Provision of Winter Roads Forecasting (Tayside and North East Scotland)

The Purchasers require a robust ‘forecaster intervened’ Winter Roads Weather Forecasting service supplied by an established and recognised weather forecasting company with appropriate skills, experience and resource to undertake the exacting requirements of the Purchaser (as opposed to automated service content).

The Forecasting Service Provider must have a proven track record in providing accurate Winter Roads Weather Forecasts for sites in a similar topographical area (Note: geographical area of Perth & Kinross, Dundee, Angus, Aberdeen City and Shire, Moray and Highland)

All text should be specific to the Purchaser(s) geographic area and be produced by a qualified ‘roads’ meteorologist and not generated automatically from a computer.

The Council will utilise Equifax Score check to assess the Economic and financial standing of organisations bidding for contracts.

Tenderers (including all participants in a group) are required to have a Score check Score of 35 or above in order to demonstrate their

financial strength and stability.

It is recommended that Tenderers review their own Score check score in advance of submitting a Tender Submission. Where the Tenderer

does not have a Score check score, or where the Tenderer does not consider that the Score check score reflects their current financial status;

the Tenderer may give an explanation within the Tender Submission, together with any relevant supporting alternative evidence which

demonstrates its financial strength/stability.

Where the Tenderer is under no obligation to publish accounts and therefore does not have a Score check score, they must provide their

audited financial accounts for the previous 2 years as part of their SPD Submission in order that the Council may assess these to determine

the suitability of the Tenderer to undertake a contract of this size.

As an alternative to the above requirement but only for bidders who started trading less than 3 years prior to the return date for the Tender

response set out below, those bidders must demonstrate adequate financial capacity for the Contract by the following evidence:

A business plan for a minimum 3-year trading period setting out projected annual average turnover;

audited or unaudited (if the co…

The Purchasers require a robust ‘forecaster intervened’ Winter Roads Weather Forecasting service supplied by an established and recognised weather forecasting company with appropriate skills, experience and resource to undertake the exacting requirements of the Purchaser (as opposed to automated service content).

The Forecasting Service Provider must have a proven track record in providing accurate Winter Roads Weather Forecasts for sites in a similar topographical area (Note: geographical area of Perth & Kinross, Dundee, Angus, Aberdeen City and Shire, Moray and Highland)

All text should be specific to the Purchaser(s) geographic area and be produced by a qualified ‘roads’ meteorologist and not generated automatically from a computer.