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title: "Winter Weather Forecasting"
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# Winter Weather Forecasting

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/winter-weather-forecasting-ocds-h6vhtk-02c8b1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Berkshire District Council: "Winter Weather Forecasting". Published status: complete. Published Value: £368,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 18 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [West Berkshire District Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-berkshire-district-council-ons-e06000037)
- **Published Value:** £368,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 18 August 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Weather-forecasting services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £388,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/winter-weather-forecasting-ocds-h6vhtk-02c8b1#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02c8b1`

## 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-weather-forecasting-ocds-h6vhtk-02c8b1#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fwestberks%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/winter-weather-forecasting-ocds-h6vhtk-02c8b1#participate

## Description
The authorities operate an Ice Prediction System with Road Weather Outstations with road sensors which are installed at a number of locations on the road network throughout the area. The data provided by the outstations is shared between the Authorities. The outstations provide information on road conditions. The successful Contractor/Service Provider will be expected to manage this information and present it in a suitable format to the Authorities for use by its duty officers. The data will not be available to share with any other party without the express written consent of the Authority in question.The service is the provision of domain-based winter weather forecasting service utilising existing weather stations/sensors within the Berkshire Consortium area.

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

- **Estimated Value:** £368,000
- **Description:** West Berkshire District Council, Bracknell Forest Borough Council, Reading Borough Council, The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Slough Borough Council and Wokingham Borough Council (the Berkshire Consortium) have agreed to work together on t...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Winter Weather Forecasting Service (active)
  - Award id: `023364-2021-P00000431-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Vaisala LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-174408`
  - Value: £388,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Winter Weather Forecasting Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £388,000
  - Signed Date: 19/09/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F023364-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-09-20T15:40:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T11:44:24.922Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02c8b1