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Published 17 Jun 2026, 14:58 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DN808983 - 26-27 CEDA UKCI Maintenance and Support

Authority: Met Office (Central government)

Below threshold - without competition

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UKNorth East (UKC)North West (UKD)

+7 more

Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)

Awarded value£69,816published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 15 Jun 2026no call for competition

Awarded to UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY, United Kingdom Research and Innovation2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The UK Climate Projections provide crucial information about how climate is to change over future decades. The delivery of the data for UKCP (which includes a large dataset of ~100TB) is reliant on the infrastructure and tools developed by STFC CEDA. This includes both the CEDA Archive and the UKCP User Interface (UI) which require on-going support and maintenance

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK, North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

72200000 Software programming and consultancy services 72300000 Data services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 17 Jun 2026, 14:58 BST
Last source update: 29 Jul 2026, 12:05 BST
Authority reference: DN808983
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-071640
Latest notice: Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area: UKNorth East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)
+2 more
South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06b734 Find a Tender

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Jun 2026

Contract details notice published
17 Jun 2026, 14:58 BST
UK7
Contract award notice published
29 Jul 2026, 12:05 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
29 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £69,8161 award exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 21 May 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY30 Jul 2026 – 30 Apr 2027	£69,816	15 Jun 2026	Awarded
United Kingdom Research and Innovation	—	—	Awarded

Contracts

26-27 CEDA UKCI Maintenance and Support Services · United Kingdom Research and Innovation
Signed
21 May 2026
Value
£59,075
Period
30 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2027
Status
active
Options
Additional optional work package valued at £10,741 which can be activated up to 31st Dec 2026.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Met Office

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVZW-3234-DTLY Met Office, Exeter, South West, EX1 3PBContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

STFCAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PNLJ-4998-WXXW Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, South West, SN2 1SZContact email
United Kingdom Research and InnovationAwarded supplierGB-COH: RC000817GB-PPON: PMGL-5552-GJZX Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, South West, SN2 1SZContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Signed contract contractSigned contractPDFContract

Notices published for this procedure

Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender29 Jul 2026, 12:05 BST
Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender17 Jun 2026, 14:58 BST