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Published 29 Jun 2021, 19:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DfI Roads and Rivers - Provision of Roads Winter Service and Foyle Bridge Wind Speed Forecasting Services

Official notice

Authority: Department for Infrastructure (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£550,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 2 Aug 2021awarded 1 Sept 2021
Awarded to MeteoGroup UK Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Department wishes to employ a suitably experienced and resourced forecasting supplier to deliver bespoke winter road weather forecasts during the winter service period and to deliver a bespoke wind speed forecast / alerting service for Foyle Bridge in Londonderry throughout the year.

  • Recurrence: 5 years

CPV: Weather-forecasting services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£550,000
Extensions: There are options to extend the contract for 4 further periods of up to 1 year eachVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Price: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Mandatory Requirements: Pass/Fail
  • Price: 100
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    The Department's particular requirements will be set out in the tender documents

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · 5 years
First published
29 Jun 2021, 19:14 BST
Last source update
2 Sept 2021, 08:54 BST
Award evaluation window
2 Aug 2021 – …
Authority reference
CfT2560748
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-021700
Classification (CPV)
Weather-forecasting services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02c196 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

The Department's particular requirements will be set out in the tender documents

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

DfI will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of. harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (Northern Ireland).

Publisher note: Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach. satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach. satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in DfI for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated.. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions. being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a. period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Submission deadline
2 Aug 2021, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
2 Aug 2021, 15:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

2 Aug 2021 → 31 Oct 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    2 Aug 2021, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    2 Aug 2021, 15:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    2 Sept 2021, 08:54 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    31 Oct 2021, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    2 Sept 2021, 08:54 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £550,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Sept 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
MeteoGroup UK Limited£550,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • DfI Roads and Rivers - Provision of Roads Winter Service and Foyle Bridge Wind Speed Forecasting Services · MeteoGroup UK Limited

    Signed
    1 Sept 2021
    Value
    £550,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Infrastructure

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services Clarence Court Adelaide Street, Belfast, UK, BT2 8GBContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court, Royal Courts of JusticeReview body BELFAST
  • Hight Court, Royal Courts of JusticeReview body BELFAST

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • METEOGROUP UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier 46 Chancery Lane, LONDON, NL, WC2A 1JEContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria