Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Met Office
Fitzroy Road
Exeter
EX1 3PB
Contact
Mrs May Lee
Telephone
+44 7500571628
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://procontract.due-north.com/Login
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
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one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other type
Meteorological Office
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Meteorological
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Profiling Floats for Ocean Data Collection
Reference number
DN583184
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 38120000 - Meteorological instruments
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
You are invited to submit a Tender to supply profiling floats for ocean data collection.
The Met Office wishes to place a Framework Agreement to cover the following Lots:
Lot 1 - Standard floats with Iridium communications
Lot 2 - Iridium Floats with Bio-Geochemical Sensors
Suppliers may submit bids for one, or both Lots.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 2
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots:
Lot 1 - Standard floats with Iridium communications
Lot 2 - Iridium Floats with Bio-Geochemical Sensors
The Met Office reserves the right to award a single supplier with contracts for one or both Lots where that supplier has provided the strongest bids in accordance with evaluation criteria.
Where one supplier is awarded a contract on more than one Lot, the Met Office reserves the right to combine the supply of those Lots into a single agreement.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Standard floats with Iridium communications
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 38200000 - Geological and geophysical instruments
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ32 - Southampton
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The floats must carry proven temperature, salinity and pressure sensors that meet the following standards. The temperatures are accurate to ±0.002°C and pressures are accurate to ±2.4dbar. For salinity, the data delivered in real time are sometimes affected by sensor drift, for many floats this drift is small and the uncorrected salinities are accurate to ±0.01 psu. (At a later stage, salinities are checked by comparing older floats with newly deployed instruments and ship-based data, where salinity drifts may be corrected for.)
The data must be transmitted with at least the following resolution 0.001 °C in temperature, 0.001 in salinity and 0.1 dbar in pressure.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Compliance to Technical Requirements / Weighting: 50
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10
Cost criterion - Name: Overall Costs / Weighting: 40
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
27 January 2022
End date
26 January 2025
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
There is an option to extend for a further 12 months
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
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
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Iridium Floats with Bio- Geochemical Sensors
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 38200000 - Geological and geophysical instruments
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ32 - Southampton
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Bio-geochemical-Argo is the extension of the Argo array of profiling floats to include floats that are equipped with additional sensors for pH, oxygen, nitrate, chlorophyll fluorescence, suspended particles and down-welling irradiance. With respect to Lot 2, it is likely that purchases of such floats will range from those with a single additional sensor (most likely dissolved oxygen) through to the full six variables sensor suite as noted above.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Compliance to Technical Requirements / Weighting: 50
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10
Cost criterion - Name: Overall Costs / Weighting: 40
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
27 January 2022
End date
26 January 2025
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
There is an option to extend for a further 12 months.
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
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.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with a single operator
In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
17 December 2021
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
20 December 2021
Local time
12:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Head of Commissioning & Operational
Met Office, Fitzroy Road
Exeter
EX1 3PB
Telephone
+44 3709000100
Country
United Kingdom