Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c00-d3f9-7092-aa66-9703ef34de39/provision-of-visiometers closed GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Provision of visiometers [Met Office](https://tendernation.io/buyers/met-office) Estimated value £500,000 Published 26 Aug 2015 Deadline Closed 8 Oct 2015 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The Met Office has a requirement to measure and record the Meteorological Optical Range (MOR) at airfields and at manned and automatic weather stations. The Met Office now wishes to replace the current network of visiometers. The new instrument will make use of the plinths and power currently used by the exiting visiomete estate, and provide MOR measurement accuracy and data resilience of sufficient quality and standard to meet user requirements at these sites. The intended lifetime of a new instrument will be 10-15 years. There are two distinct types of sites where new visiometers are required: - Lot 1 Safety Critical sites (e.g. airfields) where human safety is vital, and where very high integrity is required by local users. Lot 1 places emphasison a track record of use by 'safety critical' users or at Regional Basic Synoptic Network (RBSN) baseline sites - Lot 2 General Network sites which are primarily sites with automatic instruments, and where data quality andresilience specifications will be balanced against other factors such as economy of whole life costs. Additional information: The Invitation to Tender documents for this process are only available to registered users of the Met Office supplier portal. Please register and sign in to the portal to express interest and by doing so the tender documents will be made available to you. All communication regarding the tender must be made via the portal. Read full description ## CPV classification Meteorological instruments Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/b71f1b5b-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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