Procurement, Contracts, and Deployment
Power System Engineering, Inc. (PSE) has significant hands-on experience with the entire life cycle of procurement and deployment projects from identifying needs to contracting with a selected supplier to managing implementation.
PSE has the technical expertise to define requirements and create specifications for competitive bids that include strong contract terms right from the start. This mitigates risk and results in lower overall cost, fewer change orders during deployment, inspection, and smoother construction. PSE also has the best practices and methodologies in place to facilitate the contracting process and manage the deployment from kick-off to final testing, acceptance, inspection, and closeout.
The PSE team can lead or assist your utility with the following types of procurement, contracting, and deployment work:
Communications Infrastructure
- Communication Media Selection
- Microwave
- Migration to IP Networks
- Mobile Voice and Data
- Point-to-Multipoint Data
- Project Management
- Protocols
Integration
Power Line and Substation
- Construction Contract Management
- Construction Management and Inspection
- Easements, Permits, and Licenses
Utility Automation
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
- Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL)
- Customer and Financial Information System (CIS & FIS)
- Demand Response
- Distribution Automation
- Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Mobile Work Management (MWM)
- Outage Management System (OMS)
- SCADA
