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title: "Winter Bureau Service and Maintenance Contract"
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# Winter Bureau Service and Maintenance Contract

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/winter-bureau-service-and-maintenance-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-032f50). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council: "Winter Bureau Service and Maintenance Contract". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £624,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 23 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/stockport-metropolitan-borough-council-ons-e08000007)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £624,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 23 April 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Weather-forecasting services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-032f50`

## 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/winter-bureau-service-and-maintenance-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-032f50#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/winter-bureau-service-and-maintenance-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-032f50#participate

## Description
The Greater Manchester Combined Authorities (GMCA) have a responsibility to their residents to maintain the highway in a safe condition during the winter maintenance period. Each authority uses a number of specialised services and equipment that require a high degree of reliability and consistency in delivery to inform winter managers of forecasted weather conditions.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Lot 1 - Bureau Specification
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71351600
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** The service will comprise of a Bureau Service as detailed below:
A computer service to interrogate the Weather stations on the following basis:
- ADSL – 10 minute intervals
- 3G/4G frequency of data transfer to be confirmed but expected every 10mins
...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Lot 2 - Weather Station Maintenance Service
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71351600
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Weather Station Maintenance Service
The weather station operation and maintenance service is categorised as the following:
- Urgent and non-urgent repair works i.e. Cyclic and reactive maintenance
- Pre-winter period inspection and calibration of wea...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Service Management Module
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71351600
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** The system should provide the following functionality that enables the user/s to manage their condition monitoring, forecast provision and decision making process-based on recognized standards ie NWSRG and Appendix H of Well Maintained Highways, incl...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (3)
- **Award:** Lot 1 - Bureau Specification (active)
  - Award id: `022855-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Vaisala Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-174408`
  - Value: £80,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Weather Station Maintenance Service (active)
  - Award id: `022855-2022-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Vaisala Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-174408`
  - Value: £50,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Service Management Module (active)
  - Award id: `022855-2022-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Vaisala Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-174408`
  - Value: £50,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (3)
- **Contract:** Lot 1 - Bureau Specification (active)
  - Signed Value: £80,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2022

- **Contract:** Weather Station Maintenance Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £50,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2022

- **Contract:** Service Management Module (active)
  - Signed Value: £50,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022855-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-17T15:41:26.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T14:22:32.054Z
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