Published date: 16 July 2021

Last edited date: 16 July 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 16 August 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Weather-forecasting services - 71351600

Location of contract

RG14 5LD

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

P00000431

Published date

16 July 2021

Closing date

16 August 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 October 2021

Contract end date

30 September 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

West Berkshire District Council, Bracknell Forest Borough Council, Reading Borough Council, The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Slough Borough Council and Wokingham Borough Council (the Berkshire Consortium) have agreed to work together on the procurement and management of a Road Weather Forecast and Information Service. The Contractor will enter in to a contract with West Berkshire District Council as the Lead Authority. Access to observation data and forecast information will be accessible to all Authorities listed above.

The authorities operate an Ice Prediction System with Road Weather Outstations with road sensors which are installed at a number of locations on the road network throughout the area. The data provided by the outstations is shared between the Authorities. The outstations provide information on road conditions. The successful Contractor/Service Provider will be expected to manage this information and present it in a suitable format to the Authorities for use by its duty officers. The data will not be available to share with any other party without the express written consent of the Authority in question.

The service is the provision of domain-based winter weather forecasting service utilising existing weather stations/sensors within the Berkshire Consortium area.

The contract will be a single supplier contract, for an initial duration of five years, extendable up to a maximum of 3 years, effective from 1st October 2021.

More information

Links

Additional text

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westberks/aspx/Home

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Robert Bradfield

Address

Market Street
Newbury
Newbury
RG14 5LD
UK

Telephone

+44 1635 519925

Email

robert.bradfield@westberks.gov.uk