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OpenStage · planning

The Association of North East Councils Limited

NEPO217 Winter Bureau, Weather Forecasting & Outstation Maintenance

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 38127000
Value£10.0m
Deadline
Published8 May 2026
RegionNationwide
Contract value in context
£10.0mtotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£10.8m

This is a large award for Laboratory & Precision Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The proposed procurement will establish a single NEPO‑led Open Framework for the provision of Winter Bureau services, weather forecasting services, and RWIS outstation maintenance for UK local authorities.

The framework will replace the existing NEPO217 (Winter Bureau & Outstation Maintenance) and NEPO230 (Weather Forecasting Services) arrangements and will bring these services together into one solution reflecting how they are used operationally by authorities.

The scope is expected to include: Winter Bureau services, including decision support, data management, system availability, resilience and user access to operational winter information.

Weather forecasting services, providing locally relevant and operationally defensible forecasts to support winter service decision‑making.

RWIS outstation maintenance, covering inspection, maintenance, repair, calibration and associated support fo…

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The scope is expected to include

The scope is expected to include:.

02

Winter Bureau services, including decision support, data

Winter Bureau services, including decision support, data management, system availability, resilience and user access to operational winter information.

03

Weather forecasting services, providing locally relevant

Weather forecasting services, providing locally relevant and operationally defensible forecasts to support winter service decision‑making.

04

RWIS outstation maintenance, covering inspection, maintenance, repair

RWIS outstation maintenance, covering inspection, maintenance, repair, calibration and associated support for existing roadside infrastructure.

05

The framework will be designed to support

The framework will be designed to support continuity of existing systems and infrastructure, recognising recent investment by authorities and avoiding mandated wholesale replacement of assets.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06903b
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
042563-2026
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