--- title: "Future of Operational Meteorology (FoOM) Tools and Systems" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-0b3fe7dc-1ceb-400a-bf72-1d69986ca4d7" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0b3fe7dc-1ceb-400a-bf72-1d69986ca4d7" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0b3fe7dc-1ceb-400a-bf72-1d69986ca4d7.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0b3fe7dc-1ceb-400a-bf72-1d69986ca4d7.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "MET OFFICE" published: "2021-10-01" --- # Future of Operational Meteorology (FoOM) Tools and Systems Buyer: MET OFFICE Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0b3fe7dc-1ceb-400a-bf72-1d69986ca4d7 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0b3fe7dc-1ceb-400a-bf72-1d69986ca4d7) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0b3fe7dc-1ceb-400a-bf72-1d69986ca4d7.json) ## Summary The Met Office, located in Exeter, United Kingdom, is currently conducting a tender for the "Future of Operational Meteorology (FoOM) Tools and Systems." This procurement, classified under the software package and information systems industry, involves a value of £18 million and follows a selective procurement method through a restricted procedure. The tender period ends on 5th November 2021, with the contract scheduled to commence on 1st August 2022 and concluding on 7th March 2030. This initiative aims to enhance the agility of the Met Office in delivering weather and climate services, utilising advanced tooling supported by the development of a supercomputer. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses engaged in software development, IT services consulting, and systems integration. Companies specialising in graphical production, automated workflows, or meteorological data handling would be particularly well-suited to compete, as the tender is divided into four distinct lots focusing on visualisation, templated production, product distribution, and workflow automation. Engaging in this contract could enable businesses to establish long-term strategic partnerships with the Met Office and contribute to innovative solutions that enhance public and commercial meteorological services. ## Notice Met Office as the Authority intends to procure new tooling which will support us in achieving our vision of becoming a global leader in weather and climate services delivery. The tools delivered will help the Met Office to be more agile in responding to the needs of all our customers (including Defence, Civil Aviation, Public Weather Services and a range of other commercial customers) and will ensure we are able to fully utilise the ever-increasing data which will be provided through the current Supercomputer development. The contract(s) will support: * Increased investment in ongoing management and development of the tooling to ensure continued currency, and that patches, new releases and improvements are delivered. * Delivering enhancements to the way in which Met Office Operational Meteorologists deliver services in the future, allowing exploitation of the science and data produced by the Supercomputer, hence delivering benefit from the Supercomputer. * New capabilities which will deliver improved outputs to expert meteorologists, both from Met Office and those from partner organisations that use Met Office systems, to increase their focus on delivering greater expert service to those customers to maximise situational awareness. * Delivery of tools that enable Met Office to be more agile in responding to the needs of all Met Office customers, including Defence, Civil Aviation, PWS and a range of other commercial customers. * Where appropriate, the ability to develop longer term strategic relationships which could support the development and delivery of joint mutual benefits. * Improved Met Office tools and systems are critical to maximising the advice and guidance given which is increasingly in importance as climate changes causes more weather extremes and uncertainty. * Meeting Met Office's objective of allowing citizens, industry and business to keep safe and thrive. This procurement will be split as follows: Lot 1 Visualisation & Graphical Production Exposes increasingly large quantities of meteorological data to enable meteorologists to forecast and report the weather to a range of customers, both internal and external and across global markets. Allows meteorologists to interact with graphical data as part of the production process. This will provide the ability to create graphical outputs overlaid on data visualisations. Lot 2 Templated Production Enables the creation of large numbers of products in predefined formats, to include the automatic and manual population of those products using meteorological data, imagery, and text. Lot 3 Product Distribution Responsible for the distribution of meteorological products to their intended recipients - both internal and external. Lot 4 Workflow Automation Manages allocation of work to Operational Meteorologists - balancing workload across available resource. Improves user experience and efficiency by choreographing processes and launching the tools for the task to be performed. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6071a94d-f465-471f-9d5d-14daeea2ee14 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Restricted procedure | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 1 Oct 2021 | | Submission deadline | 5 Nov 2021 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Jul 2022 - 7 Mar 2030 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £18,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | MET OFFICE | | Locality | EXETER | | Post town | Exeter | | Postcode | EX1 3PB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK4 Devon | | ITL 3 | TLK43 Devon CC | | Local authority | Exeter | | Electoral ward | Pinhoe | | Westminster constituency | Exmouth and Exeter East | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 48000000 - Software package and information systems - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ## Release History - 1 Oct 2021 at 08:25 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6071a94d-f465-471f-9d5d-14daeea2ee14 - 30 Sep 2021 at 21:41 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3238bcc7-4556-4ac3-a7b0-3f434b9ad8c6 - 30 Sep 2021 at 14:50 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/355de176-876a-4f20-9c09-7a2e8971d981 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6071a94d-f465-471f-9d5d-14daeea2ee14 1st October 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3238bcc7-4556-4ac3-a7b0-3f434b9ad8c6 30th September 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/355de176-876a-4f20-9c09-7a2e8971d981 30th September 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=34eb1502-1354-eb11-8106-005056b64545 Further information and the tender documentation can be found on Proactis - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=a7540081-1e21-ec11-810e-005056b64545 Further information and the tender documentation can be found on Proactis ## Notice URLs - http://www.metoffice.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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