Weather-forecasting services

Tender description

NEPO seeks to establish a framework contract for weather forecasting services, which will support NEPO Contracting Authorities in delivering their winter service management requirements. The forecasting service provider will utilise road weather data, which is collected and made available under an existing NEPO Framework (NEPO217 Weather Bureau and Helpdesk Service with upgrade and maintenance of outstation equipment). Weather forecasting services are required to be provided in conjunction with the utilisation of the collected data and the development of forecasting information, which is to be made available to Contracting Authorities via upload to the existing Bureau system. NEPO are using an Open procedure for the procurement of this framework contract. The opportunity can be accessed via the NEPO e-tendering system. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the NEPO eTender system. If not already registered, suppliers should register on the NEPO eTender system at https://procontract.due-north.com/Register Tender responses must be submitted using the link above. Tender responses submitted via postal or email methods will not be accepted. If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your tender response please contact the System Support Team on 03300050352 For not time-critical issues, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information, etc., please contact Proactics Supplier Support Helpdesk Ticketing System (http://proactis.kayako.com/) and select ProContract V3 support. You will then need to log in or submit a ticket to register your issue. Alternatively, you can email ProContractSuppliers@proactics.com This will automatically log a support ticket on the Proactics Supplier Support Helpdesk. Successful suppliers will enter into a Framework Agreement in a form which is set out in the procurement documents. The Council does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of services which will be placed with the successful suppliers by any client using the framework contract pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof.