Official UK procurement notice
National Weather Forecasting Information Services
Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNational Weather Forecasting contract that supplies forecasts throughout the year to identify severe weather risks across the road network to enable effective mitigation planning and support to Traffic Officer and National Traffic Operations Centre. (NTOC)
CPV: Weather-forecasting services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1To operate the road network effectively, the Traffic Officer service and NTOC require…
To operate the road network effectively, the Traffic Officer service and NTOC require weather forecast information that is designed to assist them identify severe weather risks on the road network and plan an appropriate response key to this is informing the road user. This information consists of a twice daily forecast ‘advisory’ report highlighting potential risks and impacts to the Strategic Road Network, support to National Highways for public and partner information services, and provision of Open Data products (rainfall radar, satellite imagery, weather warning services etc.) to our Severe Weather Information Service (SWIS) and its end users.
The contract term will be for 3 years minimum with further options to extend for 3 years in increments of 2+1 years.
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
- 5 Nov 2024, 14:35 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Nov 2024, 10:29 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-035880- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b412Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The contract between National Highways and the Met Office establishes a cooperation between them with the aim of ensuring that public services they have to perform are provided with a view to achieving objectives they have in common namely ensuring public safety and harm prevention to those drivers using, and those individuals working on, the strategic road network. The implementation of that co-operation is governed solely by considerations relating to the public interest and regulation 12 (7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 applies.
- Review procedure
As set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated6 Nov 2024, 10:29 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.1.7 | 18000000.00 | 1810000.00 |
The original notice included a decimal error in the value field. The correct value should be £1.81m instead of £18.0m.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met OfficeNational Weather Forecast Information ServicesSubcontracting: declared | £18,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
National Weather Forecast Information Services · Met Office
- Signed
- 31 Oct 2024
- Value
- £18,000,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- National Highways LtdContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Met OfficeAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.