Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- North Yorkshire Council · Regional or local authority
- Suppliers
- MetDesk Limited SME, Vaisala Ltd
- Value
- £1,449,578.06 across 2 lots
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Weather-forecasting services (CPV 71351600)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 060783-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Sep 2025
- Published30 Sep 2025Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
To procure this service through an Open procedure and establish two contracts encompassing the Winter Forecasting and Bureau Service elements across the council area. A variant option for a combined offer will also be included as these projects will be offered to the market in tandem. From the market research there are some suppliers in the market who could fulfil both contracts and there could be opportunity to delivery efficiencies from a variant. Any variant will only be reviewed one the compliant bids have been evaluated and provisional preferred supplier identified
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Weather Forecasting and Weather Station Bureau Services | MetDesk Limited SME | £543k |
| Weather Forecasting and Weather Station Bureau Services | Vaisala Ltd | £907k |
About the suppliers
MetDesk Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08282087).
Vaisala Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01487125).