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IET membership renewal

Met Office

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04 Sep 2026 at 07:53

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Met Office procured renewal of its Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) memberships for 2026–27. This is a membership organisation service, covering the Met Office’s continued memberships with the IET rather than goods, construction or technical consultancy. The service is delivered for the Met Office in the United Kingdom. The requirement relates to the organisation’s professional engineering membership arrangements and was treated as a single service requirement. The selected provider, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, is a large voluntary, community and social enterprise based in Stevenage. The opportunity is therefore relevant to membership bodies and organisations that provide comparable professional association membership services to public sector organisations.

The procurement has been completed and the contract was awarded to the Institution of Engineering and Technology. The Met Office used a direct award below the relevant threshold, without competition. The award was made on 2 September 2026, and the contract was signed on the same date. The contract runs from 14 September 2026 to 13 September 2027. Its value is £13,522 excluding VAT, or £16,227 including VAT. One completed lot is recorded, covering the IET membership renewal service. The award is active and the contract is active. The published outcome identifies the supplier and confirms that the procurement was not conducted through a competitive tender process.

For a supplier that did not win this procurement, the award is evidence that the Met Office has an established, recurring need for professional engineering membership services at organisational scale. The route used was a below-threshold direct award without competition, so organisations seeking comparable work should understand how to present a clear, directly relevant membership offer to a central government buyer. A credible competitor would need to be an established membership organisation or comparable provider, able to support institutional memberships and maintain a service suitable for a public authority. The selected supplier’s status as a large engineering institution indicates the importance of sector relevance, organisational capacity and an established professional membership proposition.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

IET membership renewal

Notice Description

26-27 Renewal of IET memberships

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f1c0
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083689-2026
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

98 - Other community, social and personal services

CPV Codes

98100000 - Membership organisation services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£13,522 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
14 Sep 2026 - 13 Sep 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
1
Supplier Name

THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Further Information

Notice Documents

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