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zOS Mainframe support (2026)

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Published value
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Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Met Office: "zOS Mainframe support (2026)". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityMet OfficeScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
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Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Met Office. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
12.2Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
UNIVERSITY OF EXETERTop vendor: 48.6% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 298 active published awards; 6 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER1 win£104,476
STFC1 win£69,816
Oxidian Ltd1 win£40,837
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityMet Office
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published23 Apr 2026, 10:38 BST
Last source update23 Apr 2026, 10:38 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-066580
What is being bought
Support service for zOS mainframe hardware and software for a period of one (1) year. Direct award to be made under CCS Technology Products and Associated Services (RM9098).
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    23 Apr 2026, 10:38 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    9 Mar 2026, 14:37 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    9 Mar 2026, 14:37 GMT
  4. Buyer information updated
    9 Mar 2026, 14:37 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    23 Apr 2026, 10:38 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Contract active
    Signed 26 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · £204,119
  5. Contract active
    Signed 26 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · £204,119
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED
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COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED
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Contracts
Contract
£204,119 · signed 26 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2027, 23:59 BST
Contract
£204,119 · signed 26 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2027, 23:59 BST
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Met Office

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PVZW-3234-DTLY
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied

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Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleComputacenter was selected via a further competition on the CCS framework agreement for Technical Products and Associated Services (RM6068) in 2020 to supply the existing 2 x IBM z15 zOS mainframe hardware and associated software and hardware support. Historically, at the end of an agreed period of licensing and support of mainframe systems, new mainframes were purchased however Met Office subsequently renewed Support through Computacenter Ltd in 2024, for a further two years, via the TePAS2 framework (RM6098). Computacenter have successfully managed the IBM support for the past six years and there would be limited benefit in competing on-going licencing and support for the next year. Pricing of the licensing and support is determined directly by IBM so any further competition could have limited value. Price would be on the basis of list pricing and reseller margin so there could be limited variation in terms of any pricing submitted. The mainframes are also aged which could reduce any market interest in bidding for the support services given the associated technical risks. Project SKY, within the wider PMLSR programme, has a clear scheduled plan to migrate all services from the z/OS environment that will lead to the eventual decommissioning of the z15 systems. This is the strategic strategy with a current target date of September 2026. Again, this might impact the interest of the market given the high likelihood that the contract will need to be terminated early.