Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Tayside Procurement Consortium
Fairmuir Depot, 365 Clepington Road
Dundee
DD8 3DZ
Contact
Julie Thompson
julie.thompson@dundeecity.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 1382834024
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM7 - Eastern Scotland
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://www.taysideprocurement.gov.uk
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA12382
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Bureau Services - Winter Forecasting TPC2214
Reference number
TPC/BUREAU/22/14
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71351610 - Meteorology services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Systems for managing information relating to the provision of our Winter Roads Maintenance Service from 1 October to 30 April only. Presently this involves communicating with Vaisala road sensors.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £930,815
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM7 - Eastern Scotland
- UKM50 - Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
- UKM62 - Inverness & Nairn and Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey
- UKM71 - Angus and Dundee City
- UKM77 - Perth & Kinross and Stirling
Main site or place of performance
Angus, Dundee, Perth & Kinross, Aberdeen City and Shire, Moray
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Systems for managing information relating to the provision of our Winter Roads Maintenance Service from 1 October to 30 April only. Presently this involves communicating with Vaisala road sensors.
The successful service provider shall provide a system that will:
a) display information via a map based user interface and permit access to underlying data from this display.
b) display road sensor data to a resolution of not less than 10 minutes.
c) permit data outputs in tabular and graphical formats
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Additional purchases may be required throughout the term of the contract relating the provision of Bureau Services and allowing the optimum solution to be available maximising accuracy of the provision.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
The market structure suggests an oligopoly, however as our current network is made up of Vaisala sensors and components, previous procurement exercises have suggested monopolistic competition where only Vaisala can provide the full provision. This we believe is due to the cost of change and each of the providers not being able to support each others components and collation of data from said components. If to be fully tender, we do not believe a differing outcome would be achieved due to the factors mentioned above.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
Bureau Services - Winter Forecasting TPC2214
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23 March 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Vaisala Ltd
6230 Bishops Court, Solihull Parkway,, Birmingham Business Park,
Birmingham
B37 7YB
Telephone
+44 1216831244
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKG31 - Birmingham
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £930,815
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £930,815
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=683182.
(SC Ref:683182)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Dundee Sheriff Court & Justice of the Peace Court
Sheriff Court House, 6 West Bell Street
Dundee
DD1 9AD
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Scottish Courts Service
Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive
Edinburgh
EH11 3XP
Country
United Kingdom