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DN808983 - 26-27 CEDA UKCI Maintenance and Support

Met Office

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29 Jul 2026 at 12:05

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
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17 Jun 2026 at 14:58

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Met Office procured maintenance and support services for the infrastructure that delivers the UK Climate Projections (UKCP). The requirement covers the STFC Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) Archive and the UKCP User Interface, which support access to a climate dataset of approximately 100TB and provide information about how the UK’s climate may change over future decades. The work is data services and software programming and consultancy, delivered across the United Kingdom. The buyer is the Met Office, a central government public authority. The requirement was treated as a single lot and supports the continued operation, maintenance and usability of the archive and user-facing tools on which UKCP data delivery depends.

The procurement is complete and was awarded through a direct, below-threshold procedure without competition. United Kingdom Research and Innovation was awarded the CEDA UKCI maintenance and support services contract, valued at £59,075 net (£70,830 gross), signed on 21 May 2026 and running from 30 May 2026 to 30 April 2027. STFC separately received an award dated 15 June 2026 for software programming and consultancy services, valued at £69,816 net (£83,779 gross). The wider contract period is 30 July 2026 to 30 April 2027. An optional work package valued at £10,741 may be activated up to 31 December 2026. The published outcome records one completed lot and active awards to both suppliers.

This outcome indicates demand for specialist suppliers able to maintain and support national-scale climate-data infrastructure rather than deliver a standalone software project. Credible competitors would need experience operating large scientific or public-sector data archives, supporting datasets of around 100TB, and maintaining reliable user interfaces for data discovery and access. Relevant capability includes software programming, technical consultancy, systems maintenance, data management, service continuity and support for research users. Experience with climate, environmental or other scientific datasets would be directly relevant, particularly where users depend on stable long-term access and clear interfaces. The buyer’s use of a direct, below-threshold route and the award to established public research organisations suggest that demonstrable operational knowledge, institutional capability and confidence in maintaining existing CEDA and UKCP tools would be important when this requirement next reaches the market.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

DN808983 - 26-27 CEDA UKCI Maintenance and Support

Notice Description

The UK Climate Projections provide crucial information about how climate is to change over future decades. The delivery of the data for UKCP (which includes a large dataset of ~100TB) is reliant on the infrastructure and tools developed by STFC CEDA. This includes both the CEDA Archive and the UKCP User Interface (UI) which require on-going support and maintenance

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b734
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071640-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services

72300000 - Data services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£69,816 Under £100K
Contracts Value
£59,075 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
29 Jul 20264 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
21 May 20263 months ago
Contract Period
30 May 2026 - 30 Apr 2027 6-12 months
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
2
Supplier Names

STFC

United Kingdom Research and Innovation

Further Information

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