Road Weather Monitoring Service and Monitoring Station Maintenance (2023-2028)

Road Weather Monitoring Service and Monitoring Station Maintenance

Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of a remotely monitored Road Weather Monitoring service, to include bi-annual calibration and maintenance of the two existing weather monitoring stations which are fitted with Findlay Irvine supplied equipment.

The system will be used to monitor the following: i. Road depth temperature ii. Road surface temperature iii. Air temperature iv. Relative humidity v. Precipitation vi. Wind speed vii. Wind direction viii. Surface state ix. Web camera images

The Council is looking to appoint a Contractor to: 1. Provide and support a monitoring service, including the provision of GRPS communications for the two weather monitoring stations, 2. Carry out annual pre-winter and mid-winter calibration and maintenance at each weather station, 3. Carry out repairs and upgrades where required.

The initial contract term will be for 60 months as stated in the ITT documents. Estimated contract spend is between £100,000 and £125,000 across the 5 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 [email protected]

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 16th August 2023, 12:00 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 23rd August 2023 12:00 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: DN681112.

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.