Published date: 31 July 2018

Last edited date: 31 July 2018

This notice was replaced on 18 October 2018

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Awarded contract (published 18 October 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Meteorological instruments - 38120000

  • Installation services of meteorological equipment - 51215000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£120,000

Procurement reference

1982/DM

Published date

31 July 2018

Closing date

3 August 2018

Contract start date

3 September 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University of Sheffield Urban Flows Observatory, led by the Departments of Civil and Structural and Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, is looking to create a network of weather stations around the city of Sheffield. These will operate for an initial period of 5 years.

The purpose is to provide measurements to support data gathered from a network of air quality sensors as well as information regarding solar irradiance and inform research regarding the Urban Heat Island effect. These sensors will be deployed concurrently but mainly at locations different to the weather stations.

The proposed unit for the meteorological observations should be self-contained and with limited maintenance requirements, using radar-based precipitation measurement.

The locations for the stations will be primarily schools within the area of Sheffield city and in most cases mains power and network connectivity (Ethernet wired or wireless) will be available.

More information

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Additional text

All tender documentation can be obtained via the In-tend site, which bidders should also use to submit queries & tender returns.

About the buyer

Contact name

David Middle

Address

WESTERN BANK
SHEFFIELD
S102TN
England

Email

dave.middle@sheffield.ac.uk