Road Weather Monitoring Service and Monitoring Station Maintenance

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Road Weather Monitoring Service and Monitoring Station Maintenancer r Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of a remotely monitored Road Weather Monitoring service, to include bi-annual calibration and maintenance of the two existing weather monitoring stations which are fitted with Findlay Irvine supplied equipment.r r The system will be used to monitor the following:r i.Road depth temperature r ii.Road surface temperaturer iii.Air temperaturer iv.Relative humidityr v.Precipitation r vi.Wind speed r vii.Wind direction r viii.Surface stater ix.Web camera images r r The Council is looking to appoint a Contractor to: r 1. Provide and support a monitoring service, including the provision of GRPS communications for the two weather monitoring stations,r 2. Carry out annual pre-winter and mid-winter calibration and maintenance at each weather station,r 3. Carry out repairs and upgrades where required.r r The initial contract term will be for 60 months for a potential total contract term of 5 years as stated in the ITT documents. Estimated contract spend is between £100,000 and £125,000 across the initial 5 year contract term.r r Full details relating to the Services are provided in the RFQ documents.r r To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the tender documents. In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team ProContractSuppliers@proactis.comr r RFQ clarifications to be submitted in writing via Messaging in ProContract tender portal, including the project reference and title clearly in the Subject title, by 3rd June 2024, 15:00 hrs UK Local time. The Council's responses to these clarification questions will be issued periodically via Messaging in ProContract tender portal. r r RFQ Responses are required to be submitted no later than 24th May 2024 15:00 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/r r Please note that this project has been advertised on Contracts Finder/ other web portals, however, Supplying the South West Portal, https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN722383r r No Tender submissions will be considered without completing the RFQ documents in full including attachments and returning them in alignment with the instructions within the RFQ documents.r