[New] Planning ahead for weather events

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Alarms and warnings

KISTERS is an international environmental data and insights organisation. We specialise in gathering, processing and reporting environmental data from all over the world, creating innovative and data driven solutions that harness the power of data and technology.

We developed the flood forecasting tool HydroMaster, to enable customers to get the right person to the right place at the right time in the event of heavy rain.

React before a rain event happens

HydroMaster allows you to track showers and frontal rain moving across your area with advanced radar and nowcast data.

Location specific hourly updated forecast data, going out 3 days ahead empowers you to make decisions before an event happens. Build up your confidence by using a 15-day probabilistic forecast that enables you to see what else might happen.

Build up rainfall datasets on locations that are relevant to you

HydroMaster offers users a series of interactive maps, charts and tables, radar maps, precipitation totals and alarm status.

Understand the severity of an event by using return periods – FEH13 available.

Use specific shape files to create the areas on the system you want to monitor, or simply add a point for a location of interest.

Once HydroMaster knows the point locations or areas relevant to you, it will automatically calculate and archive precipitation totals and forecasts. Understand what happened in areas by analysing the uploaded 12 years of historical data. Access your individual results from maps, charts and tables in an intuitive way.

Save time while HydroMaster monitors all areas at risk for you. Set up individual alarms and warnings for your assets and organise notifications via sms, e-mail or even Twitter to a person or a team of choice.

All alarm and warning situations are recorded and displayed in the main view. A rich set of statistics including storm analysis with return periods are presented during alarm conditions or for post-event analysis.

Share with your team

HydroMaster’s access permission allows you to set up HydroMaster for your team. Spread all the great features across your team by adding more users from your organisation. L

Further Information

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Information for buyers

Buyers can use the Digital Marketplace to buy cloud services through the G-Cloud framework.

All public sector organisations, including agencies and arm’s length bodies, can use the Digital Marketplace. Buyers can check the customer unique reference number (URN) list to see if their organisation is eligible to buy using the framework.

All the suppliers have already confirmed information about their company and the way they work and added information about the services that they offer. However, the financial position of suppliers isn’t checked when they apply to the framework. Before starting to look for services on the digital marketplace, buyers are advised to write a list of requirements to help them decide which search category, keywords and filters to use. When writing requirements, buyers should consider the funds available to buy the service, the technical and procurement requirements of the project and the criteria on which the choice will be based.

Buyers should also check if they need approval to spend money on a service.

Buyers are also urged to keep an audit trail, as a record of what has been done when procuring services. If a contract is awarded through the G-Cloud framework, you must be able to show that the assessment of services was fair and transparent.

Search

When doing a search, buyers can download a copy of the category, keywords and filters used, the services found and the date results were exported. This information can then be added to the audit trail. Records should also be kept on communications with suppliers, including any early market engagement, clarification questions, emails and face-to-face conversations you have.

The digital marketplace can be used to search for cloud services that meet your needs. You can choose a category and then search for services using keywords and filters. The search can be saved so the results can be exported later. Saved search results can be found by logging into your account.

Export your search results to keep a record of the services found. You cannot edit your search again after exporting your results, so you should only do this when you are in a position to start assessing services. Results can be exported as a spreadsheet or comma-separated values (CSV). Both sets of results include service names, descriptions and prices; links to service description pages on the Digital Marketplace; and supplier names and contact details.

Assessment

When you search for services on the Digital Marketplace, you must assess all the services in your search results and the assessment must be as fair and transparent as possible.

You must not combine the results of more than one search to create a shortlist. You also cannot hold a competition to decide the winner, ask suppliers to tender, bid or submit proposals or unfairly exclude any services without referring back to your requirements. You can contact suppliers to ask them to explain their service description, terms and conditions, pricing or service definition documents. However, you must not negotiate with suppliers about the details of their service. If something is not mentioned in a supplier’s service description, you cannot ask a question about it. You should always keep a record of any conversations you have with suppliers for your audit trail.

There is guidance available for assessing services and you should choose the service that best meets your budget and requirements. When choosing the winning service, you should consider: whole life cost, technical merit and functional fit, after-sales service management and non-functional characteristics. E