Tender: Winter Bureau, Weather Forecasting and RWIS Outstation Maintenance Framework for UK Local Authorities

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NEPO is seeking suppliers for an unranked Open Framework to provide Winter Bureau services, weather forecasting services and RWIS outstation maintenance to UK local authorities. The procurement will combine and replace the current NEPO217 and NEPO230 arrangements and is expected to cover winter decision support, data management, system availability, resilience and user access to operational winter information; locally relevant and operationally defensible weather forecasts to support winter service decision‑making; and inspection, maintenance, repair, calibration and associated support for existing roadside infrastructure. Optional or modular services may include enhanced data products, radar data, route‑based forecasting or analytical tools where supported by market capability and authority demand. The framework is designed to support continuity of existing systems and infrastructure, avoid mandated wholesale replacement of assets, and allow authorities to access services via defined call‑off mechanisms including further competition. The Open Framework is expected to operate for up to eight years with periodic reopening in line with the Procurement Act 2023. The agreement will be available to NEPO Member Authorities and current and future Associate Members; organisations wishing to access the agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member. Further information is available at www.nepo.org.