The Supply of Meteorological Balloons and Parachutes
Buyer
NameMet Eireann
CountryIE
Published2026-05-22
Deadline—
Value
Estimated€250,000 · 250,000 EUR
Awarded€287,774 · 287,774 EUR
WinnerSys-InfoR
CPV codes
38100000 Laboratory, optical & precision equipment38000000 Laboratory, optical & precision equipmentDescription
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.
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