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# Weather Forecasting and Weather Station Bureau Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/weather-forecasting-and-weather-station-bureau-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04e2be). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The North Yorkshire Council: "Weather Forecasting and Weather Station Bureau Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The North Yorkshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-north-yorkshire-council-ons-e06000065)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 March 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Data capture services, Maintenance of data network equipment, Weather stations, Weather-forecasting services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKE, UKE2, UKE22
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,449,578 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/weather-forecasting-and-weather-station-bureau-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04e2be#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e2be`

## 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/weather-forecasting-and-weather-station-bureau-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04e2be#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D90167%26B%3DUK)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/weather-forecasting-and-weather-station-bureau-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04e2be#participate

## Description
To procure this service through an Open procedure and establish two contracts encompassing the Winter Forecasting and Bureau Service elements across the council area.       A variant option for a combined offer will also be included as these projects will be offered to the market in tandem.  From the market research there are some suppliers in the market who could fulfil both contracts and there could be opportunity to delivery efficiencies from a variant.  Any variant will only be reviewed one the compliant bids have been evaluated and provisional preferred supplier identified

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Weather Forecasting
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 71351600
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKE

- **Description:** To procure this service through an Open procedure and establish two contracts, one for the Weather Forecasting Service and one for Weather Station Bureau Service.
- **Contract Period:** 30/06/2025 to 30/06/2032

### Lot 2: Weather Station Bureau Services
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 38127000, 50312310, 72313000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Description:** To procure this service through an Open procedure and establish two contracts encompassing the Winter Forecasting and Bureau Service elements across the council area.
- **Contract Period:** 30/06/2025 to 30/06/2032

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Weather Forecasting (active)
  - Award id: `060783-2025-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **MetDesk Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-65600`
  - Value: £542,518 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Weather Station Bureau Services (active)
  - Award id: `060783-2025-2-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Vaisala Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-162371`
  - Value: £907,060 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Weather Forecasting (active)
  - Signed Value: £542,518
  - Signed Date: 31/08/2025

- **Contract:** Weather Station Bureau Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £907,060
  - Signed Date: 31/08/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F060783-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-30T10:04:26.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T02:29:46.691Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04e2be