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Psyclone Development and Support 2026-27

MET OFFICE

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24 Mar 2026 at 12:40

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Summary of the contracting process

The Met Office, acting as the buyer, has completed the awarding phase for the development and support of PSyclone, a scientific software tool, for the financial year 2026-27. This contract pertains to the ongoing collaboration with the United Kingdom Research and Innovation, the supplier, under a direct award due to technical reasons involving specific expertise. PSyclone supports high-performance computing frameworks essential for weather and climate simulations. The procurement is in the IT services category, specifically covering consulting, software development, and support, with a contract value of £730,000. Work is anticipated to commence on 1st April 2026, lasting until 31st March 2027, and will be performed in the UK.

This tender creates substantial opportunities for businesses that specialise in scientific software development and optimisation for high-performance computing architectures. Companies with experience in working with public sector collaborations and possessing expertise in next-generation computing solutions, particularly focusing on GPUs and supercomputers, are well-positioned to leverage similar public contracts for business growth. The long-standing partnership with STFC highlights the significance of domain-specific knowledge as a crucial component in procuring such specialised projects.

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Notice Title

Psyclone Development and Support 2026-27

Notice Description

PSyclone is a specialist scientific software tool developed by the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) for high-performance computing (HPC). It's a code-generation and optimisation framework that helps scientists run complex simulation models efficiently on modern supercomputers (CPUs, GPUs, clusters, etc.) Over the past decade, PSyclone has been a valuable software asset, enabling collaborations for the UK Met Office to enhance their use of HPC and extreme-scale computing. This is essential for our growing requirements to execute larger and more accurate weather and climate simulations. In this project we will continue to develop features of PSyclone to support the LFRic, NEMO and Data Assimilation components of the Met Office's Momentum software stack. This work will include support for new science-led features as well as performance optimisations for multi-core CPUs. It will also continue to look at performance optimisations specific to the CPUs with which the Met Office's new Phase1b supercomputer is equipped.

Procurement Information

The supplier Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is government-owned. The Met Office have collaborated with STFC for 10 years on the development of the software tool PSyclone. PSyclone is a domain specific language that enables performance portability of scientific codes on next generation compute architectures like GPUs. PSyclone is a key underpinning component of LFRic, our next generation atmosphere model which is central to our Next Generation Modelling Systems Strategic Action. Furthermore, these capabilities are also important in the preparations for Generation 2 supercomputer procurement. PSyclone is a specialist scientific software tool developed by the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) for high-performance computing (HPC). It's a code-generation and optimisation framework that helps scientists run complex simulation models efficiently on modern supercomputers (CPUs, GPUs, clusters, etc.). The project is cutting-edge research, and ongoing work is strongly dependent on background knowledge of the key workers at STFC. The collaboration is successful and productive.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0672a7
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026775-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK5 - Transparency Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

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
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£730,000 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Mar 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
24 Mar 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

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
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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

UNITED KINGDOM RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

Further Information

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