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Published 10 Jul 2026, 10:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UKCI Wave Modelling · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Met Office (Central government)

Direct award
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 description

UKCI 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 published

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
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
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c83b Find 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
  1. Transparency notice published
    10 Jul 2026, 10:34 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    10 Jul 2026, 11:37 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract details notice published
    20 Aug 2026, 07:46 BST
    UK7
  4. Contract signature expected
    1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £137,8831 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Aug 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
National Oceanography Centre1 Sept 2026 – 31 Mar 2027£137,88310 Jul 2026Awarded

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

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
  • National Oceanography CentreAwarded supplierGB-CHC: 1185265GB-COH: 11444362 National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, South East, SO14 3ZHContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender