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Weather Forecasting and Weather Station Bureau Services

The North Yorkshire Council

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: The North Yorkshire Council

Buyer Address: County Hall, Racecourse Lane,, Northallerton, UKE22, DL7 8AD, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Dalvinder Khing

Contact Email: procurement@northyorks.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
542518.06 GBP
Published
30 Sep 2025, 10:04
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
71351600 - Weather-forecasting services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
MetDesk Ltd, Vaisala Ltd
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

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. 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

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot Title: Weather Forecasting

Lot Description: 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.

Lot 1 Status: cancelled

Lot 1 Has Options: No

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Service Delivery

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Forecast Service

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Forecast Accuracy

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Forecast Information Presentation

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Staff Experience

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Quality Assurance-System and Products

Lot Title: Weather Station Bureau Services

Lot 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.

Lot 2 Status: cancelled

Lot 2 Has Options: No

Lot 2 Award Criterion (quality): Service Delivery

Lot 2 Award Criterion (quality): Road Weather Station Maintenance

Lot 2 Award Criterion (quality): Data Accuracy

Lot 2 Award Criterion (quality): Bureau Data Presentation

Lot 2 Award Criterion (quality): Staff Experience

Lot 2 Award Criterion (quality): Quality Assurance - System and Product

Contracts

Contract Title: Weather Forecasting

Contract Title: Weather Station Bureau Services

Awards

Award Title: Weather Forecasting

Award Title: Weather Station Bureau Services

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