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Published 11 Nov 2026, 14:23 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

FASTER - Enabling AI/native discovery and access to IMPROVER Data

Official notice

Authority: Met Office (Central government)

Award under framework
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£120,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 11 Nov 2026
Award (standstill) to The Alan Turing Institute

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Undertake a small, targeted and comparative investigation into how commercial Large Language Models and AI agents can discover, access, consume and correctly use selected UK IMPROVER spot forecast data.

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
73100000 Research and experimental development services

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £120,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
The Alan Turing InstituteVCSE1 Dec 2026 – 31 Mar 2027£120,00011 Nov 2026standstill to 20 Nov 2026Standstill

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award under framework
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Call-off under a framework
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
11 Nov 2026, 14:23 GMT
Last source update
11 Nov 2026, 14:23 GMT
Authority reference
FASTER
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107177
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b9c2 Find a Tender
Related procedures1

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

11 Nov 2026 → 20 Nov 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published4 days ago
    11 Nov 2026, 14:23 GMT
  2. Today
    15 Nov 2026
  3. Standstill endsin 5 days
    20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 11 Nov 2026
  1. Contract award notice published
    11 Nov 2026, 14:23 GMT
    UK6
  2. Contract signature expected
    30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

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

1 commercial party on the notice
  • THE ALAN TURING INSTITUTEAwarded supplierGB-COH: 09512457GB-PPON: PDMN-1698-RTJM British Library, London, London, NW1 2DBContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender