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title: "Design & Build Solution for 2 Satellite Tower replacements"
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# Design & Build Solution for 2 Satellite Tower replacements

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/design-build-solution-for-2-satellite-tower-replacements-ocds-h6vhtk-036352). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Met Office: "Design & Build Solution for 2 Satellite Tower replacements". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Met Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/met-office-gov-ea46)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 September 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-036352`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/design-build-solution-for-2-satellite-tower-replacements-ocds-h6vhtk-036352#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FOpportunities%2FIndex%3Fp%3Dcca2f054-f21a-e711-80dd-005056b64545%26v%3D2)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/design-build-solution-for-2-satellite-tower-replacements-ocds-h6vhtk-036352#participate

## Description
The Met Office own and operate two satellite data reception systems at the Met Office HQ in Exeter. A project is underway to upgrade these systems in readiness for the launch of a new generation of polar orbiting satellites. The systems comprise of an antenna attached to a pedestal.
Each system is attached to a plate, located at the top of a metal lattice tower. Access to the equipment is currently via a vertical ladder. Consequently, only trained climbers can access the towers to maintain or repair the equipment.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Contract Period:**  to 30/11/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F023928-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-26T10:54:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T16:03:19.104Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-036352