Published date: 7 May 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 7 April 2021, 7pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£324,970.24

Procurement reference

tender_245246/959509

Published date

7 May 2021

Closing date

7 April 2021

Closing time

7pm

Contract start date

21 June 2021

Contract end date

30 May 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Highways England's National Winter & Severe Weather Team (NWT) is seeking technical assurance consultancy services to deliver continuous improvements in relation to our winter and severe weather service resilience. Specifically, the Consultant will provide technical expertise to support Highways England to deliver its objectives in the following areas:
- severe weather information service improvements;
- weather forecasting service improvements;
- environmental sensor station improvements
- strategic salt management;
The Consultant will need to demonstrate detailed technical knowledge of requirements capture for and the specification of weather information services, weather forecasting services, as well as in-depth technical knowledge of Highways England's severe weather information service (SWIS) to support successful service delivery.
SWIS is a complex information system that relies on the correct operation of several key components including environmental sensor station (ESS) data collection, weather forecast collection, winter reporting and winter fleet vehicle datalogging.

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Award information

Awarded date

28 April 2021

Contract start date

21 June 2021

Contract end date

30 May 2025

Total value of contract

£324,970.24

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Atkins/Jacobs Ltd JV

Address

Surrey

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

The Cube
Birmingham
B1 1RN
England

Email

SPaTS2@highwaysengland.co.uk