Digital Twin Lage Weide
The Municipality of Utrecht is conducting a market consultation to determine the scope and contract formation for the development and multi-year maintenance of a Digital Twin for the Lage Weide business park. The goal is to gain insight into energy flows to support the energy transition and address grid congestion issues.
Services · Marktconsultatie · National procedure
01What is being requested
The project concerns the preparation of the assignment for the development of a Digital Twin for the Lage Weide business park in Utrecht. The Digital Twin must provide insight into current and future energy flows to support the development of a robust decentralized energy system. The intended assignment includes both the construction of the Digital Twin and multi-year operation/maintenance, including the calculation of scenarios.
In and around the Municipality of Utrecht, there is severe grid congestion: the growth in electricity demand, local generation, and electrification is outstripping the capacity of the electricity grid. As a result, feed-in is restricted, new connections are delayed, and there is insufficient space for the growth and sustainability of businesses. This highlights the need to balance energy more intelligently and efficiently at a local level. Energy hubs play a crucial role in this. This is where local generation, storage, flexible off-take, and infrastructure converge. Lage Weide is one of the i
02Strategic insight
During the market consultation, focus on providing strategic input for the scoping and contract formation, as the municipality is still defining the final requirements. Provide expertise regarding the manageability and scalability of a Digital Twin for an area with approximately 900 companies. Consider a contract type during preparation that is suitable for multi-year operation and on-call scenario analyses.
03Points of attention
04Process & timeline
05Value in context
The contracting authority did not publish an estimated value — common for a large share of contracts. The EU threshold for diensten is € 221.000, for reference.