Find a TenderAwarded without competitionContract details notice

Published 24 Sept 2025, 14:37 BST

Official UK procurement notice

MASS Oracle Support · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Met Office (Central government)

Direct award

Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)

+6 more

East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)

Awarded value£509,034published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 7 Oct 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Oracle Corporation UK Limited3 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Managed Archive Storage System (MASS) and associated infrastructure is a critical adjunct to the supercomputer system. MASS is the sole long-term archive for Met Office operational and scientific research data. A key element of the MASS are the Oracle Tape Libraries and Drives, encryption key managers, and associated monitoring and analytics software deployments.

The procurement is for a 7 month renewal of the Oracle support service to the Oracle archive between 1st December 2025 to 30th July 2026.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

50000000 Repair and maintenance services 50300000 Repair, maintenance and associated services related to personal computers, office equipment, telecommunications and audio-visual equipment

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Direct award
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 24 Sept 2025, 14:37 BST
Last source update: 5 Nov 2025, 10:47 GMT
Authority reference: 1791
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-071163
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 more
South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05a131 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification: Hardware to be supported is proprietary to Oracle.

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Sept 2025

Transparency notice published
24 Sept 2025, 14:37 BST
UK5
Contract details notice published
13 Oct 2025, 10:52 BST
UK7
Contract signature expected
31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
scheduled
Contract details notice published
5 Nov 2025, 10:47 GMT
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 3

Awarded value £509,0341 award exc. VAT

Contracts signed 3latest 7 Oct 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Oracle Corporation UK Limited1 Dec 2025 – 30 Jun 2026	£509,034	—	Awarded
Oracle Corporation UK Limited	£509,033 †	—	Awarded
Oracle Corporation UK Limited	£509,033 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · Oracle Corporation UK Limited
Signed
7 Oct 2025
Value
£509,033
Period
1 Dec 2025 – 30 Jun 2026
Status
active
No agreed KPIs: N/A
Contract 2 · Oracle Corporation UK Limited
Signed
7 Oct 2025
Value
£509,033
Period
1 Dec 2025 – 30 Jun 2026
Status
active
No agreed KPIs: N/A
Contract 3 · Oracle Corporation UK Limited
Signed
7 Oct 2025
Value
£509,033
Period
1 Dec 2025 – 30 Jun 2026
Status
active
No agreed KPIs: SLA in accordance with standard Oracle support terms.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Met Office

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVZW-3234-DTLY Met Office, Exeter, South West, EX1 3PBContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

ORACLE CORPORATION UK LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 01782505GB-PPON: PMDX-4517-DZXP Oracle Parkway, Reading, South East, RG6 1RAContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender5 Nov 2025, 10:47 GMT
Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender13 Oct 2025, 10:52 BST
Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender13 Oct 2025, 10:52 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender24 Sept 2025, 14:37 BST