Find a TenderAwarded without competitionContract award notice

Published 20 May 2025, 10:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Weather Forecasters and Meteorological Data

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

Direct award

Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: South West (UKK14)

Awarded value£1,337,892published award · exc. VAT

Award in standstill 19 May 2025no call for competition

Award (standstill) to Met Office

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The supply of weather forecasters and meteorological data.

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: South West

71351600 Weather-forecasting 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: Unspecified in notice
First published: 20 May 2025, 10:05 BST
Last source update: 22 May 2025, 14:05 BST
Authority reference: UKRI-4956
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-024912
Latest notice: Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area: South West (UKK14)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05180e Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: Competition is absent based on technical reasoning.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

22 May 2025 → 3 Jun 2025 · 2 dates

Notice published
22 May 2025, 14:05 BST
Standstill ends
3 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 May 2025

Transparency notice published
20 May 2025, 10:05 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
22 May 2025, 13:49 BST
UK6
Contract award notice published
22 May 2025, 14:05 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
6 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £1,337,8921 award exc. VAT

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Met Office9 Jun 2025 – 1 Jun 2030	£1,337,892	19 May 2025standstill to 3 Jun 2025	Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research & Innovation

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, South West, SN2 1FLContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

National Meteorological ServiceAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PVZW-3234-DTLY Fitzroy Road, Exeter, South West, EX1 3PBContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender22 May 2025, 14:05 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender22 May 2025, 13:49 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender20 May 2025, 10:05 BST