Official UK procurement notice
Weather Forecasting Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Swindon Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSwindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of Weather Forecasting Services to the Council.
The services to be delivered are:
To provide weather forecasts as detailed below throughout the winter period between the 2nd Monday in October to the last day of April on an annual basis.
All weather forecast information is to be loaded onto the Findlay Irvine ICELERT website and Text Forecasts to be e-mailed to Senior Support Officers (up to 10 officers).
Forecasts provided shall be written specifically for the geographical area managed by Swindon Borough Council, generic regional text shall not be provided.
The Forecaster shall have the ability to change or edit individual values in any cell within the hazard table and to manually adjust site specific graphs, altering forecasts minimum temperatures, temperature curves and surface hazards in order to improve the quality if deemed necessary.
CPV: Weather-forecasting services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£55,000
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).
Lot awarding rule: Quality = 35% (Methodology 10%; Skills, Experience & Qualifications 10%; Staff Allocations 5%; Additional Features 5%; Social Value 5%); Price = 65%.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Aug 2025, 16:34 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Nov 2025, 10:57 GMT
- Authority reference
DN787605- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049944- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058ac8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the tender documents. In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team [email protected]
RFQ/Tender clarifications to be submitted in writing via Messaging in ProContract tender portal, including the project reference and title clearly in the Subject title, by 10th September 2025, 1200 hrs UK Local time. The Council’s responses to these clarification questions will be issued periodically via Messaging in ProContract tender portal.
RFQ/Tender Responses are required to be submitted no later than 17th September 2025, 1200 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
Please note that this project has been advertised on Find a Tender and Supplying the South West Portal, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗ is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN787605.
No Tender submissions will be considered without completing the RFQ/tender documents in full including attachments and returning them in alignment with the instructions within the RFQ/tender documents.
Timeline
19 Aug 2025 → 12 Nov 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published19 Aug 2025, 16:34 BST
- Clarification questions by10 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline399 days ago17 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts380 days ago6 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published343 days ago12 Nov 2025, 10:57 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Aug 2025- Tender notice published19 Aug 2025, 16:34 BSTUK4
- Contract details notice published12 Nov 2025, 10:57 GMTUK7
- Status changed to complete12 Nov 2025, 10:57 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MetDesk LtdSME | £45,840 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Weather Forecasting Services · MetDesk LtdSME
- Signed
- 6 Oct 2025
- Value
- £45,840
- Period
- 6 Oct 2025 – 5 Oct 2028 · up to 5 Oct 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Contract may be extended for one period of 24 months after the initial 3 years contract duration.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MetDesk LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender