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Published 16 Oct 2026, 16:13 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NG-LFRic Project: LFRic Modelling Code Computational Performance Optimisation and Input/Output API infrastructure functionality development in XIOS - Third Procurement Stage Oct 2026 - March 2028

Official notice

Authority: Met Office (Central government)

Award under framework

Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)

+6 more

East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)

Awarded value£1,268,467published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 7 Sept 2026

Awarded to The University of Edinburgh

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Following on from the work undertaken on the Initial NG-LFRic project, the Met Office is looking to perform additional LFRic Modelling Code Computational Performance Optimisation, broken down into the cost of the time-step and the initialisation using tools such as CrayPAT and Vernier on HPE AMD systems for key model configurations such as the global 10km C896 model.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

73110000 Research services

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: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 16 Oct 2026, 16:13 BST
Last source update: 16 Oct 2026, 16:13 BST
Authority reference: DN824106
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-098152
Latest notice: Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 more
South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078a07 Find a Tender

Related procedures1

Call-off under framework DN773311 Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) Science Delivery Framework 2

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 16 Oct 2026

Contract award notice published
16 Oct 2026, 16:13 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £1,268,4671 award exc. VAT

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
The University of Edinburgh16 Oct 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029Extensions: 12 month optional	£1,268,467	7 Sept 2026	Awarded

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 University of EdinburghAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PGGY-6115-PNHDGB-SC: SC005336 Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 9YLContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

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Notices published for this procedure

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