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Published 9 Oct 2026, 09:43 BST

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Space Weather R20 Maintenance - University of Birmingham

Official notice

Authority: Met Office (Central government)

Award under framework
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£251,295published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 9 Oct 2026
Award (standstill) to University of Birmingham

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Ongoing delivery of the Advanced Ensemble Networked Environment Assimilative System (AENEAS) model input datasets

Integration of ODRAM version 2.2

Orbit Propagator to be supplied

Improvements to AENEAS "health" routines

Support for PS48 implementation issues

Validation and verification

Exploratory work on the assimilation of thermospheric densities into AENEAS

Customer engagement activity requirements

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
73100000 Research and experimental development 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
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 Oct 2026, 09:43 BST
Last source update
9 Oct 2026, 09:43 BST
Authority reference
FASTER
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095481
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078453 Find a Tender
Related procedures1

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

9 Oct 2026 → 21 Oct 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published11 days ago
    9 Oct 2026, 09:43 BST
  2. Today
    20 Oct 2026
  3. Standstill endsin 1 day
    21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 9 Oct 2026
  1. Contract award notice published
    9 Oct 2026, 09:43 BST
    UK6
  2. Contract signature expected
    30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £251,2951 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
University of Birmingham1 Nov 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2029Extensions: SoW's annually£251,2959 Oct 2026standstill to 21 Oct 2026Standstill

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 BIRMINGHAMAwarded supplierGB-COH: RC000645GB-PPON: PHCQ-3464-LVTM Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TTContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender