Notice Information
Notice Title
Delivery Partnerships Framework 2
Notice Description
Delivery Partnership Framework (DPF 2) is a four (4) year closed framework agreement valued at 7PS5-100M. DPF2 will be a mechanism to facilitate agility and innovation in the Met Office through a compliant and flexible commercial construct. DPF 2 is intended to support the development of future technology solutions to deliver Met Office products and services through the full product lifecycle. This link will take you to the opportunities page in the Proactis E-Tendering System: https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?p=cca2f054-f21a-e711-80dd-005056b64545&v=2 Copy this URL and paste into the search engine, search for Met Office or use the DN number to find the opportunity. There will be two entries due to the way this project is configured. Click on the one with the end date of 5 March 2026 (the other is the preliminary market engagement which is now closed).
Lot Information
Data Platform
We are looking to onboard Suppliers that can support our ambition with our strategic Products and Services Data Platform and its extended ecosystem. This lot cannot be accessed by SME organisations.
Data Platform SME (contract value up to 1M)We are looking to onboard Suppliers that can support our ambition with our strategic Products and Services Data Platform and its extended ecosystem. This Lot is restricted to SME organisations and a value threshold will apply.
Customer Enablement PlatformWe are looking to onboard Suppliers that will support our exploitation of our existing ServiceNow platform and its extended ecosystem. This lot cannot be accessed by SME organisations.
Customer Enablement Platform SME (contract value up to 1M)We are looking to onboard Suppliers that will support our exploitation of our existing ServiceNow platform and its extended ecosystem. This Lot is restricted to SME organisations and a value threshold will apply.
Secure ServicesThis Lot will require an additional higher-security-clearance to cover specific requirements in relation to Defence. There is no SME differentiation in this Lot. This Lot has the potential to award work at above OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE classifications.
ApplicationsThis Lot will provide access to Suppliers that support a wide range of applications within Products and Services that support all existing customers. These cover a wide variety of development technologies and systems (encompassing development, support and full lifecycle provision) that are delivered through Bronze, Silver and Gold Service Levels. There is no SME differentiation in this Lot.
Planning Information
The Met Office wishes to speak to the market to gain their insights and experience in this field which may be fed into the development and make-up of Delivery Partnership Framework Two. Met Office intends to hold a Supplier Market Engagement event on 23 June 2025, this will be a virtual event. In advance of this event, we will be issuing a DPF2 PME document and a Request for information (RFI) document via the Met Office ProContract portal: https://procontract.due-north.com/Register. The RFI will contain a number of questions we would like responses to, the RFI return date will be the 30 June 2025. The documents will be published and available via the Met Office ProContract portal and potential suppliers will have the option to ask clarification questions during this Preliminary Market Engagement period. To register attendance for the virtual Preliminary Market Engagement event and to access the relevant information relating to this DPF2 Preliminary Market Engagement, potential suppliers must register on the Met Office ProContract Portal: https://procontract.due-north.com/Register Please Note: This information will not be available via any other source. For any system issues related to registration or accessing the opportunity on the Met Office ProContract Portal please contact the ProContract Helpdesk - by emailing the ProContract support team - ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0522a5
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004767-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £100,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- £97,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 5 Mar 20262 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Sep 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 2030 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MET OFFICE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement.enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EXETER
- Postcode
- EX1 3PB
- Post Town
- Exeter
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK4 Devon
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK43 Devon CC
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Exeter
- Electoral Ward
- Pinhoe
- Westminster Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004767-2026
20th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029434-2025
3rd June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029402-2025
3rd June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026363-2025
23rd May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
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