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Published 5 Nov 2025, 12:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

RBGKEW1460 Wakehurst Ecosystem Observatory Met Grade Weather Station

Official notice

Authority: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Public body)

Below threshold - without competition
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
+6 moreEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Awarded value£21,063published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 7 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Campbell Scientific Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Wakehurst Ecosystem Observatory is Kew Wakehurst's Living Laboratory. Currently the facility consists of a network of 23 plots within the Wakehurst 210 ha site in West Sussex. An aim of WEO is to provide a baseline of long-term climate data collection to inform other landscape ecology science conducted across the site, from pollinator to carbon cycle research.

to procure a research grade weather station that has a similar specification to other stations in the UKCEH Environmental Change Network. Doing so will allow Kew Wakehurst to integrate their data into a wider network of research sites as well as provide a rigorous baseline of change over periods of time relevant to climate science,

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
71351600 Weather-forecasting services71351611 Climatology 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
5 Nov 2025, 12:45 GMT
Last source update
5 Nov 2025, 12:45 GMT
Authority reference
RBGKEW1460
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-071240
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
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 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
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Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    5 Nov 2025, 12:45 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £21,0631 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Campbell Scientific LimitedSME£21,063 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Campbell Scientific LimitedSME

    Signed
    7 Oct 2025
    Value
    £21,063
    Period
    31 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 30 Mar 2028 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    There may be a 12-month extension end of the contract.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-CHC: 803428 · GB-PPON: PGTT-3583-QXLN THE HERBARIUM, KEW GREEN, London, TW9 3AEContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Campbell Scientific LtdAwarded supplier Campbell Park, 80 Hathern Road | Shepshed, Loughborough,, Leicestershire , UK, East Midlands, LE12 9GXContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

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