authorities in the UK on implementing IOT (Internet of Things) sensors to obtain data to help the Council make better informed decisions. These sensors obtain data sets such as footfall, dwell time, air quality and traffic data etc. Progress has seen some key benefits to the local authority, including the ability to make efficiencies. The use of moisture sensors within the city centre has provided data that ensures the local authority embeds a smarter way of working, as it only has to water necessary plant beds. The authority is now looking to expand on the success of the pilots and explore more possible projects, such as flood monitoring (flood risk team), air quality (open spaces team), road temperature sensors to identify savings on gritting, sensors to highlight potential savings on energy, and the technology is to be introduced to parts of Social Care to ensure SMART is a way of life to ensure the safety of our residents

Renewal Options

Option to extend for an additional period of twelve months.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 30237475 - Electric sensors
• 90730000 - Pollution tracking and monitoring and rehabilitation
• 31642400 - Detection apparatus for non-metallic objects
• 32430000 - Wide area network
• 32410000 - Local area network
• 32400000 - Networks
• 38120000 - Meteorological instruments
• 38410000 - Metering instruments
• 38420000 - Instruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gases
• 38431000 - Detection apparatus
• 38930000 - Humidity and moisture measuring instruments
• 38344000 - Pollution-monitoring devices
• 38340000 - Instruments for measuring quantities
• 72110000 - Hardware selection consultancy services
• 38430000 - Detection and analysis apparatus
• 38400000 - Instruments for checking physical characteristics
• 38290000 - Surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic and hydrological instruments and appliances

Indicators

• Options are available.
• Renewals are available.

Legal Justification

The Wrexham SMART Towns initiative is anticipated to run over a number of years and hardware will need to be purchased for different projects and phases over that time.

Other Information

Please see the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document, pricing list, appendices and other supporting documents for full details of the proposed work. These have been published and are available on the eTenderWales (Bravo Solutions) online e-sourcing portal, which can be accessed through this web address: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/. You will need to be registered as a supplier on both Sell2Wales/FTS and eTenderWales. To access and download the documents you will need to be logged into eTenderWales and search for the Invitation to Tender (ITT). You can look up the tender with the following reference: project_59662, itt_118024 - Wrexham Smart Towns Expansion – LoRaWAN/ IOT Sensors and Associated Hardware Framework. Interested suppliers may ask clarification questions though eTenderWales. If you wish to tender for the work, your tender submission will need to be uploaded though eTenderWales. ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **