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title: "Collation and Analysis of Weather Impacts from Social Media 2022 - 2024"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-030f9e"
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# Collation and Analysis of Weather Impacts from Social Media 2022 - 2024

Buyer: MET OFFICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-030f9e

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## Summary

The procurement process undertaken by the Met Office involves the tender titled "Collation and Analysis of Weather Impacts from Social Media 2022 - 2024," which falls under the industry category of IT services and is classified as a service procurement. The contract aims to provide real-time filtered data from social media regarding weather impacts, enhancing operational response and forecast accuracy. The tender, using an open procurement method, has reached the award stage with a completion status. Key dates include the contract signing on 29 June 2022 and a tender period that has recently concluded.

This project offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in software development and IT services, particularly those capable of delivering innovative solutions for data collection and analysis in real-time environments. Companies that excel in data science, social media analytics, and predictive modelling would be well-placed to compete for future contracts of this nature, aligning with the Met Office's vision to leverage emerging technology in weather forecasting and climate science.

## Notice

The Met Office and Flood Forecasting Centre (FFC) require access to filtered, relevant and geo-located impact information in near real time during weather events. This is to support operational situational awareness, real-time forecast modification and to support post event verification of the National Severe Weather Warning Service and the Flood Guidance Statement. Impacts are often reported on social media and the ability to obtain this information quickly, consistently and with minimal noise is becoming increasingly important. This is because there is an increased expectation for the Met Office and FFC to have a detailed awareness of impacts as they happen, and the collation of higher quality and quantity impact information improves the confidence in the assessment of the skill of our forecasts. This project will procure an operational tool that collates, filters and geo-locates near real-time impact information to support operational forecasts and verification. This will support the Met Office corporate vision to be recognised as global leaders in weather and climate science, given this is a nascent and emerging technology that we will be among the first to develop and use. It will also support our anchor of improving the skill and verification of our 0-2-hour forecasts (nowcasts) as well as exploiting this particular branch of data science

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Met Office and Flood Forecasting Centre (FFC) require access to filtered, relevant and geolocated impact information in near real time during weather events. This is to support operational situational awareness, real-time forecast modification and to support post event verification of the National Severe Weather Warning Service and the Flood Guidance Statement. Impacts are often reported on social media and the ability to obtain this information quickly, consistently and with minimal noise is becoming increasingly important. This is because there is an increased expectation for the Met Office and FFC to have a detailed awareness of impacts as they happen, and the collation of higher quality and quantity impact information improves the confidence in the assessment of the skill of our forecasts. This project will procure an operational tool that collates, filters and geo-locates near real-time impact information to support operational forecasts and verification. This will support the Met Office corporate vision to be recognised as global leaders in weather and climate science, given this is a nascent and emerging technology that we will be among the first to develop and use. It will also support our anchor of improving the skill and verification of our 0-2-hour forecasts (nowcasts) as well as exploiting this particular branch of data science.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018203-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Jul 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 25 Feb 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 28 Jun 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | FLOODTAGS |

## 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

- 4 Jul 2022 at 15:07 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018203-2022
- 26 Jan 2022 at 14:04 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002309-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.metoffice.gov.uk
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=90a5b979-9d7e-ec11-8110-005056b64545

## Provenance

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