The Supply of Meteorological Balloons and Parachutes
Details
- Buyer
- Met Eireann
- Value
- €250,000
- Topic
- Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- Published
- 24 March 2026
- Submission
- 26 April 2026
- Source
- ie:e_tenders
Tender description
Met Éireann invites quotations for the supply of Meteorological Weather Balloons and parachutes to facilitate radiosonde flights, both automatically and manually launched. The balloons should be suitable for use with helium and hydrogen lifting gases, the Vaisala AS41 Autosonde system and the associated Vaisala RS41-SG radiosondes, and also including the use of additional heavier ozone sensing payloads at Valentia Observatory. Currently 600grm balloons are used in the Autosonde and 1200 gramme balloons with external parachutes are used for the manually launched Ozone ascents. Tenders should also bid for various other balloon size options as well as for balloons with internal parachutes as technological changes and flight requirements may lead to lighter payloads and decent data being required.
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published24 March 2026Current notice
- Completed: Submission date26 April 2026
About the buyer
Met Eireann is Ireland's national meteorological service. The service is a line division of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Some purchases start with a request for market information. Past tenders have covered weather radars, present weather sensors and forecast production software.
Over the past 5 years, most of Met Eireann's contract awards have been in software and information systems, laboratory and precision equipment and IT services.
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@met-eireann.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@met-eireann.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@met-eireann.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@met-eireann.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@met-eireann.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@met-eireann.gov |
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