Published date: 5 October 2021

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


Closing: 3 September 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Weather-forecasting services - 71351600

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£5,000,000

Procurement reference

ESPO001-DN548532-69749015

Published date

5 October 2021

Closing date

3 September 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 October 2021

Contract end date

30 September 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The requirement is for the provision of a weather forecasting service which will primarily serve to assist with winter road maintenance. This involves the provision covering the road networks as maintained by EAC members as well as other eligible public sector bodies during the course of the framework.

Lot 1 - Weather Forecasting Services for the East Anglian Consortium (EAC)

Lot 1 - Tenders are invited for the provision of a weather forecasting service for winter road maintenance purposes for the EAC (East Anglian Consortium). The successful tenderer will be required to provide the specified services to the EAC for the period of the contract awarded. All EAC members will require a number of common services - 'Standard Winter Service', 'Site Specific Services' and 'Training Services'. Additionally, EAC members may opt to take additional services - identified as 'Optional Summer Forecast Services'.

Lot Scope: Lot 1 shall be open for use by members of the Client (EAC) only. This Lot will cover a number of common services including 'Standard Winter Service', 'Site Specific Services' and 'Training Services'. Additionally, EAC members may also opt to take further services, which are identified as 'Optional Summer Forecast Services'.

Lot 2 - Provision of weather forecasting services to all eligible public bodies throughout the UK

Lot 2 - Tenders are invited for the provision of a weather forecasting service for winter road maintenance purposes for national usage. The successful tenderers will be required to provide the specified services on a national basis for the period of the contract awarded. Customers will require a number of common services - 'Standard Winter Service', 'Site Specific Services' and 'Training Services' and may opt to take additional services such as 'Optional Summer Forecast Services'.

Lot Scope - The high profile of procurement within local government and the national drive to aggregate and collaborate means that there is a large potential group of Customers who may choose to access this Lot of the Framework.


To tender: (a) Go to www.eastmidstenders.org, (b) Register (c) Search for tender opportunity '118_21' d) Express an interest (e) Access and download the tender from the website.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

118_21 - Weather Forecasting Services

  • Opportunity
  • Published 3 August 2021

Links

Additional text

As a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Framework Agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/amfile/file/download/file/9608/) that also fall into one of the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authorities; Educational Establishments (including Academies); Central Government Departments and Agencies; Police, Fire & Rescue and Coastguard Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services; Registered Charities; Registered Social Landlords; The Corporate Office of the House of Lords, The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: https://www.espo.org/legal
ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Limited, whose target clients are third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful Supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading Limited on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself.

Any Second Framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Limited may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders' information only.

Award information

Awarded date

28 September 2021

Contract start date

1 October 2021

Contract end date

30 September 2024

Total value of contract

£5,000,000

This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.

MetDesk Limited

Address

The Wellhead
Hale Road
Wendover
Buckinghamshire
HP22 6NJ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

MeteoGroup UK Limited

Address

46 Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1JE

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Corporate Solutions Procurement Team

Address

Barnsdale Way, Grove Park
Enderby
Leicester
LE19 1ES
United Kingdom

Email

tenders@espo.org

Website

http://www.espo.org/