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Winter Bureau Service and Maintenance Contract

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

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17 Aug 2022 at 16:41

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Tender

21 Apr 2022 at 17:01

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Greater Manchester Combined Authorities have awarded the contract for the Winter Bureau Service and Maintenance to Vaisala Limited. The contract involves two lots: "Bureau Specification" and "Weather Station Maintenance Service." The contract value amounts to £80,000 for Lot 1 and £50,000 for Lot 2. The services pertain to weather-forecasting services, and the procurement stage is complete.

This tender for weather forecasting services in Greater Manchester offers business growth opportunities for companies providing bureau services, weather station maintenance, and service management modules. The buying organisation, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, is responsible for the contract. The tender has now been awarded following an open procurement method. Businesses in the meteorological services industry and related technology sectors would find this tender suitable for competition.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Winter Bureau Service and Maintenance Contract

Notice Description

The Greater Manchester Combined Authorities (GMCA) have a responsibility to their residents to maintain the highway in a safe condition during the winter maintenance period. Each authority uses a number of specialised services and equipment that require a high degree of reliability and consistency in delivery to inform winter managers of forecasted weather conditions.

Lot Information

Lot 1 - Bureau Specification

The service will comprise of a Bureau Service as detailed below: A computer service to interrogate the Weather stations on the following basis: - ADSL - 10 minute intervals - 3G/4G frequency of data transfer to be confirmed but expected every 10mins - Interrogate and upload data and images at minimum 10 or 20 minute intervals where weather station cameras are installed (depending on communication type) - Provide live streaming camera images from weather stations with ADSL communications.

Renewal: Option to extend for a further 2 years in annual increments

Lot 2 - Weather Station Maintenance Service

Weather Station Maintenance Service The weather station operation and maintenance service is categorised as the following: - Urgent and non-urgent repair works i.e. Cyclic and reactive maintenance - Pre-winter period inspection and calibration of weather stations - Winter period data calibration check - Enhancements and modifications - Weather station maintenance and repair costs will be the responsibility of each individual AGMA Authority and will be dependent on the specification and number of weather stations within and owned by that authority

Renewal: Option to extend for a further 2 years in annual increments

Service Management Module

The system should provide the following functionality that enables the user/s to manage their condition monitoring, forecast provision and decision making process-based on recognized standards ie NWSRG and Appendix H of Well Maintained Highways, including planning treatment of routes, distribution of decisions, recording actions taken, to provide a complete audit trail for each decision on each treatment route. This service should be available as a fully integrated option to the main bureau visualization suite.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-032f50
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022855-2022
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
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
£624,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£130,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Aug 20224 years ago
Submission Deadline
23 Apr 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
10 Aug 20224 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Additional Buyers

Bolton Council

Bury Council

Manchester City Council

Oldham Council

Rochdale Borough Council

Salford City Council

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Trafford Council

Wigan Council

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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BOLTON
Postcode
M33 7ZF
Postcode Area
Manchester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD34 Greater Manchester South West
Delivery Location
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Local Authority
Trafford
Electoral Ward
Sale Central
Westminster Constituency
Wythenshawe and Sale East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Vaisala Limited

Further Information

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