Real time digital simulator (RTDS) upgrade

Contracting authority is publishing direct award notice for 'Real time digital simulator (RTDS) upgrade', hereinafter 'RTDS upgrade'. Contracting authority is publishing direct award notice for 'Real time digital simulator (RTDS) upgrade', hereinafter 'RTDS upgrade'.

CPV: 31000000 Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting, 48800000 Information systems and servers
Place of execution:
Real time digital simulator (RTDS) upgrade
Awarding body:
Tampere University Foundation sr
Award number:
TAU/7724/2024

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Tampere University Foundation sr
Legal type of the buyer : Body governed by public law
Activity of the contracting authority : Education

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Real time digital simulator (RTDS) upgrade
Description : Contracting authority is publishing direct award notice for 'Real time digital simulator (RTDS) upgrade', hereinafter 'RTDS upgrade'.
Procedure identifier : e097aaa1-a68f-43e5-b190-ff2c14bb403f
Internal identifier : TAU/7724/2024
Type of procedure : Negotiated without prior call for competition

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Supplies
Main classification ( cpv ): 31000000 Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
Additional classification ( cpv ): 48800000 Information systems and servers

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Pirkanmaa ( FI197 )
Country : Finland

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0000

Title : Real time digital simulator (RTDS) upgrade
Description : Contracting authority is publishing direct award notice for 'Real time digital simulator (RTDS) upgrade', hereinafter 'RTDS upgrade'.
Internal identifier : 774094

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Supplies
Main classification ( cpv ): 31000000 Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
Additional classification ( cpv ): 48800000 Information systems and servers

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Pirkanmaa ( FI197 )
Country : Finland
Additional information :

5.1.6 General information

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name :
Description : Quality
Fixed value (total) : 100
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria :
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria :

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Markkinaoikeus
Organisation whose budget is used to pay for the contract : Tampere University Foundation sr
Organisation executing the payment : Tampere University Foundation sr
Organisation signing the contract : Tampere University Foundation sr
TED eSender : Hansel Oy (Hilma)

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 248 000 Euro
Direct award :
Justification for direct award : The contract can be provided only by a particular economic operator because of an absence of competition for technical reasons
Other justification : BACKGROUND INFORMATION To advance research in energy and electrification, Tampere University (TAU) is expanding and upgrading its laboratory infrastructure with funding from the Research Council of Finland. As a part of the interdisciplinary project “Digital electrification infrastructure”, the laboratory setup for real time simulation of electrical networks and connected energy resources is being upgraded, benefiting both research and educational purposes. This setup is an upgrade to the existing real time simulator system at TAU and comprises of two real-time simulator units capable of hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulations equipped with the necessary accessories. The first simulation unit is aimed mainly at research purposes and has simulation capacity for larger networks and better expansion possibilities in terms of simulation capacity and I/O-connectivity compared to the second simulation unit. The second simulation unit is aimed at teaching and less demanding research purposes. NEED Purchase of the following essential components to upgrade the existing test setup: two real-time simulator units compatible with TAU’s existing simulator’s I/O and network interface/protocol cards and fulfilling the technical specifications listed below. Both simulator units should be capable of simulating power systems and power electronics and have a possibility to expand the simulation capacity later, for example, by core licensing. Technical specifications: • The simulator system offered shall consist of two simulator units which can be used both separately as stand-alone units and coupled together to simulate larger networks/systems. Both simulator units should be capable of simulating power systems including electromagnetic transient phenomena (simulation time step in the order of 50 µs or less) and power electronics. • Provision of software suitable for modelling of power systems including power electronics. • Software licensing included for at least 20 simultaneous users with two users running real time simulations simultaneously and software updates included. • The first simulator unit shall have a simulation capacity for power networks of 90-120 three-phase nodes and shall have expandability e.g. by core licensing later up to at least 200-300 three-phase nodes. • The second simulator unit shall have a simulation capacity for power networks of 15-20 three-phase nodes and have expandability e.g. by core licensing up to 60-80 three-phase nodes. • Black box control capability at least in the first simulator (possibility to integrate vendor control models into the real-time simulation while protecting the manufacturer’s intellectual property). • Both simulator units shall be compatible with TAU’s existing simulator I/O and network interface/protocol cards providing specified functionalities and interfaces. MARKET ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION FOR DIRECT AWARD • Meeting all the specified requisites and the ability to provide all required components is mandatory for being selected in this procurement process. • According to the section 41 of the Act on Public Procurement and Concession Contracts (1397/2016) a contracting entity may opt for direct procurement if purpose of an additional order is to partially replace or expand functionalities for existing equipment or delivery. It shall be a further condition that a change of supplier regarding the originally set up equipment or delivery would lead to incompatibility or to significant problems in operation and maintenance. • The purpose of this additional order is to partially replace the existing real time simulator system at TAU supplied by RTDS Technologies Inc. The processor cards of the existing simulator will be replaced by a Novacor 2.0 chassis and a Novacor Light chassis supplied by RTDS Technologies Inc., while keeping the existing I/O and network interface/protocol cards. All of these cards are compatible with the purchased RTDS Novacor 2.0 and Novacor Light simulators, but not with the simulators of other suppliers on the market. • The change of supplier would lead to incompatibility with the existing I/O and network interface/protocol cards and would cause disproportionately large amount of extra work in deployment of the new simulation environment and modifying the existing simulation models developed by TAU personnel in the existing simulation environment to comply with the new simulation environment. • The change of supplier would lead to considerably higher total cost of the purchase, since the existing I/O and network interface/protocol cards from RTDS could not be utilized and new cards would have to be purchased from the new supplier. • Based on the market analysis, with the available budget it is not possible to get a system fulfilling the specifications from other suppliers. • Thus – due to technical compatibility issues and absence of relevant alternatives – contracting authority considers RTDS Technologies Inc. (represented in Finland by C.N. Rood Nordics AB, Sweden) as the only possible supplier.

