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DN773311 _Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) Science Delivery Framework 2

Met Office

Awarded
services
Framework agreement

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
EXETER
Delivery: United Kingdom
Contract value
£28,800,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
11 November 2025
Published
4 March 2026

Procurement

Contract period
1 April 2026 - 31 March 2030
4 years
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
CPV classifications
  • 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services

What happened

Met Office awarded this contract to The University Of Leeds | University Of Exeter | UNIVERSITY OF READING | University Of Birmingham | The University Of Bristol | University of East Anglia | UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH | The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford worth £28,800,000 on 26 Feb 2026. The contract runs until 31 Mar 2030.

Description

This notice serves as a published publicly accessible Contract Award Notice in compliance with the Procurement Act 2023, marking the start of the mandatory eight-day standstill period, which will end on the 13th March 2026. Assessment summaries were sent to bidding suppliers on the 26th February 2026.

Due to registration issues with the Central Digital Platform (Find a Tender Service), this notice is being posted on Contracts Finder rather than the Central Digital Platform in accordance with Regulation 5 of the Procurement Regulations 2024.

This procurement exercise establishes a services framework. The Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) is an established strategic partnership bringing together leading UK universities and the Met Office creating a network of research excellence, working together to advance weather and climate science, technology and skill.

The MOAP Science Delivery Framework (SDF) is the commercial mechanism for the Met Office to secure the external scientific expertise and resource needed to help deliver research and innovation priorities.

Awarded suppliers (8)

Suppliers
  • The University Of Leeds
  • University Of Exeter
  • UNIVERSITY OF READING
  • University Of Birmingham
  • The University Of Bristol
  • University of East Anglia
  • UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
  • The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford
Companies House: RC000658
Award value
£28,800,000
Award date
26 February 2026

Contact

Address
Fitzroy Road, Exeter, EX13PB
Contact name
Natalie Hoskins

Identifiers

Buyer reference
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050b9a
Notice ID
3957934f-ab69-4000-b8cf-d5a7480cf056-887123
OCID
ocds-b5fd17-1d64fe14-1b0a-4747-907c-f3d2e368473c

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