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    ContractsMet Office Academic Partnership Science Delivery Framework 2 - Contract Award Notice
    Awarded contract

    Met Office Academic Partnership Science Delivery Framework 2 - Contract Award Notice

    Awarded
    £24m
    Published 10 Jun 2026

    Retrospective contract award notice for the Met Office's academic partnership framework to access UK university expertise in weather and climate science research and innovation.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· EnglandPublished 10 Jun 2026· 2 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Awarded
    £24m
    Published 10 Jun 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £24,000,000
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Rolling
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Research & Innovation
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      England

    Suppliers

    8 suppliers
    • UL
      UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
    Lead contractor
  1. UE
    UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
    Consortium partner
  2. UE
    UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
    Consortium partner
  3. UE
    The University of Edinburgh
    Consortium partner
  4. UB
    THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
    Consortium partner
  5. UB
    UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
    Consortium partner
  6. CM
    The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford
    Consortium partner
  7. UR
    UNIVERSITY OF READING
    Consortium partner
  8. Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 2 months ago.

    10 June 2026
    Awarded — no open tender advertised

    Brief

    This is a retrospective contract award notice for the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) Science Delivery Framework 2. Due to technical registration issues with the Central Digital Platform in February 2026, the original contract award notice was published on Contracts Finder instead. That notice satisfied all legal requirements and initiated the mandatory eight-day standstill period, which concluded on 13 March 2026. Assessment summaries were distributed to bidders on 26 February 2026. This retrospective notice is now posted following resolution of registration issues and to enable publication of future related framework notices. The MOAP is a strategic partnership between leading UK universities and the Met Office, functioning as a network of research excellence dedicated to advancing weather and climate science, technology, and skills development. The Science Delivery Framework serves as the commercial mechanism enabling the Met Office to procure external scientific expertise and resources necessary to support its research and innovation priorities.

    Track record

    18 awards · 14 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In research innovation, MET OFFICE has awarded 18 contracts to 14 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS2× · 11%
    2. PRIFYSGOL ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY2× · 11%
    3. NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE2× · 11%
    4. UNIVERSITY OF SURREY(THE)2× · 11%
    5. Forest Research1× · 6%
    6. Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited1× · 6%

    +8 more suppliers

    Across research innovation, the most active winners are IPSOS MARKET RESEARCH LIMITED, WSP UK LIMITED, IFF RESEARCH LIMITED — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Award notice and full record on the publisher's site

    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-050b9a
    MO
    Buyer
    MET OFFICE
    Sector
    Research & Innovation