Official UK procurement notice
UKCI Wave Modelling · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Met Office (Central government)
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£137,883published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 10 Jul 2026no call for competition
Awarded to National Oceanography Centre
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUKCI Wave Modelling to produce workflows for and run ensembles of
climate simulations to better understand the marine environment.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Jul 2026, 10:34 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Aug 2026, 07:46 BST
- Authority reference
DN821470- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-079240- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c83bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
They are the only organisation who can support the UKCI programme.
NOC own the observations that will be used to generate the model
conditions.
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jul 2026- Transparency notice published10 Jul 2026, 10:34 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published10 Jul 2026, 11:37 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published20 Aug 2026, 07:46 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £137,8831 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Aug 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Oceanography Centre1 Sept 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 | £137,883 | 10 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · National Oceanography Centre
- Signed
- 20 Aug 2026
- Value
- £114,701
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Review meetings.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- National Oceanography CentreAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- 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