Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
National Highways
The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street
Birmingham
B1 1RN
Contact
Andrew Gowanlock
Roadsidetechnologyteam@highwaysengland.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://nationalhighways.co.uk/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal Agency/Office
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
ORT0007 - Environmental Sensor Stations
Reference number
ORT0007
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 38127000 - Weather stations
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
National Highways needs to monitor weather conditions across its road network to inform operational decisions to mitigate the effect of severe weather, in particular, the correct application of treatment to the road surface in winter to ensure it is safe for road users and workers. There are currently 250 environmental sensor stations (ESS or weather stations) installed in key locations across the strategic road network that provide a wide range of weather observations every 10 minutes.
Most of the current ESS technology is around 20 years old, based on an obsolete model, and reached the end of its design life. Faults are growing leading to an outage in observations and thus no data to inform decisions making them less effective.
The increase in faults requires unplanned maintenance on the road network to resolve issues with the technology. Inaccurate weather data may impact National Highways’ safety and have the potential to cause significant delays and disruption to the network.
Investment ensures that reliable weather observations can be obtained across the road network. In the long term this environmental and weather data may have commercial applications for National Highways. The requirement is to invest in the replacement of 125 ESSs
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: £3,735,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
A competition managed via Lot 1 of the OTCF, to procure up to 125 Weather Stations to replace existing infrastructure
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Proposed Solution / Weighting: 25
Quality criterion - Name: Delivery and Deployment / Weighting: 20
Quality criterion - Name: Standards and Certification / Weighting: 10
Quality criterion - Name: Acceptance and Testing / Weighting: 15
Quality criterion - Name: Maintenance and Support / Weighting: 25
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value & Environmental / Weighting: 5
Price - Weighting: 70
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
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
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2022/S 000-002360
four.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
ORT00007
Lot No
1
Title
Environmental Sensor Stations
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
8 June 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Vaisala Limited
6230 Bishops Court Solihull Parkway
Solihull
B37 7YB
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
National registration number
01487125
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £5,750,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £3,735,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
National Highways Ltd
199 Wharfside Street
Birmingham
B1 1RN
Roadsidetechnologyteam@highwaysengland.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
National Highways Ltd
199 Wharfside Street
Birmingham
B1 1RN
Roadsidetechnologyteam@highwaysengland.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom