Official UK procurement notice
Space Weather R2O2R - University of Surrey
Authority: Met Office (Central government)
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£158,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 11 Sept 2025no call for competition
Awarded to University of Surrey
What is being bought
Published requirement description• Finalise modifications of MAIRE+ code to use NM24/Cosmos data as the input neutron monitor source(s).
• Finalise upgrade to IGRF 14th generation, by 30/09/2025
• Collaborate with MO scientist on initial validation of MAIRE+ against SAIRA data from aviation campaign, including co-development of validation code for MAIRE+ using SAIRA data from radiosonde launches and from SAIRA aviation instruments.
• work with MO on roadmap to measure model performance against observations by 31/10/2025
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
73100000 Research and experimental development services
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 2 Apr 2026, 12:02 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Apr 2026, 12:02 BST
- Authority reference
DN779864- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059845
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The deliverables within the contract are associated with a model and code already developed and owned by the partner, (supplier) to a specific maturity under the SWIMMR Programme. The academics hold the model code IPR and provide model access to Met Office under Licence (pending renewal on signature of the contract) and therefore are uniquely placed to provide these services to the Met Office. Delivery will more…
'accelerate' the model's development towards transition to operations within the Met Office Space Weather service as mandated by DSIT. The purpose of the contract is to continue development of the models (which requires the 'deep expertise' of the model developer) and to transfer model and model code knowledge and expertise. In short, there is no other supplier for the work associated with this model as the Met Office requires the code and expertise solely located at Surrey.
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
2 published dates · Europe/London- Standstill ends366 days ago22 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published174 days ago2 Apr 2026, 12:02 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £158,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Sept 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Surrey1 Oct 2025 — 31 Mar 2026 | £158,000 | 11 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · University of Surrey
- Signed
- 25 Sept 2025
- Value
- £158,000
- Period
- 1 Oct 2025 — 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- terminated
- Final value
- £157,876
- Termination
- contractCompleted
3 agreed KPIs: Delivery of documentation for current beta release in a format which allow for documentation to be regenerated in line with the code · Delivery of test infrastructure defined in Milestone1, able to run under continuous integration on merges, providing coverage reports and test pass/fail status for relevant part(s) of codebase. Ensure the tests cover individual components of the MAIRE+ workflow as well as an end-to-end integration test, to be run on merges. · Delivery of updated beta release of the model, complete with updated documentation and testing (implemented following Milestone1 recommendations) integrated into the deployment pipeline and updated IGRF model.
- Delivery of documentation for current beta release in a format which allow for documentation to be regenerated in line with the code
- Delivery of test infrastructure defined in Milestone1, able to run under continuous integration on merges, providing coverage reports and test pass/fail status for relevant part(s) of codebase. Ensure the tests cover individual components of the MAIRE+ workflow as well as an end-to-end integration test, to be run on merges.
- Delivery of updated beta release of the model, complete with updated documentation and testing (implemented following Milestone1 recommendations) integrated into the deployment pipeline and updated IGRF model.
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Sept 2025- Contract termination notice published2 Apr 2026, 12:02 BSTUK11
- Status changed2 Apr 2026, 12:02 BST
- Procurement method changed2 Apr 2026, 12:02 BST
- Buyer details updated2 Apr 2026, 12:02 BST
- Contract details notice published1 Oct 2025, 12:03 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected23 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract award notice published11 Sept 2025, 10:11 BSTUK6
- Transparency notice published11 Sept 2025, 10:00 BSTUK5
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-09: 1 release · 11 Sept 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- University of SurreyAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender