Notice Information
Notice Title
Weather Forecasting
Notice Description
Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of weather forecasting. To provide weather forecasts as detailed below throughout the winter period between the 2nd Monday in October to the last day of April on an annual basis. All weather forecast information is to be loaded onto the Findlay Irvine ICELERT website and Text Forecasts to be e-mailed to Senior Support Officers (up to 10 officers). Forecasts provided shall be written specifically for the geographical area managed by Swindon Borough Council, generic regional text shall not be provided. The Forecaster shall have the ability to change or edit individual values in any cell within the hazard table and to manually adjust site specific graphs, altering forecasts minimum temperatures, temperature curves and surface hazards in order to improve the quality if deemed necessary. The initial contract term will be for 24 months with an option to extend for a further 12 months (1 periods of 12 months) for a potential total contract term of 3 years as stated in the RFQ documents. Estimated contract spend is between PS15,000 and PS18,000 across the initial 2 year contract term and between PS21,000 and PS26,000 across the potential total 3 year contract term. Full details relating to the Services are provided in the RFQ documents. To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the tender documents. In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com RFQ clarifications to be submitted in writing via Messaging in ProContract tender portal, including the project reference and title clearly in the Subject title, by 1st August 2022, 15:00 hrs UK Local time. The Council's responses to these clarification questions will be issued periodically via Messaging in ProContract tender portal. RFQ Responses are required to be submitted no later than 8th August 2022, 15:00 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ Please note that this project has been advertised on Contracts Finder/ other web portals, however, Supplying the South West Portal, https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN621459 No Tender submissions will be considered without completing the RFQ documents in full including attachments and returning them in alignment with the instructions within the RFQ documents.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-aba21ee9-22a4-40d4-9f1b-5c2a7c4541fc
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0871e875-bef5-411b-8f25-80ddb7651b70
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
71351600 - Weather-forecasting services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £25,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £24,492 Under £100K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Oct 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 8 Aug 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 Aug 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- 14 Sep 2022 - 14 Sep 2024 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Jodie Wakefield
- Contact Email
- jwakefield@swindon.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 7392102892
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SWINDON
- Postcode
- SN1 2JH
- Post Town
- Swindon
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK71 Swindon
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Swindon
- Electoral Ward
- Eastcott
- Westminster Constituency
- Swindon South
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0871e875-bef5-411b-8f25-80ddb7651b70
11th October 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0310c37e-709d-428a-a50c-b5e711825802
8th July 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://procontract.due-north.com/ProjectManagement/ProjectDashboard?projectId=9d4b4baa-d1fe-ec11-8116-005056b64545
To register your interest in this opportunity and obtain any additional information and documentation please login or register (for free) at:
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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