# Public tenders Canonical results: https://zephior.com/tenders?countries=CH&categories=software-maintenance-services 1 matching notices. Page 1. Filter semantics: OR within a filter, AND across filters and text search. Omitted statuses use active defaults; [] includes all statuses. --- title: "NES SIP Platinum software maintenance and support for IWB" canonical: "https://zephior.com/tenders/457ac1e2-0502-4755-a855-7c84febddf07/nes-system-software-services-for-iwb-smart-meters" last-updated: 2026-10-14T07:00:00+00:00 --- # NES SIP Platinum software maintenance and support for IWB IWB seeks a reseller to supply NES Software Investment Protection Platinum or an equivalent service for system customizations over four years (2027–2030). IWB operates 84,000 smart meters and expects further growth. The service covers NES system software and associated tools and components, ongoing software and firmware updates, upgrades to later releases, and telephone and web-based technical support. Offers must be complete, legally signed and submitted electronically through Decision Advisor by 21 October 2026 at 09:00 UTC+02:00. Price is weighted 80% and sustainability 20%; subcontracting, variants and partial offers are prohibited. - Status: closing-soon - Country: CH - Buyer: IWB Industrielle Werke Basel - Submission deadline: 2026-10-21T09:00:00+02:00 (instant) - Original notice: https://www.simap.ch/de/project-detail/23ac33d7-ce5a-4d5b-b305-d69e166a727a - Source checked: 2026-10-12T02:25:30.818814Z ## Source-backed public facts ```json { "id": "457ac1e2-0502-4755-a855-7c84febddf07", "revision": 2, "modifiedAt": "2026-10-14T07:00:00+00:00", "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-10-12T02:25:30.818814Z", "stale": false, "url": "https://zephior.com/tenders/457ac1e2-0502-4755-a855-7c84febddf07/nes-system-software-services-for-iwb-smart-meters", "locale": "en", "title": "NES SIP Platinum software maintenance and support for IWB", "summary": "IWB seeks a reseller to supply NES Software Investment Protection Platinum or an equivalent service for system customizations over four years (2027–2030). 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IWB operates 84,000 smart meters and expects further growth. The service covers NES system software and associated tools and components, ongoing software and firmware updates, upgrades to later releases, and telephone and web-based technical support. Offers must be complete, legally signed and submitted electronically through Decision Advisor by 21 October 2026 at 09:00 UTC+02:00. 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It covers updates and upgrades and technical support, with system customization delivered at an IWB-defined data handover point.", "missing_information": [ "The public notice does not state an estimated contract value or award. The detailed service levels, equivalence test and sustainability scoring are in tender documents that were not accessed." ], "participation_requirements": [ "Submit a complete, legally signed offer electronically through Decision Advisor using IWB’s provided offer forms; paper-only submissions are not accepted.", "No variants or partial offers; consortia are allowed; subcontracting is prohibited. Offers remain valid for 180 days.", "The notice requires SIP Platinum or equivalent service. Detailed proof and bid documents are in materials not accessed." ] } }, "facts": { "lots": [], "schedule": [ { "event": "Questions deadline", "value": "2 October 2026; written questions through Simap forum only", "source_ref": "simap_notice_api#/dates.qnas/0" }, { "event": "Offer deadline", "value": "21 October 2026 at 09:00 UTC+02:00", "source_ref": "simap_notice_api#/dates.offerDeadline" }, { "event": "Offer opening", "value": "21 October 2026; time is marked to be ignored", "source_ref": "simap_notice_api#/dates.offerOpening" }, { "event": "Service period", "value": "2027–2030", "source_ref": "simap_notice_api#/procurement.executionPeriod" } ], "requirements": [ { "text": "The NES SIP Platinum or equivalent reseller service is required for the 2027–2030 term.", "source_ref": "simap_notice_api#/procurement.orderDescription.en" }, { "text": "Submit a complete, legally signed electronic offer through Decision Advisor using IWB forms; paper submissions are not accepted.", "source_ref": "simap_notice_api#/project-info.offerSpecificNote.de" }, { "text": "No variants or partial offers; consortia allowed, subcontracting prohibited; offer validity 180 days.", "source_ref": "simap_notice_api#/procurement.variants+partialOffers+terms.consortiumAllowed+subContractorAllowed+dates.offerValidityDeadlineDays" } ], "award_criteria": [ { "text": "Offer price 80%; sustainability 20%. Additional details are in tender documents not accessed.", "source_ref": "simap_notice_api#/criteria.awardCriteria" } ], "estimated_value": null }, "award": null, "contractPeriod": "Four years, 2027–2030", "noticeText": { "text": "IWB, Provision of Services for NES System Software (SIP-Platinum)\n\nIWB currently has 84,000 smart meters in use. IWB will continue to increase this number to meet the legislative requirements.\n\nTo operate these devices, software is used that is continuously being developed with the goal of improving and correcting existing functions, as well as adding new ones derived from practical suggestions and requests, changing system environments (updated system software, etc.), and legal requirements. Therefore, the software must be updated regularly. IWB uses software from the supplier NES. However, software updates are not delivered directly by NES to the utilities but exclusively through resellers, known as development partners. NES offers comprehensive support for NES system software, NES software tools, and the associated NES components (data concentrators, meters, load switching devices, OSGP terminals). The Software Investment Protection (SIP) Platinum Service covers all future developments and system enhancements. NES maintenance (SIP Service Platinum) includes software and firmware updates within the same releases, as well as upgrades to subsequent releases for meters, DC/DCN, and NES system software (Head End System), the NES Provisioning Tool, and the NES Diagnostics Tool, along with telephone and web-based technical support. Due to the software used at IWB, “SIP Platinum” or an equivalent service is required.\n\nIWB requires a reseller who will provide the system customizations in accordance with SIP Platinum at a data transfer point defined by IWB for the next four years (2027–2030).\n\nOffer submission: Offers must be complete and legally signed, with the evidence and documents required in Decision Advisor, and submitted exclusively electronically. Paper evidence or documents are not permitted. A scan of a hand-signed document or a PDF signed with an electronic signature is accepted. Use IWB’s offer forms and upload them fully completed to Decision Advisor. The electronic offer must be uploaded by 21 October 2026 at 09:00. A late or incomplete offer, including one missing a signature, is generally excluded without further examination; paper-only offers are not admitted.\n\nQuestions: Written questions were due by 2 October 2026 in the Simap question forum. Late questions are not answered; responses were to be posted by 9 October 2026. No oral information is provided. Questions and answers form part of the tender documents.\n\nOffer validity: 180 days. Variants and partial offers are not allowed. Consortia are allowed; subcontracting is not allowed.\n\nAward criteria: offer price 80%; sustainability 20%. Further details are in the tender documents, which were not accessed.\n\nRemedies: An appeal against this decision may be filed in writing within 20 days of notification via simap.ch with the Administrative Court of Basel-Stadt, Bäumleingasse 1, 4051 Basel. 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