Basic Information

Reference Number

0000229228

Issuing Organization

Independent Electricity System Operator

Solicitation Type

APN - Advanced Procurement Notice (Formal)

Solicitation Number

APN for RFP-334

Title

Advance Notice for RFP-334 - Real-Time Limit Validation Platform and Dashboard

Source ID

PP.CO.ON.252435.C104961

Details

Location

Canada, Ontario, Toronto

Description

This is not a bid solicitation. This is an advance notice of the IESO’s intent to post a Request for Proposals (RFP) in August 2022 to select one or more Service Provider(s) that can deliver the scope described below.

The IESO has initiated a project that will deliver foundational changes in how transmission limits are determined and used to operate the electricity grid in Ontario. The project intends to deploy capabilities to continuously evaluate the security of the grid and provide timely and precise information to our operators, even following unforeseen events.

This RFP intends to select one or two Service Provider(s) to deliver the following:

A Real-Time Limit Validation Platform that enables business users to develop learning algorithms, such as machine learning and instance-based-learning, and includes features for data collection, data processing, feature engineering, data labelling, model design, model training & optimization, in addition to endpoint deployment and monitoring.
The Service Provider should have expertise in real-time data analytics and machine learning to provide the following in a production environment::
- Services to build and implement a real-time limit validation platform (the “Platform”) and integrate the Solution with other IESO systems;
- Licensing & support for any third-party software required to run the Solution and/or to integrate the Solution with other IESO systems; and
- Services to enhance, maintain and support the Solution and its integrations with other IESO systems.

A Real-Time Limit Dashboard that retrieves and displays critical and time-sensitive information collected from various data sources in real-time.
The Service Provider should have expertise in real-time data visualization to provide the following in a production environment:
Services to build and implement a real-time limit dashboard (the “Dashboard”) and integrate the Dashboard with other IESO systems;
- Licensing & support for any third-party software required to run the Dashboard and/or to integrate the Dashboard with other IESO systems; and
- Services to enhance, maintain and support the Dashboard and its integrations with other IESO systems

Dates

Publication

2022/08/10 10:40:42 AM EDT

Bid Intent

Not Available

Questions are submitted online

Closing Date

2022/08/31 02:00:00 PM EDT

Contact Information

Stephan Warywoda

stephan.warywoda@ieso.ca

Bid Submission Process

Bid Submission Type

Electronic Bid Submission

Pricing

In attached document

Bid Documents List

Item Name	Description	Mandatory	Limited to 1 file
Bid Documents	Documents defining the proposal	Yes	No
No entries

Additional Bidding Instructions

No submission is required. This is a notice to inform potential interested parties that the IESO is planning to post a Request for Proposals for a Real-Time Limit Validation Platform and a Real-Time Limit Dashboard in August 2022.

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