Tender Results of Met Eireann

Text Forecast Production System-Met Éireann invites expressions of interest for the development, implementation and ongoing support of a Text Forecast Production System. This externally hosted, multi-user system will allow for: the input of text forecasts; the generation and dissemination of output products in various formats and to various configurable destinations; the management of dissemination and contact details. The system will also provide task schedule management and will be supported on a 24/7 basis.

Met Éireann invites expressions of interest for the development, implementation and ongoing support of a Text Forecast Production System. This externally hosted, multi-user system will allow for: the input of text forecasts; the generation and dissemination of output products in various formats and to various configurable destinations; the management of dissemination and contact details. The system will also provide task schedule management and will be supported on a 24/7 basis.

RfT for the provision of a Digital Media Flood & Weather Impacts Monitoring system-Met Éireann, the Irish Meteorological Service is seeking the development, hosting and maintenance of a Digital Media Flood & Weather Impact Monitoring system (DMFWIMs) for Ireland, which must be based on existing well-established software (that has already been widely used for the purpose of monitoring digital media sources for flood and weather impacts) as the basis of any proposal, and then tailor this to the Irish use case, to support the National Flood Forecasting & Warning Service (NFFWS) i...

Met Éireann, the Irish Meteorological Service is seeking the development, hosting and maintenance of a Digital Media Flood & Weather Impact Monitoring system (DMFWIMs) for Ireland, which must be based on existing well-established software (that has already been widely used for the purpose of monitoring digital media sources for flood and weather impacts) as the basis of any proposal, and then tailor this to the Irish use case, to support the National Flood Forecasting & Warning Service (NFFWS) in Ireland and to improve its monitoring of flood and severe weather impacts. This project does not allow for the development of brand-new untested software. This system will be hosted on the cloud. The DMFWIMs will allow the visualisation of near real-time flood and weather impacts using information from Digital Media sources, such as Social Media (Twitter, YouTube, Facebook etc), online news outlets, blogs, forums etc.

Met Éireann wishes to purchase an automatic Bioaerosol collection system for real-time measurement of bioaerosol particles, the technical specifications of which are provided in the Appendix A1 “Technical specifications document”. The initial procurement will be for 1 instrument for a trial/Proof of Concept (POC) purposes. If deemed successful, the client proposes to purchase further systems through this RFT and set up a national network of up to 20 monitoring instruments. Tenders are also invited to bid for the provision of a complete solution including measuring systems, software tools, data management, data visualisation and data analysis, remote system monitoring, training, installation, warranty and maintenance options.

Met Éireann, the Irish Meteorological Service is the seeking the development, hosting and maintenance of a Multi Hazard Early Warnings System (MHEWS) for Ireland, which is based on the A4EU MHEWS. This system will be hosted on the cloud. The MHEWS will allow the visualisation of weather, flood, air quality, fire and other forecasts and observations. The MHEWS must also allow the use, visualisation and future development of both hazard and impact based forecast algorithms. The Solution must also support the dissemination of warnings, alerts and advisories based on the combination of forecasts and observed values.

Contract services for maintenance and support services for the Met Eireann environmental monitoring station at Valentia Island. Met Éireann’s contributes to Ireland’s Greenhouse Gas and Transboundary Air Pollution Monitoring Network through its commitment to the “European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme” (EMEP), Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) and GHG emissions and Short Lived Climate Forcers (SLCF) monitoring programmes. Although Ireland is not a member of the programme, Met Éireann’s monitoring site at Valentia Island operates to the requirements for an ICOS Associate Site. The supplier(s) will work with Met Éireann to maintain data quality assurance, on-site maintenance, calibration, data handling and analysis, source apportionment, validation, data processing and analysis, including submission of data to the relevant databases.

Met Éireann, the National Meteorological Service of Ireland, operates and maintains the Irish weather radar network which is comprised of two single-polarisation C-band weather radars, one in the East of Ireland at Dublin Airport and other in the West of the country, at Shannon Airport. Met Éireann is currently planning to replace the weather radar system at Shannon Airport with a modern weather radar with dual-polarisation capabilities to ensure maximum availability of radar coverage for the west of Ireland. The aim of this request for tenders is to procure a dual-polarisation weather radar system at Shannon Airport (along with its installation and commissioning into operational service), with the option to extend the order by one further dual-polarisation weather radar system for installation and commissioning at Dublin Airport.