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title: "DN684274 - Snow Depth Sensor"
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# DN684274 - Snow Depth Sensor

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dn684274-snow-depth-sensor-ocds-h6vhtk-03f9df). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Met Office: "DN684274 - Snow Depth Sensor". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Met Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/met-office-gov-ea46)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 October 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Meteorological instruments
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £225,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03f9df`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dn684274-snow-depth-sensor-ocds-h6vhtk-03f9df#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FRegister)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dn684274-snow-depth-sensor-ocds-h6vhtk-03f9df#participate

## Description
The Met Office currently operates a network of laser snow depth sensors. These sensors are
now obsolete and we are awarding a contract to purchase new equipment to
automatically measure snow depth at our observing sites.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38120000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Met Office needs to measure the key weather and climate parameter of snow depth as
defined according to ISO 772:2022 10.28 i.e., the total height of the snowpack measured
vertically from the ground to the snow surface. Although we currently use l...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** DN684274 - Snow Depth Sensor (active)
  - Award id: `033773-2023-DN684274-1`
  - Supplier(s): **OTT Hydromet Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-140933`
  - Value: £225,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** DN684274 - Snow Depth Sensor (active)
  - Signed Value: £225,000
  - Signed Date: 14/11/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033773-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-11-15T13:37:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T03:40:01.117Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03f9df