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Swindon Borough Council

Weather Forecasting Services

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71351600
Value£55k
Deadline17 Sept 2025
Published19 Aug 2025
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 19 Aug 2025ClosedCloses 17 Sept 2025
Who to contact
Mr Mike Sullivan
msullivan2@swindon.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

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£55ktotal contract value
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The brief

Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of Weather Forecasting Services to the Council.

The services to be delivered are: 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.

Full details relating to the Services are provided in the tender documents..

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

To provide weather forecasts as detailed below

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;.

02

All weather forecast information is to

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);.

03

Forecasts provided shall be written specifically

Forecasts provided shall be written specifically for the geographical area managed by Swindon Borough Council, generic regional text shall not be provided;.

04

The Forecaster shall have the ability

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.

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OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
049944-2025
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