Smart Street Lighting Tenders Assure Future-proof Smart Cities

Published on 2024-12-16

TALQ releases a completely updated and enlarged edition 4 of its Tender Template

The TALQ Consortium has published a new edition of its widely used Tender Template for outdoor lighting. Just in time for the Smart City Expo World Congress in November in Barcelona, the new ‘TALQ Tender Template’ Edition 4 is now available in both English and Chinese, with additional languages expected in early 2025. This updated document replaces the former ‘Pocket Guide for Smart Outdoor Lighting Tenders’, offering cities and municipalities a streamlined process for drafting tenders that prioritize future-proof, interoperable, and open solutions for smart street lighting from multiple vendors.

Designing and implementing Outdoor Lighting Networks (OLN), also known as Streetlight Control Systems, is a complex and highly technical endeavor. Cities must address unique use cases and specific requirements, yet expertise in this field is often scarce. For many city officials, drafting a tender for street lighting may be a once-in-a-career task, raising crucial questions such as: How can we ensure a future-proof outdoor lighting system? Which features will maximize energy savings? What maintenance reports can help reduce operational costs? Translating these strategic objectives into technical specifications for a tender document can be challenging.

Recognizing this challenge nearly a decade ago, the TALQ Consortium set out to simplify the process. In 2015, it published its first ‘Pocket Guide for Smart Outdoor Lighting’, a practical tool to help cities focus on their specific needs while leveraging expert insights into state-of-the-art outdoor lighting systems. The recently released Edition 4, now renamed the TALQ Tender Template, builds on this foundation with significant updates and enhancements.

A comprehensive model for cities and other stakeholders
The new TALQ Tender Template draws inspiration from real-world outdoor lighting network tenders issued by major cities around the globe. It is designed to help cities, municipalities, utilities, operators, and project developers create their own tenders with reduced effort and greater confidence in achieving completeness. But the TALQ Tender Template is also beneficial for vendors of street lighting systems, as they can reduce the effort for participating in tenders in various countries at the same time.

Key features of the TALQ Tender Template Edition 4 include technical requirements, wording examples to assist in drafting a thorough tender document and global fit, currently available in English and Chinese, with more languages forthcoming in early 2025. With this latest update, the TALQ Consortium continues to support cities in adopting smart, efficient, and sustainable outdoor lighting solutions while fostering an open and interoperable market for smart city applications.

As the previous editions, the TALQ Tender Template is available for free download from the Consortium’s website.

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NOTA DE PRENSA (Español)

Licitaciones de alumbrado público inteligente para impulsar ciudades modernas y sostenibles

TALQ presenta la Edición 4 actualizada y ampliada de su Plantilla de Licitación

El Consorcio TALQ ha lanzado una nueva edición de su popular Plantilla de Licitación para alumbrado público. Presentada en el Smart City Expo World Congress celebrado en noviembre en Barcelona, la nueva «Plantilla de Licitación TALQ», Edición 4, ya está disponible en inglés y chino, con versiones en más idiomas previstas para principios de 2025. Esta actualización reemplaza la antigua «Guía de Bolsillo para Licitaciones de Alumbrado Público Inteligente», ofreciendo a ciudades y municipios una herramienta más práctica para redactar licitaciones que prioricen soluciones abiertas, interoperables y preparadas para el futuro en sistemas de alumbrado público inteligente.

Nota de prensa Español (pdf)

COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE (Française)

Appels d’offres en éclairage public intelligent pour des villes intelligentes à l’épreuve du temps

TALQ publie une édition 4 entièrement mise à jour et étoffée de son modèle d’appel d’offres

Le Consortium TALQ a publié une nouvelle édition de son modèle d’appel d’offres largement utilisé pour l’éclairage extérieur. Publié à l’occasion du congrès international Smart City Expo qui s’est tenu en novembre à Barcelone, le nouveau modèle d’appel d’offres « TALQ Tender Template » édition 4 est désormais disponible en anglais et en chinois, d’autres langues étant attendues pour le début de l’année 2025. Ce document actualisé remplace l’ancien guide de poche « Pocket Guide for Smart Outdoor Lighting Tenders », qui proposait aux villes et municipalités un processus simplifié pour rédiger des appels d’offres privilégiant des solutions évolutives, interopérables et ouvertes pour l’éclairage public intelligent provenant de plusieurs fournisseurs.

Communiquè de presse française (pdf)

PRESSEMELDUNG (Deutsch)

Intelligente Ausschreibungen für Straßenbeleuchtung sorgen für zukunftssichere ‚Smart Cities‘

TALQ veröffentlicht eine aktualisierte und erweiterte Ausgabe 4 seiner Musterausschreibungsvorlage

Das TALQ Konsortium hat eine neue Ausgabe seiner weit verbreiteten Ausschreibungsvorlage für Außenbeleuchtung veröffentlicht. Pünktlich zur Eröffnung des Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) im November in Barcelona ist das neue 'TALQ Tender Template' Edition 4 auf Englisch und Chinesisch vorgestellt worden. Weitere Sprachen sind für Anfang 2025 angekündigt. Dieses umfassend aktualisierte Dokument ersetzt den früheren ‚Leitfaden für Ausschreibungen intelligenter Straßenbeleuchtung‘ und bietet Städten und Gemeinden einen vorstrukturierten Prozess mit Textbausteinen für die Erstellung von Ausschreibungen, die zukunftssicheren, interoperablen und offenen Lösungen für intelligente Straßenbeleuchtung den Vorzug geben.

Vollständige Pressemeldung auf Deutsch (pdf)

新闻稿

智能道路照明招标确保兼容未来智慧城市系统

TALQ 发布其完全更新且扩充内容的第 4 版招标模板

TALQ 联盟是智慧城市协议（智慧城市应用的全球接口标准）的开发者，发布了其广泛使用的户外照明招标模板的新版本。恰逢今年11月在西班牙巴塞罗那举行的智慧城市世界大会，新版《TALQ 招标模板》第四版现已提供英文和中文版本，并预计于 2025 年初推出其他语言版本。本更新文件取代了之前的《智能户外照明招标便携指南》，为城市和市政部门提供了一种简化的招标流程，优先考虑来自多个供应商的未来兼容性、互相借鉴性和智能道路照明的开放解决方案。

新闻稿 (pdf)

COMUNICAT DE PRESĂ

Licitațiile pentru iluminatul stradal inteligent asigură orașe inteligente care să răspundă exigențelor viitorului

TALQ lansează ediția 4, complet actualizată și extinsă a modelului pentru licitațiile publice

Consorțiul TALQ, dezvoltatorul Protocolului Smart City a publicat o nouă ediție a modelului său de licitație utilizat pe scară largă pentru iluminatul exterior. Modelul a fost lansat la Congresul Mondial Smart City Expo în Noiembrie la Barcelona, noul „Model de licitație TALQ”, ediția 4 este acum disponibil în limbile engleză și chineză, iar de la începutul anului 2025 se așteaptă să fie disponibil și în alte limbi. Acest document actualizat înlocuiește fostul „Ghid de buzunar pentru licitații privind iluminatul exterior inteligent”, oferind orașelor și municipalităților un proces simplificat pentru elaborarea de licitații care să acorde prioritate soluțiilor deschise, interoperabile și care să răspundă exigențelor viitorului în ceea ce privește iluminatul stradal inteligent de la mai mulți furnizori.

COMUNICAT DE PRESĂ (pdf)