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UK utility Street Lighting Engineering & Procurement TALQ

Specifying Interoperability for an Advanced Smart City Management Platform

A road stretching into the distance, lined with traffic lights and street lights, guiding vehicles along their way

🔍 Context

SSE, previously known as Southern Scottish Energy, holds a significant presence as a utility company, managing over 550,000 streetlights across 11 councils in the UK with an in-house designed control system. SEE was looking to enhance its solution with advanced smart city features and enhanced interoperability with other existing systems on the market.

⚡ Challenge

SSE recognized the growing importance of interoperability and its role in modern outdoor lighting projects. To address this, SSE engaged Kurrant for a project with the goal of achieving TALQ v2 compliance for their Smart City Platform and Streetlighting CMS product, while enabling the effective collaboration with 3rd party systems.

⭐ Deliverables & Outcomes

To address this challenge, our services encompassed the following deliverables:
  • Comprehensive Architecture Design: we crafted a detailed functional and technical architecture design to ensure seamless integration of SSE’s Smart City Platform and Streetlighting CMS product
  • RFP Drafting: we carefully drafted a Request for Proposal (RFP) enriched with detailed specifications, promoting a transparent procurement process
  • Bidders’ Proposals Evaluation Process: we provided the methodology to evaluate the bidders.

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