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Published 21 Apr 2022, 17:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Winter Bureau Service and Maintenance Contract

Official notice

Authority: Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)·Consortium: 11 public authorities

Framework agreement3 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Framework ceiling (notional)£624,000total for 3 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 23 Apr 2022awarded 10 Aug 2022
Lots 3see the lot list below

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

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.

CPV: Weather-forecasting services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
1 bids on the busiest of 3 lots · 1 suppliers appointed

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Bureau SpecificationAwardedRenewal

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.
Delivery: North West
Extensions: Option to extend for a further 2 years in annual incrementsVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Weather Station Maintenance ServiceAwardedRenewal

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

Delivery: North West
Extensions: Option to extend for a further 2 years in annual incrementsVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #3Service Management ModuleAwarded

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.

Delivery: North West

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 · same split on all 3 lots
Quality: 35%Price: 65%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 35%
  • Price: 65%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 65 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • “Winter Bureau Service and Maintenance Contract” 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
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
21 Apr 2022, 17:01 BST
Last source update
17 Aug 2022, 16:41 BST
Award evaluation window
23 May 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN608898
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-022855
Classification (CPV)
Weather-forecasting services
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032f50 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Appointment period ends
23 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
23 May 2022, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

23 Apr 2022 → 17 Aug 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    23 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    23 May 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    17 Aug 2022, 16:41 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Aug 2022, 16:41 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 1busiest of 3 lots
Contracts signed 3latest 10 Aug 2022

3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £50,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Lot 1 - Bureau Specification

    Signed
    10 Aug 2022
    Value
    £80,000
    Status
    active
  • Weather Station Maintenance Service

    Signed
    10 Aug 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Service Management Module

    Signed
    10 Aug 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Bureau Specification1bids———
2 · Weather Station Maintenance Service1bids———
3 · Service Management Module1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

10 public bodies on the notice

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityWinter Maintenance Services 4th Floor, Waterside House, Waterside Plaza, Sale, North West, M33 7ZFContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Vaisala LimitedFramework contractor 6230 Bishops Court, Birmingham Business Park, Solihull Parkway, Birmingham, North West, B37 7YB

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.