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Delivery Partnerships Framework 2

Met Office

This public procurement record has 6 releases in its history.

Award

15 Sep 2026 at 13:41

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

11 Aug 2026 at 08:17

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

20 Jan 2026 at 12:08

UK4 - Tender Notice
PlanningUpdate

03 Jun 2025 at 11:07

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

03 Jun 2025 at 10:24

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

23 May 2025 at 13:44

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Met Office bought a four-year closed framework for information-technology services supporting the development, delivery and full lifecycle management of its products and services across the UK. The requirement covers six lots: Data Platform, including Snowflake and its wider ecosystem; Data Platform SME for smaller contracts; Customer Enablement Platform, including ServiceNow and its wider ecosystem; Customer Enablement Platform SME; Secure Services for defence-related and potentially higher-security work; and Applications, covering development, support and full lifecycle services across a range of technologies. The framework is intended to provide flexible access to suppliers that can support technology delivery, innovation and operational services for the Met Office.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through an open procedure. Awards were made on 30 July 2026 and contracts were signed on 14 September 2026, with each contract running from 14 September 2026 to 13 September 2030. Lot 1 Data Platform was awarded to CACI, Made Tech and Softwire for £9m excluding VAT. Lot 1A was awarded to Aker Systems and VE3 Global for £6m. Lot 2 Customer Enablement Platform went to Apex Systems Global, CGI and Claranet for £14m. Lot 2A went to Box3, FlyForm, Neyo and VE3 Global for £9m. Lot 3 Secure Services went to BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, CACI and Made Tech for £12m. Lot 4 Applications went to CACI, European Dynamics UK, Made Tech, UBDS and VE3 Global for £47m. The framework allows further competition, with suppliers limited to bidding for and being awarded up to three lots. Evaluation weighted implementation, support, innovation, security and social value; the balance varied by lot, and economic and technical selection criteria applied.

This award shows sustained Met Office demand for established technology delivery partners rather than a single project. Businesses with strong Snowflake data-platform capability, ServiceNow implementation and support expertise, application development and lifecycle management experience, or secure technology services for defence-related environments are well aligned. Credibility will depend on demonstrating reliable implementation and ongoing support, because those elements carried the greatest evaluation weight across the lots. Suppliers should also be able to evidence practical innovation, effective security controls and measurable social value. The smaller-business lots indicate a route suited to SMEs delivering focused assignments, while the wider lots suit organisations with the capacity to support multiple products, technologies and service levels. Experience operating in complex public-sector or regulated environments would strengthen a future response.

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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 PS75-100M (excluding VAT). 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. There are 6 Lots. Lot 1 and 1A. Data Platform We are looking to onboard Suppliers that can support our ambition with our strategic Products and Services Data Platform (Snowflake) and its extended ecosystem. Lot 2 and 2A. Customer Enablement Platform We are looking to onboard Suppliers that will support our exploitation of our existing ServiceNow platform and its extended ecosystem. Lot 3. Secure Services This Lot will require an additional higher-security clearance to cover specific requirements in relation to Defence. This Lot has the potential to award work at above OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE classifications. Lot 4. Applications. This 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.

Lot Information

Data Platform Data Platform SME (contract value up to 1M) Customer Enablement Platform Customer Enablement Platform SME (contract value up to 1M) Secure Services Applications

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/087308-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

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
£88,000,000 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
£88,000,000 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Sep 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
5 Mar 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
30 Sep 2025Expired
Award Date
30 Jul 20262 months ago
Contract Period
14 Sep 2026 - 13 Sep 2030 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Met Office
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
EXETER
Postcode
EX1 3PB
Postcode Area
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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
14
Supplier Names

CACI Ltd

MADE TECH LIMITED

SOFTWIRE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

Aker Systems

VE3 GLOBAL LTD

APEX SYSTEMS GLOBAL LIMITED

CGI IT UK Limited

Claranet Ltd

BOX3 LTD

FLYFORM LTD

NEYO LTD

BAE SYSTEMS APPLIED INTELLIGENCE LIMITED

EUROPEAN DYNAMICS UK LTD

UBDS IT Consulting Limited

Further Information

Notice Documents

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