Official UK procurement notice
HE0242-3 - Weather Forecasting Services
Authority: Wiltshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWeather forecasting service to support winter salting decisions.
CPV: Weather-forecasting services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£300,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 70%
- Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Cost
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 May 2025, 09:27 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Nov 2025, 14:43 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
HE0242-3- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-032187- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0512a1Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Jul 2025, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
14 May 2025 → 4 Nov 2025 · 9 dates- Planning notice published14 May 2025, 09:27 BST
- Market engagement28 May 2025, 00:59 BST
Wiltshire Council's current weather forecasting contract expires on 30th September 2025.
The road weather forecast service is required so that Wiltshire Council can deliver an effective and efficient Winter Service and Highway Maintenance function, reacting in a timely and appropriate fashion to any hazards that may be presented to highway users in winter and optionally for supporting Highway Maintenance activities during the summer.
Accordingly, the Council invites interested parties to a Pre Market Engagement (PME) event to be held via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 27th May at 10.a.m. for approximately one hour.
If you would like to attend this event, please use the "Messages" section in ProContract under the DN reference 774554 to advise us, and indicate who will attend from your organisation. We would be happy to invite up to two representatives from each organisation.
- Tender notice published13 Jun 2025, 11:00 BST
- Submission deadline16 Jul 2025, 14:00 BST
- Award decision expected by2 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent10 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends395 days ago26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts391 days ago1 Oct 2025
- Latest notice published356 days ago4 Nov 2025, 14:43 GMT
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 May 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published14 May 2025, 09:27 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published13 Jun 2025, 11:00 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active13 Jun 2025, 11:00 BST
- Procurement method changed13 Jun 2025, 11:00 BST
- Deadline published: 16 Jul 2025, 14:00 BST13 Jun 2025, 11:00 BST
- Contract award notice published17 Sept 2025, 15:04 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete17 Sept 2025, 15:04 BST
- Contract signature expected30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published4 Nov 2025, 14:43 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 14 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MetDesk LtdSME1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2031 · up to 30 Sept 2035Extensions: 2+2 years extension | £410,800 | 10 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
HE0242-3 - Weather Forecasting Services · MetDesk LtdSME
- Signed
- 30 Sept 2025
- Value
- £410,800
- Period
- 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2031 · up to 30 Sept 2035 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Two x two year extensions, four years in total if both extensions are taken up.
1 agreed KPI: Key Performance Indicators
- Key Performance Indicators
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- METDESK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender