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title: "Provision of Winter Roads Forecasting (Tayside and North East Scotland)"
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# Provision of Winter Roads Forecasting (Tayside and North East Scotland)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-winter-roads-forecasting-tayside-and-north-east-scotland-ocds-h6vhtk-045a9c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Dundee City Council: "Provision of Winter Roads Forecasting (Tayside and North East Scotland)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £525,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Dundee City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/dundee-city-council-ons-s12000042)
- **Published Value:** £525,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 26 June 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Weather-forecasting services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM71
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £571,836 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-045a9c`

## Before you bid
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- **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/provision-of-winter-roads-forecasting-tayside-and-north-east-scotland-ocds-h6vhtk-045a9c#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-winter-roads-forecasting-tayside-and-north-east-scotland-ocds-h6vhtk-045a9c#participate

## Description
The Purchasers operate a weather maintenance program which relies on Winter Roads Weather Forecasting Bureau and Associated Services to be provided for their weather monitoring stations. This Contract will provide the Purchasers with a mechanism to make gritting decisions throughout the winter season. In turn, this allows the Purchasers to discharge their duties under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 and is considered an essential service that must be provided.
The Bureau Services providers gathers data using loggers, then transfers info to Forecaster and Forecaster returns forecast to the Bureau Services provider.  The Bureau Services provider shares the data/forecast info/alerts with the Purchasers via web application.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71351600
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The Purchasers operate a weather maintenance program which relies on Winter Roads Weather Forecasting Bureau and Associated Services to be provided for the Council’s their weather monitoring stations. This Contract will provide the Purchasers with a ...
- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2024 to 30/09/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 027503-2024-DCC/CD/38/24-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **MetDesk Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-122924`
  - Value: £571,836 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 027503-2024-DCC/CD/38/24-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £571,836
  - Signed Date: 26/08/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027503-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-29T07:47:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T08:41:28.702Z
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