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Contract Award Notice

NEPO230 Weather Forecasting Services

  • First published: 06 August 2019
  • Last modified: 06 August 2019
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Contents

Summary

OCID:
Published by:
The Association of North East Councils Limited trading as the North East Procurement Organisation
Authority ID:
AA65367
Publication date:
06 August 2019
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

Weather forecasting services are required to be provided in conjunction with the utilisation of road side weather data that has been collected and the development of forecasting information and which must be made available to contracting authorities.

Full notice text

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Association of North East Councils Ltd trading as NEPO (Central Purchasing Body)

Guildhall, Quayside

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 3AF

UK

Contact person: Michelle Armstrong

E-mail: Michelle.Armstrong@nepo.org

NUTS: UKC

Internet address(es)

Main address: www.nepo.org

Address of the buyer profile: www.nepo.org

I.2) Joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.5) Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

NEPO230 Weather Forecasting Services

Reference number: NEPO230

II.1.2) Main CPV code

71351600

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

This framework covers weather forecasting Services which will support NEPO contracting authorities in delivering their winter service management requirements. The forecasting service provider will utilise road weather data which is collected and made available under an existing NEPO Framework NEPO217 Weather Bureau and Helpdesk service with upgrade and maintenance of outstation equipment. Weather forecasting services are required to be provided in conjunction with the utilisation of the collected data and the development of forecasting information which is to be made available to contracting authorities via upload to the existing Bureau system.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 850 000.00  GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UK

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Weather forecasting services are required to be provided in conjunction with the utilisation of road side weather data that has been collected and the development of forecasting information and which must be made available to contracting authorities.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion: Quality criteria / Weighting: 60 %

Price / Weighting:  40 %

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S:

2019/S 077-183370

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: NEPO230

Title: Weather Forecasting Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

05/07/2019

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

MeteoGroup Ltd

292 Vauxhall Bridge Road

London

SW1V 1AE

UK

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

MetDesk Ltd

8282087

4 Station Approach

Buckinghamshire

HP226BN

UK

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: : 850 000.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

NEPO is a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR15). This means that NEPO may provide central purchasing activity on behalf of contracting authorities.

The agreement will be available for use by all NEPO Members. A list of member organisations is available in the about section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org

This agreement will also be made available to all current and future NEPO Associate Members. Current associate members are listed in the associate member section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org/associate-membership/list NEPO intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all contracting authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to government departments and their agencies, non-departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS bodies, local authorities, emergency services, coastguard emergency services, educational establishments, registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities who have a need to purchase services.

Please see the following websites for further details:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education

https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/recognised-bodies

http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php

http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net

https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england

https://education.gov.scot/ParentZone

http://hwb.wales.gov.uk/

https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development

http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/institutions/

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http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/

http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/fecs/

http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure

http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx

http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts

http://www.scottishambulance.com/AboutUs/HowWeOrganised.aspx

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations

http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/gov.htm

http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-councils-in-northern-ireland

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/02/2421/1

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https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/contact

https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies

https://www.ons.gov.uk/

https://www.police.uk/forces/

http://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html

http://www.psni.police.uk/index.htm

http://www.scotland.police.uk/

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency

http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/archive/law-order/Police/PoliceServiceofScotland

http://www.fire.org.uk/fire-brigades.html

http://www.nifrs.org/areas-districts/

http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-area.aspx

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing

http://directory.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/pages/default.aspx

https://gov.wales/topics/housing-and-regeneration/publications/registered-social-landlords-in-wales/?lang=en

https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/housing-associations

http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/About_us/Regulation/Registering_charities_index.aspx

http://www.oscr.org.uk/

https://idea.org.uk/ http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/

Registerhomepage.aspx

http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/Search/search_Auth.aspx

http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsroom/factsandfigures/housingplanning1/facts/socialhousing/?id=1822644

A complete list of permissible users is shown on the NEPO website below:

https://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissible-users

Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

NEPO

Guildhall, Quayside

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 3AF

UK

E-mail: michelle.armstrong@nepo.org

Internet address(es)

URL: www.nepo.org

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

NEPO

Guildhall, Quayside

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 3AF

UK

E-mail: michelle.armstrong@nepo.org

Internet address(es)

URL: www.nepo.org

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

NEPO

Guildhall, Quayside

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 3AF

UK

E-mail: michelle.armstrong@nepo.org

Internet address(es)

URL: www.nepo.org

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

02/08/2019

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
71351600 Weather-forecasting services Geological, geophysical and other scientific prospecting services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
Michelle.Armstrong@nepo.org
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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