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title: "***PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT*** PROVISION OF ROADS WINTER SERVICE AND FOYLE BRIDGE WIND SPEED"
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# ***PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT*** PROVISION OF ROADS WINTER SERVICE AND FOYLE BRIDGE WIND SPEED

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-provision-of-roads-winter-service-and-foyle-bridge-wind-speed-ocds-h6vhtk-02a015). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Infrastructure: "***PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT*** PROVISION OF ROADS WINTER SERVICE AND FOYLE BRIDGE WIND SPEED". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Infrastructure](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-infrastructure-GB-PPON-PYGQ-2313-DQRY)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Weather-forecasting services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02a015`

## 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/pre-market-engagement-provision-of-roads-winter-service-and-foyle-bridge-wind-speed-ocds-h6vhtk-02a015#tl-md)

## Description
This is a Prior Information Notice to seek engagement with the market place to ascertain how the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) Roads and Rivers can ensure the most cost effective and efficient provision of a suitably experienced and resourced forecasting supplier to deliver bespoke winter road weather forecasts during the winter service period and to deliver a bespoke wind speed forecast / alerting service for Foyle Bridge in Londonderry throughout the year. 
DfI would like to invite potential tenderers to participate in this market consultation exercise by completing the Questionnaire provided within CfT3478041 in eTendersNI. The responses to the Questionnaire will be used to assist in gaining a better understanding of the feasibility of the requirements as well as the capacity of the market to deliver this requirement.
Interested suppliers should submit their response through the eTendersNI secure messaging area of CfT3478041 no later than 3pm on Monday 12 April 2021. 
All correspondence in relation to this pre market engagement will be communicated via the secure eTendersNI messaging area.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKN

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006307-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-28T10:08:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T19:36:20.662Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02a015