# Weather Forecasting

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Swindon Borough Council](/buyers/swindon-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [MetDesk Limited](/contract-winners/metdesk/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £24,492
- Tender value: £25,000
- Award date: 18 August 2022
- Published: 11 October 2022
- Contract start: 15 September 2022
- Contract end: 14 September 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 0871e875-bef5-411b-8f25-80ddb7651b70-579784
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-aba21ee9-22a4-40d4-9f1b-5c2a7c4541fc

## Description

Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of weather forecasting\. 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\. The initial contract term will be for 24 months with an option to extend for a further 12 months \(1 periods of 12 months\) for a potential total contract term of 3 years as stated in the RFQ documents\. Estimated contract spend is between £15,000 and £18,000 across the initial 2 year contract term and between £21,000 and £26,000 across the potential total 3 year contract term\. Full details relating to the Services are provided in the RFQ documents\. 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 ProContractSuppliers@proactis\.com RFQ clarifications to be submitted in writing via Messaging in ProContract tender portal, including the project reference and title clearly in the Subject title, by 1st August 2022, 15:00 hrs UK Local time\. The Council's responses to these clarification questions will be issued periodically via Messaging in ProContract tender portal\. RFQ Responses are required to be submitted no later than 8th August 2022, 15:00 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - https://www\.supplyingthesouthwest\.org\.uk/ Please note that this project has been advertised on Contracts Finder/ other web portals, however, Supplying the South West Portal, https://www\.supplyingthesouthwest\.org\.uk/ is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN621459 No Tender submissions will be considered without completing the RFQ documents in full including attachments and returning them in alignment with the instructions within the RFQ documents\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0871e875-bef5-411b-8f25-80ddb7651b70-579784)