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title: "Profiling Floats for Ocean Data Collection"
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# Profiling Floats for Ocean Data Collection

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/profiling-floats-for-ocean-data-collection-ocds-h6vhtk-059f75). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Met Office: "Profiling Floats for Ocean Data Collection". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £1,900,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Met Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/met-office-gov-ea46)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £1,900,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 October 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Meteorological instruments
- **Delivery Location:** UKK4
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/profiling-floats-for-ocean-data-collection-ocds-h6vhtk-059f75#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-059f75`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/profiling-floats-for-ocean-data-collection-ocds-h6vhtk-059f75#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FRegister)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/profiling-floats-for-ocean-data-collection-ocds-h6vhtk-059f75#participate

## Description
The Met Office awarded a framework agreement for the following Lots:
Lot 1 - Standard floats with Iridium communications
Lot 2 - Iridium floats with bio-geochemical sensors

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Standard floats with Iridium communications
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38120000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,890,000
- **Description:** Standard floats with Iridium communications (temperature, salinity and depth only).
- **Contract Period:** 27/01/2026 to 26/01/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Iridium floats with bio-geochemical sensors
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38120000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £10,000
- **Description:** Bio-geochemical-Argo is the extension of the Argo array of profiling floats to include floats that are equipped with additional sensors for pH, oxygen, nitrate, chlorophyll fluorescence, suspended particles and down-welling irradiance. With respect t...
- **Contract Period:** 27/01/2026 to 26/01/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **SWALE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, nke Instrumentation**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON-PPXP-5436-VCHN`, `GB-FTS-50342`
  - Value: £2,152,748 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 18/12/2025

- **Award:** 2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **SWALE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, nke Instrumentation**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON-PPXP-5436-VCHN`, `GB-FTS-50342`
  - Value: £179,091 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 18/12/2025

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,152,748
  - Signed Date: 19/01/2026

- **Contract:** 2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £179,091
  - Signed Date: 19/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F058638-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-20T16:48:40.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:50:18.876Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-059f75