Weather Forecasting and Weather Station Bureau Services

A Contract Award Notice
by THE NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNCIL

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
7 year (est.)
Value
£1M
Sector
ENVIRONMENT
Published
30 Sep 2025
Delivery
01 Jul 2025 to 30 Jun 2032 (est.)
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

Northallerton

Geochart for 3 buyers and 2 suppliers

3 buyers

2 suppliers

Description

To procure this service through an Open procedure and establish two contracts encompassing the Winter Forecasting and Bureau Service elements across the council area. A variant option for a combined offer will also be included as these projects will be offered to the market in tandem.

Lot Division

1 Weather Forecasting

To procure this service through an Open procedure and establish two contracts, one for the Weather Forecasting Service and one for Weather Station Bureau Service.

Award Criteria
Service Delivery 12.0
Forecast Service 20.0
Forecast Accuracy 12.0
Forecast Information Presentation 8.0
Staff Experience 8.0
Quality Assurance-System and Products 5.0
PRICE 35.0
2 Weather Station Bureau Services
Award Criteria
Service Delivery 12.0
Road Weather Station Maintenance 20.0
Data Accuracy 10.0
Bureau Data Presentation 10.0
Staff Experience 8.0
Quality Assurance - System and Product 5.0
PRICE 35.0

Award Detail

1 Metdesk (Wendover)
  • Weather Forecasting
  • Reference: 1
  • Num offers: 2
  • Value: £542,518
  • Contractor is an SME.
2 Vaisala (Birmingham)
  • Weather Station Bureau Services
  • Reference: 2
  • Num offers: 1
  • Value: £907,060

CPV Codes

  • 71351600 - Weather-forecasting services
  • 50312310 - Maintenance of data network equipment
  • 72313000 - Data capture services
  • 38127000 - Weather stations

Indicators

  • Award on basis of price.

Other Information

From the market research there are some suppliers in the market who could fulfil both contracts and there could be opportunity to delivery efficiencies from a variant. Any variant will only be reviewed one the compliant bids have been evaluated and provisional preferred supplier identified

Reference

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