Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 10 Jul 2022, 11:16 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Winter Service and Foyle Bridge - Data and Weather Station Management

Official notice

Authority: Department for Infrastructure (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)

Budget not disclosedValue not published

Awarded 7 Jul 2022no call for competition

Awarded to VAISALA LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The contract is for the provision of data and weather station management of existing assets associated with the Department's annual winter service programme.

CPV: Repair and maintenance services of measuring apparatus

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The Department currently owns 23 weather stations which have been purchased from…Awarded

The Department currently owns 23 weather stations which have been purchased from Vaisala at various times. The Department requires continued management and maintenance for these stations from 1st October 2022 until such time as they are replaced.

Delivery: Northern Ireland

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 10 Jul 2022, 11:16 BST
Last source update: 11 Jul 2022, 10:52 BST
Authority reference: DAC-0148
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-018872
Classification (CPV): Repair and maintenance services of measuring apparatus
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-035040 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: The Department's 23 weather stations were all purchased from Vaisala. Since Vaisala are the original manufacturers of the various elements making up the various weather stations, only they can currently provide the management and maintenance that is required for these stations without considerable cost to the Department of replacing the stations or at least replacing many of the separate elements which go to make up a weather station.
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 - Regulation 32.
(2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:
(b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:
(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons,
(iii)the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights, but only, in the case of paragraphs (ii) and (iii), where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender

Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)

When	What	Before	After
—	TextTotal value of the procurement (excluding VAT) · II.1.7	Lowest offer: £220,525 / Highest offer: £330,000 taken into consideration	Total Cost £330,000
—	TextII.2.4	The Department currently owns 23 weather stations which have been purchased from Vaisala at various times. The Department requires continued management and maintenance for these stations from 1st October 2022 until such time as they are replaced.	The Department currently owns 23 weather stations which have been purchased from Vaisala at various times. The Department requires continued management and maintenance for these stations from 1st October 2022 until such time as they are replaced. The contract is for a period of 3 years from 1st October 2022.
—	TextEstimated total value · V.2.4	Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £330,000 Lowest offer: £220,525 / Highest offer: £330,000 taken into consideration	Estimated Total Value £330,000

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 7 Jul 2022

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
VAISALA LTD	—	—	Awarded

Contracts

Winter Service and Foyle Bridge - Data and Weather Station Management · VAISALA LTD
Signed
7 Jul 2022
Value
—
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Lot	Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
The Department currently owns 23 weather stations which have been purchased from…	1bids	1	—	£220,525 – £330,000
Whole notice	—	—	—	£220,525 – £330,000

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,10-18 ADELAIDE STREET, BELFAST, Northern Ireland, BT28GBContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High Court, Royal Courts of JusticeReview body BELFAST

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Vaisala LtdAwarded supplier Elm House, 351 Bristol Road, BIRMINGHAM, UK, B5 7SW

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.