Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Met Office
Fitzroy Road
Exeter
EX1 3PB
Contact
Ms Sarah Cooke
Telephone
+44 330
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal Agency/Office
one.5) Main activity
Environment
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Collation and Analysis of Weather Impacts from Social Media 2022 - 2024
Reference number
DN589873
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Met Office and Flood Forecasting Centre (FFC) require access to filtered, relevant and
geo-located impact information in near real time during weather events. This is to support
operational situational awareness, real-time forecast modification and to support post event
verification of the National Severe Weather Warning Service and the Flood Guidance
Statement.
Impacts are often reported on social media and the ability to obtain this information quickly,
consistently and with minimal noise is becoming increasingly important. This is because
there is an increased expectation for the Met Office and FFC to have a detailed awareness of
impacts as they happen, and the collation of higher quality and quantity impact information
improves the confidence in the assessment of the skill of our forecasts.
This project will procure an operational tool that collates, filters and geo-locates near real-time impact information to support operational forecasts and verification. This will support
the Met Office corporate vision to be recognised as global leaders in weather and climate
science, given this is a nascent and emerging technology that we will be among the first to
develop and use. It will also support our anchor of improving the skill and verification of our
0–2-hour forecasts (nowcasts) as well as exploiting this particular branch of data science
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £43,000 / Highest offer: £200,000 taken into consideration
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Met Office and Flood Forecasting Centre (FFC) require access to filtered, relevant and
geolocated impact information in near real time during weather events. This is to support
operational situational awareness, real-time forecast modification and to support post event
verification of the National Severe Weather Warning Service and the Flood Guidance
Statement.
Impacts are often reported on social media and the ability to obtain this information quickly,
consistently and with minimal noise is becoming increasingly important. This is because
there is an increased expectation for the Met Office and FFC to have a detailed awareness of
impacts as they happen, and the collation of higher quality and quantity impact information
improves the confidence in the assessment of the skill of our forecasts.
This project will procure an operational tool that collates, filters and geo-locates near real-time impact information to support operational forecasts and verification. This will support
the Met Office corporate vision to be recognised as global leaders in weather and climate
science, given this is a nascent and emerging technology that we will be among the first to
develop and use. It will also support our anchor of improving the skill and verification of our
0–2-hour forecasts (nowcasts) as well as exploiting this particular branch of data science.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Compliance to Specification / Weighting: 60
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10
Price - Weighting: 30
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: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2022/S 000-002309
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
DN589873
Title
Collation and Analysis of Weather Impacts from Social Media 2022 - 2024
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29 June 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 13
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 13
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 13
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 13
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Floodtags
Binckhorstlaan 36, M2.11
M2.11 2516 BE The Hague
Country
Netherlands
NUTS code
- NL - Netherlands
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £43,000 / Highest offer: £128,400 taken into consideration
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Met Office
FitzRoy Road
Exeter
EX1 3PB
Country
United Kingdom