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title: "Winter Bureau Service and Maintenance Contract"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-032f50"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "STOCKPORT METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL"
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# Winter Bureau Service and Maintenance Contract

Buyer: STOCKPORT METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-032f50

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022855-2022 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Aug 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 23 Apr 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 9 Aug 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £624,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £130,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| 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 |
| Locality | SALE |
| Post town | Manchester |
| Postcode | M33 7ZF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD36 Greater Manchester North West |
| Local authority | Bolton |
| Electoral ward | Queens Park & Central |
| Westminster constituency | Bolton North East |
| Delivery location | TLD3 Greater Manchester |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | VAISALA |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71351600 - Weather-forecasting services

## Release History

- 17 Aug 2022 at 15:41 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022855-2022
- 21 Apr 2022 at 16:01 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010418-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.manchester.gov.uk/
- http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/
- http://www.stockport.gov.uk/
- https://procontract.due-north.com/
- https://www.bolton.gov.uk/
- https://www.bury.gov.uk/
- https://www.oldham.gov.uk/
- https://www.salford.gov.uk/
- https://www.tameside.gov.uk/
- https://www.trafford.gov.uk/
- https://www.wigan.gov.uk/

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