Official UK procurement notice
118_21 – Weather Forecasting Services
Authority: ESPO
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe requirement is for the provision of a weather forecasting service which will primarily serve to assist with winter road maintenance. This involves the provision covering the road networks as maintained by EAC members as well as other eligible public sector bodies during the course of the framework.
ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Limited, whose target clients are third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful Supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading Limited on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself.
Any Second Framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Limited may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders' information only.
CPV: Weather-forecasting services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 2 bids on the busiest of 2 lots · 2 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 3 yrs from 1 Oct 2021
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Weather Forecasting Services for the East Anglian Consortium (EAC)AwardedPublished value£1,000,000
Lot 1 - Tenders are invited for the provision of a weather forecasting service for winter road maintenance purposes for the EAC (East Anglian Consortium). The successful tenderer will be required to provide the specified services to the EAC for the period of the contract awarded. All EAC members will require a number of common services - ‘Standard Winter Service’, ‘Site Specific Services’ and ‘Training Services’. Additionally, EAC members may opt to take additional services - identified as ‘Optional Summer Forecast Services’.
Lot Scope: Lot 1 shall be open for use by members of the Client (EAC) only. This Lot will cover a number of common services including ‘Standard Winter Service’, ‘Site Specific Services’ and ‘Training Services’. Additionally, EAC members may also opt to take further services, which are identified as ‘Optional Summer Forecast Services’.
Lot #2Provision of weather forecasting services to all eligible public bodies throughout the UKAwardedPublished value£4,000,000
Lot 2 - Tenders are invited for the provision of a weather forecasting service for winter road maintenance purposes for national usage. The successful tenderers will be required to provide the specified services on a national basis for the period of the contract awarded. Customers will require a number of common services - ‘Standard Winter Service’, ‘Site Specific Services’ and ‘Training Services’ and may opt to take additional services such as ‘Optional Summer Forecast Services’.
Lot Scope - The high profile of procurement within local government and the national drive to aggregate and collaborate means that there is a large potential group of Customers who may choose to access this Lot of the Framework.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Social value | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Weather Forecasting Services for the East Anglian Consortium (EAC) | 65% | 30% | 5% | |
| 2 · Provision of weather forecasting services to all eligible public bodies throughout the UK | 70% | 30% | — |
- Price carries 30 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 3 points.
- “118_21 – Weather Forecasting Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 3 Aug 2021, 15:38 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Oct 2021, 11:38 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 3 Sept 2021 – …
- Authority reference
118_21- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-024719- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d03dFind a Tender
- Performance terms
The minimum financial requirement for the purposes of the current tender exercise is stated in the procurement documents.
This contract will operate on-going contract monitoring procedures following award, to ensure financial stability requirements are maintained.
Credit rating checks will be carried out on a regular basis, using the credit rating agency, Creditsafe Business Solutions Limited.
Any changes will be assessed (compared with a baseline credit rating score obtained at contract award stage) and significant changes or sustained degradation will be investigated.
- Review procedure
Information on deadlines(s) for review procedures can be found in Part 3, Chapter 6 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Publisher note: As a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Framework Agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/amfile/file/download/file/9608/) that also fall into one of the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authorities; Educational Establishments (including Academies); Central Government Departments and Agencies; Police, Fire & Rescue and Coastguard Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services; Registered Charities; Registered Social Landlords; The Corporate Office of the House of Lords, The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: https://www.espo.org/legal
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 3 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 60 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 3 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Timeline
3 Sept 2021 → 5 Oct 2021 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown3 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened3 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Oct 2021, 00:00 BST
- Notice published5 Oct 2021, 11:38 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete5 Oct 2021, 11:38 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Weather Forecasting Services for the East Anglian Consortium (EAC)
- Signed
- 28 Sept 2021
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Period
- … – 30 Sept 2024
- Status
- active
Provision of weather forecasting services to all eligible public bodies throughout the UK
- Signed
- 28 Sept 2021
- Value
- £4,000,000
- Period
- … – 30 Sept 2024
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Weather Forecasting Services for the East Anglian Consortium (EAC) | 2bids · 2 electronic | 1 | — | — |
| 2 · Provision of weather forecasting services to all eligible public bodies throughout the UK | 2bids · 2 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Royal Court of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- MetDesk LimitedFramework contractor
- MeteoGroup UK LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria