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DS8882F Storage Systems Support (2026-27)

Below threshold - without competition
No classification published
Location not published
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Intelligence
Published evidence · v1
Prepared 7 Sept 2026, 16:36 BST
A pre-calculated analytical view of official UK procurement facts, competition benchmarks and decision timelines.
Bid readiness
Review notice
Submission deadline not published
Check official notice for submission route
Scope structure
1lots
1 lot · 1 published item
CPV family not published
Decision Velocity
~52 days
Typical sector award window after deadline
Sector median: 52 days
Contract lifecycle
Published
Nearest end: 31 Aug 2027, 23:59 BST
No published extension signal
Pricing & Budget Savings
£97,176
Contract/award value: £97,176
1 award supplier linked
Bidding Competition
Not published
SME bid count not published
No bid spread metrics published
Sector Market Benchmark (CPV 50)
Based on 162 published procedures
Median Winning Discount
63.76%
Award reduction below published budget
Typical Bids Received
1 bidders
Median competitive participation in sector
Typical Evaluation Window
52 days
Median time between deadline and award
Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 50)
Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
SupplierAwards won in sectorTotal awarded valueAvg. winning discount
Bell Group Limited
18 contracts£3,914,232,084At ceiling / not disclosed
City Technical Services UK Ltd
18 contracts£28,350,389-1.9% below budget
Valley Group Limited
17 contracts£4,712,494,240-26.8% below budget
MP Group UK Limited
16 contracts£10,056,966,649At ceiling / not disclosed
Magnus Electrical Services Limited
16 contracts£4,493,885,061At ceiling / not disclosed
Saltire Facilities Management Ltd
13 contracts£818,779,084At ceiling / not disclosed
Longacre tree surgery limited
13 contracts£168,826At ceiling / not disclosed
Consilium Contracting Services Ltd
12 contracts£906,185,012At ceiling / not disclosed
Hickson Wardle Treecare
12 contracts£293,710At ceiling / not disclosed
CSG Usher's Ltd
12 contracts£98,889At ceiling / not disclosed
Evidence coverage
4/12 core inputs published
Standard procedure facts
Comparable published opportunities
Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They are research comparables, not expected competitors or a price forecast.
No sufficiently evidenced comparable record has been calculated yet.
Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Values and dates are retained OCDS facts; missing source data remains unknown.
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Met Office: "DS8882F Storage Systems Support (2026-27)". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityMet OfficeScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & Regime2023/54 · Below threshold - without competitionEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Met Office
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Met Office. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
12.17Bids / Report (median)
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
UNIVERSITY OF EXETERTop vendor: 48.56% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 301 active published awards; 6 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority (All Sectors):
No direct historical awards retained specifically in CPV 50; showing top suppliers across overall authority spend.
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable ValueAvg. Price Discount
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER1 win£104,476—
STFC1 win£69,816—
Oxidian Ltd1 win£40,837—
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityMet Office
Procedure methodBelow threshold - without competition
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisUKPGA · 2023/54
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published7 Sept 2026, 12:08 BST
Last source update7 Sept 2026, 12:08 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f35a
What is being bought
Renewal of support for IBM DS8882F system support for a period of one (1) year.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    7 Sept 2026, 12:08 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    7 Sept 2026, 12:08 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 21 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · £97,176
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
IBM LIMITED
Not published · Not published · active · lots 1
Contracts
Contract
£97,176 · signed 21 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Contract period: 1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 Aug 2027, 23:59 BST
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Met Office

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PVZW-3234-DTLY
View buyer profile
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published