Official UK procurement notice
Road Weather Forecasting and Ice Prediction Services
Authority: Cumberland Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCumberland Council requires a Contractor to supply a council wide road weather
forecasting (weather patterns of heavy rain all year round that may cause flooding to
properties and roads) and ice prediction service which provides an adequate level of
information to enable the Authority to determine whether roads in their area will require
treatment to prevent the formation of ice, or settling of snow, such as might impede or
endanger traffic on these roads
CPV: Weather-forecasting services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£460,000
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 award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Price
- Social Value
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- 15 Aug 2025, 15:11 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Nov 2025, 11:40 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
DN785210- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049211- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05891cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
15 Aug 2025 → 20 Nov 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published15 Aug 2025, 15:11 BST
- Clarification questions by26 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline10 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by397 days ago19 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent395 days ago22 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends385 days ago1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts374 days ago13 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published336 days ago20 Nov 2025, 11:40 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Aug 2025- Tender notice published15 Aug 2025, 15:11 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published22 Sept 2025, 11:46 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete22 Sept 2025, 11:46 BST
- Contract signature expected2 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published20 Nov 2025, 11:40 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenWeatherSME2 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2027 · up to 30 Sept 2029Extensions: 2 years + 2 x 12 months | £140,000 | 22 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Road Weather Forecasting and Ice Prediction Services · OpenWeatherSME
- Signed
- 14 Nov 2025
- Value
- £140,000
- Period
- 14 Nov 2025 – 30 Sept 2027 · up to 30 Sept 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 x 12 months available
No agreed KPIs: N/A
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- OPENWEATHER LTD.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices 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