Serck Controls and Atos Origin awarded prestigious gas distribution contract by National Grid.
London, 1 December 2006.
Serck Controls and Atos Origin today announced that they have been awarded a contract by the National Grid, one of the world’s largest utilities owning and operating gas and electricity transmission and distribution networks within Great Britain. Under this contract Serck Controls and Atos Origin will implement the Distribution Network Control System (DNCS) which provides key real time and business process support for Great Britain’s gas distribution infrastructure.
The award of this contract forms part of National Grid’s strategy for separation of business key systems within their retained distribution business and for each of the newly created Independent Gas Distribution Networks (IDN’s).
In 2005, National Grid successfully completed the sale of four of it’s eight gas distribution networks for £5.8 billion to create today’s gas distribution environment. The networks are now operated by Scotia Gas Networks, Northern Gas Networks, Wales and West Utilities and by National Grid themselves.
In considering the separation process it was agreed that the most effective way forward was to replace the existing GTMS system with a DNCS solution, capable of separation and designed to meet the business needs of all IDN’s.
The DNCS has been scheduled as series of projects which will culminate in the implementation of four independent DNCS instances each equipped with Serck Controls SCX6 applications software. The first stage is to implement a system which replaces the existing GTMS distribution network control systems with an SCX6 foundation solution. This solution is be suitable for operating real time monitoring and control functions and also delivers a strategic gas network balancing function.
Jeremy Bending Director of Network Strategy at National Grid says “We received tenders from a number of companies and following an extensive and thorough tender evaluation process, Serck Controls and Atos Origin were awarded the contract. We are pleased to introduce this system to improve and support the remote management of the national gas distribution system that is monitored 24 hours a day, 365 days a year on behalf of all network owners"
Mark Stansfield Managing Director of Serck Controls commented that “this project confirms Serck Controls position as the leading operational IT solutions provider in the utilities industry. Furthermore it positively positions SCX6 as the leading utility application software suite for real time and business process integration”.
Paul Teather, Vice President of Telecoms & Utilities at Atos Origin, says "Atos Origin is delighted to bring its extensive experience of delivering large scale network control solutions to the DNCS project. We look forward to working in partnership with Serck Controls to deliver a foundation solution for National Grid, and the Independent Distribution Networks."
Serck Controls:
Serck Controls is one of the world's largest private companies in design, implementation and service for remote monitoring and control applications within the utility industries, with over 450 staff in 12 offices throughout the UK, Australia, North America and Middle East. For more than forty years, Serck Controls has built operational IT applications software and RTU hardware which offer clients increased productivity and system integrity. These coupled with the Serck Controls extensive business application skills have raised the company profile as a leading provider to the water, oil, gas, power, process control and safety industries. For more information please visit the company’s web site at http://www.serck-controls.com
Atos Origin:
Atos Origin is an international information technology services company. Its business is turning client vision into results through the application of consulting, systems integration and managed operations. The company’s annual revenues are more than EUR 5.5billion and it employs over 47,000 people in 40 countries. Atos Origin is the Worldwide Information Technology partner for the Olympic Games and has a client base of international blue-chip companies across all sectors. Atos Origin is quoted on the Paris Eurolist Market and trades as Atos Origin, Atos Euronext Market Solutions, Atos Worldline and Atos Consulting. For more information please visit the company’s web site at http://www.atosorigin.com
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