Official UK procurement notice
Media Monitoring · Onclusive UK for Met Office (Apr 2026)
Authority: Met Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract will provide media monitoring and analysis tool to provide high-quality summaries, analysis and reports.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Jun 2031, 23:59 BST.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£125,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to tender documents provided for details of the Conditions of Participation
- Technical & professional ability
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 60%
- Price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical
- Social Value
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to tender documents provided for details of the Conditions of Participation
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to tender documents provided for details of the Conditions of Participation
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Jun 2031
- First published
- 23 Apr 2026, 14:39 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Oct 2026, 13:44 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
DN813969- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-070083- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0689c4Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Aug 2026, 14:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Aug 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Important: Access to Tender documents and Submission of bids must be via the Met Office Proactis eSourcing portal.
Please see tender documentation for instructions.
Links to Proactis below:
Timeline
23 Apr 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 9 dates- Planning notice published185 days ago23 Apr 2026, 14:39 BST
- Market engagement156 days ago22 May 2026, 23:59 BST
The engagement will take place via the ProContract portal, where all information will be shared and supplier responses submitted:
procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
Deadline for Submission of Questions and Requests for Clarification: 08/05/26 12:00 noon.
Deadline for Submission of Supplier PME Responses: 22/05/26 12:00 noon.
- Tender notice published94 days ago24 Jul 2026, 10:20 BST
- Clarification questions by72 days ago14 Aug 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline66 days ago21 Aug 2026, 14:00 BST
- Award decision expected by41 days ago14 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent32 days ago24 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published18 days ago8 Oct 2026, 13:44 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 6 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
11 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Apr 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Apr 2026, 14:39 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published24 Jul 2026, 10:20 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £125,00024 Jul 2026, 10:20 BST
- Status changed to active24 Jul 2026, 10:20 BST
- Procurement method changed24 Jul 2026, 10:20 BST
- Deadline published: 21 Aug 2026, 14:00 BST24 Jul 2026, 10:20 BST
- Tender notice published27 Jul 2026, 16:12 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published24 Sept 2026, 16:24 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete24 Sept 2026, 16:24 BST
- Contract details notice published8 Oct 2026, 13:44 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected15 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
Update to Submission information
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-07: 1 release · 24 Jul 2026
- 2026-04: 1 release · 23 Apr 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onclusive UK1 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2029 · up to 31 Oct 2031Extensions: This Contract shall commence on the Contract StartDate and shall remain in force for an initial period of three (3) years from the Contract Start Date (the "Initial Period"). The Contract may be extended at the end of the Initial Period for a further period of two (2) years ("Optional Extension Period") by the Met Office giving written notice of extension to the Supplier no later than 30 days prior to the expiry of the Initial Period. · Options: Purchase of additional Media Monitoring Services as detailed in the scope | £125,000 | 17 Sept 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Onclusive UK
- Signed
- 8 Oct 2026
- Value
- £125,000
- Period
- 1 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2029 · up to 31 Oct 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- This Contract shall commence on the Contract Start Date and shall remain in force for an initial period of three (3) years from the Contract Start Date (the "Initial Period"). The Contract may be extended at the end of the Initial Period for two (2) periods of twelve (12) months ("Optional Extension Periods") by the Met Office giving written notice of extension to the Supplier no later than 30 days prior to the expiry of the Initial period or the first extension period.
- Options
- Additional Media Monitoring Services
3 agreed KPIs: Alert Provision · Service Provision · Support Provision
- Alert Provision
- Service Provision
- Support Provision
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ONCLUSIVE UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender