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title: "DN773311 Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) Science Delivery Framework 2"
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# DN773311 Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) Science Delivery Framework 2

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dn773311-met-office-academic-partnership-moap-science-delivery-framework-2-ocds-h6vhtk-050b9a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Met Office: "DN773311 Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) Science Delivery Framework 2". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £24,000,000. 8 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 11 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Met Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/met-office-gov-ea46)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £24,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 11 November 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 8
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 26 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dn773311-met-office-academic-partnership-moap-science-delivery-framework-2-ocds-h6vhtk-050b9a#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-050b9a`

## Before you bid
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- **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/dn773311-met-office-academic-partnership-moap-science-delivery-framework-2-ocds-h6vhtk-050b9a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%3FadvertId%3D5e271ab8-4795-f011-813a-005056b64545%26fromProjectDashboard%3DTrue)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dn773311-met-office-academic-partnership-moap-science-delivery-framework-2-ocds-h6vhtk-050b9a#participate

## Description
The Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) is an established strategic partnership bringing together leading UK universities and the Met Office creating a network of research excellence, working together  to advance weather and climate science, technology and skill.
The MOAP Science Delivery Framework (SDF) is the commercial mechanism for the Met Office to secure the external scientific expertise and resource needed to help deliver research and innovation priorities.

## Lots (8)
### Lot 1: Joint Chair Services
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,600,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2030

### Lot 2: Co-Sponsorship Agreements
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £2,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2030

### Lot 3: Observations
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £24,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2030

### Lot 4: Prediction and Projection
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £24,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2030

### Lot 5: Post-Processing and Analysis (PP&A)
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £24,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2030

### Lot 6: Data Supply
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £24,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2030

### Lot 7: Research and Development Services for Products and Services
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £24,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2030

### Lot 8: Cross MOAP Competition
- **Lot id:** `8`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £24,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2030

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (8)
- **Award:** Lot 8 MOAP Cross Competition Lot (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford (+6 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-105365`, `GB-FTS-137382`, `GB-FTS-78261`, `GB-FTS-113504`, `GB-FTS-13761`, `GB-FTS-174587`, `GB-FTS-106000`, `GB-FTS-186482`
  - Value: £4,500,000
  - Date: 26/02/2026

- **Award:** Lot 4 Prediction and Projection (active)
  - Award id: `2`
  - Supplier(s): **THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford (+6 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-105365`, `GB-FTS-137382`, `GB-FTS-78261`, `GB-FTS-113504`, `GB-FTS-13761`, `GB-FTS-174587`, `GB-FTS-106000`, `GB-FTS-186482`
  - Value: £4,500,000
  - Date: 26/02/2026

- **Award:** Lot 5 Post Processing and Analysis (active)
  - Award id: `3`
  - Supplier(s): **THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford (+5 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-105365`, `GB-FTS-137382`, `GB-FTS-113504`, `GB-FTS-13761`, `GB-FTS-174587`, `GB-FTS-106000`, `GB-FTS-186482`
  - Value: £4,500,000
  - Date: 26/02/2026

- **Award:** Lot 7 Research and Development Services for Products and Services (active)
  - Award id: `4`
  - Supplier(s): **THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, UNIVERSITY OF READING (+2 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-137382`, `GB-FTS-113504`, `GB-FTS-13761`, `GB-FTS-174587`, `GB-FTS-186482`
  - Value: £4,500,000
  - Date: 26/02/2026

- **Award:** Lot 2 Co-Sponsorship Services (active)
  - Award id: `5`
  - Supplier(s): **THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford (+6 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-105365`, `GB-FTS-137382`, `GB-FTS-78261`, `GB-FTS-113504`, `GB-FTS-13761`, `GB-FTS-174587`, `GB-FTS-106000`, `GB-FTS-186482`
  - Value: £2,000,000
  - Date: 26/02/2026

- **Award:** Lot 1 Joint Chair Services (active)
  - Award id: `6`
  - Supplier(s): **THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford (+6 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-105365`, `GB-FTS-137382`, `GB-FTS-78261`, `GB-FTS-113504`, `GB-FTS-13761`, `GB-FTS-174587`, `GB-FTS-106000`, `GB-FTS-186482`
  - Value: £1,600,000
  - Date: 26/02/2026

- **Award:** Lot 3 Observations (active)
  - Award id: `7`
  - Supplier(s): **THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford (+4 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-105365`, `GB-FTS-137382`, `GB-FTS-113504`, `GB-FTS-13761`, `GB-FTS-106000`, `GB-FTS-186482`
  - Value: £1,200,000
  - Date: 26/02/2026

- **Award:** Lot 6 Data Supply (active)
  - Award id: `8`
  - Supplier(s): **The University of Edinburgh, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, UNIVERSITY OF READING**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-78261`, `GB-FTS-113504`, `GB-FTS-186482`
  - Value: £1,200,000
  - Date: 26/02/2026

## Contracts (8)
- **Contract:** Lot 8. Cross MOAP Competition (active)
  - Signed Value: £4,500,000
  - Signed Date: 30/06/2026

- **Contract:** Lot 4. Prediction and Projection (active)
  - Signed Value: £4,500,000
  - Signed Date: 30/06/2026

- **Contract:** Lot 5. Post Processing and Analysis (active)
  - Signed Value: £4,500,000
  - Signed Date: 30/06/2026

- **Contract:** Lot 7. Research and Development Services for Products and Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £4,500,000
  - Signed Date: 30/06/2026

- **Contract:** Lot 2. Co-Sponsorship Agreements (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,000,000
  - Signed Date: 30/06/2026

- **Contract:** Lot 1. Joint Chair Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,600,000
  - Signed Date: 30/06/2026

- **Contract:** Lot 3. Observations (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,200,000
  - Signed Date: 30/06/2026

- **Contract:** Lot 6. Data Supply (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,200,000
  - Signed Date: 30/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F058064-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-21T12:25:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-16T14:30:11.146Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-050b9a