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0000

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : C.N. Rood Nordics AB
Tender :
Tender identifier : Rood Nordics/ TAU/7724/2024
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0000
Value of the tender : 248 000 Euro
The tender was ranked : no
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : TAU/7724/2024
Title : Real time digital simulator (RTDS) upgrade
Date on which the winner was chosen : 13/11/2024
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement : no
Organisation signing the contract : Tampere University Foundation sr

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Tampere University Foundation sr
Registration number : 2844561-8
Town : Tampere
Postcode : 33100
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Pirkanmaa ( FI197 )
Country : Finland
Contact point : Arto Heikkilä
Telephone : +358 2945211
Internet address : http://www.tuni.fi/en
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation signing the contract
Organisation whose budget is used to pay for the contract
Organisation executing the payment

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Markkinaoikeus
Registration number : 3006157-6
Postal address : Radanrakentajantie 5
Town : Helsinki
Postcode : 00520
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Helsinki-Uusimaa ( FI1B1 )
Country : Finland
Telephone : +358 295643300
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : C.N. Rood Nordics AB
Size of the economic operator : Micro, small, or medium
Registration number : SE559329147801
Postal address : Nordenskiöldsgatan 11A
Town : Malmö
Postcode : 211 19
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Skåne län ( SE224 )
Country : Sweden
Telephone : +46 8 525 028 40
Internet address : https://cnrood.com/
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0000

8.1 ORG-0004

Official name : Hansel Oy (Hilma)
Registration number : FI09880841
Postal address : Mannerheiminaukio 1a
Town : Helsinki
Postcode : 00100
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Helsinki-Uusimaa ( FI1B1 )
Country : Finland
Contact point : eSender
Telephone : 029 55 636 30
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : 7647d909-295e-4c48-9cf7-7b54e4ee5007 - 01
Form type : Direct award preannouncement
Notice type : Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice
Notice dispatch date : 14/11/2024 07:32 +00:00
Notice dispatch date (eSender) : 14/11/2024 07:35 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00698987-2024
OJ S issue number : 223/2024
Publication date : 15/11/2024