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    ContractsSpace Weather Research to Operations Transition Project - University of Surrey
    Awarded contract

    Space Weather Research to Operations Transition Project - University of Surrey

    Awarded
    £249.9k
    Published 28 Jul 2026

    Support the transition of academic space weather research models into operational use at the Met Office by September 2026 through continued research-to-operations collaboration and technical integration.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· South WestPublished 28 Jul 2026· 3 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Awarded
    £249.9k
    Published 28 Jul 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £249,908
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Not published
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Research & Innovation
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      South West

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • US
      UNIVERSITY OF SURREY(THE)
    Lead contractor

    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 3 months ago.

    28 July 2026
    Awarded — no open tender advertised

    Brief

    This is a continuation of the SWIMMR programme, a £19.9m UKRI Strategic Priorities Fund initiative led by STFC (2019-2023). The R2O2R project aims to operationalize space weather scientific models developed by academic institutions for use in the Met Office Space Weather Operations Centre (MOSWOC) by September 2026. The project will build on previous work that established collaboration between academic partners and the Met Office, including the S3 project which created a sandbox environment and monitoring portal. This opportunity seeks support to complete the transition of academic research models into fully operational forecast capabilities, requiring ongoing technical integration, testing, and validation work with Met Office scientists and academic partners.

    Track record

    36 awards · 24 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In research innovation, MET OFFICE has awarded 36 contracts to 24 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS4× · 11%
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    4. PRIFYSGOL ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY2× · 6%
    5. NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE2× · 6%
    6. The University of Edinburgh2× · 6%

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-06d58e

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