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Published 25 Mar 2026, 17:01 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Follow on optimisation for UKCA as part of NG-R2C

Official notice

Authority: Met Office (Central government)

Below threshold - without competition
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£63,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Cambridge University Press

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Next Generation Research to Climate (NG-R2C) is a component project within the Met Office's Next Generation Modelling Systems (NGMS) Programme. The Programme's aim is to reformulate and redesign our complete weather and climate research and operational/ production systems, including oceans and the environment, to allow us to fully exploit future generations of supercomputer for the benefits of society. Preparation of our new Momentum®-based UKESM configuration is a key outcome in the Met Office's corporate strategy and accompanying Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy 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
25 Mar 2026, 17:01 GMT
Last source update
25 Mar 2026, 17:01 GMT
Authority reference
DN808762
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-027553
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06744e Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    25 Mar 2026, 17:01 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £63,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Mar 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Cambridge University Press£63,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Follow on optimisation for UKCA as part of NG-R2C · Cambridge University Press

    Signed
    1 Mar 2026
    Value
    £63,000
    Period
    1 Mar 2026 – 1 Aug 2026
    Status
    active

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

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

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