Procurement of one (1) weather radar and one (1) optional weather radar

The Finnish Meteorological Institute (later FMI) has intention to replace one existing radar and to expand its weather radar network by one new radar site. Therefore FMI requests your tenders for one (1) C-band weather radar and for one (1) optional, additionally purchased, C-band weather radar and related services as detailed in this Invitation to Tender and its Appendices. Purchasing of the optional radar is dependent on the funding.

The contract period concerning the supply of goods shall start once the contract has been signed and end when the contractual duties have been performed.

The purpose of this procurement is to purchase and to bring into service two identical weather radars on the conditions as refers below. The first radar will be installed to the Southern Finland to Vihti. It will replace existing Vantaa radar in the weather radar network of FMI. The second radar, which is optional, will tentatively be delivered to a storage space at Vantaa city in the Southern Finland. These new radars will operate as a part of the Finnish weather radar network and as a part of the international NORDRAD and OPERA weather radar networks.