Official UK procurement notice
METPlus and VerPy Integration in CSET
Authority: Met Office (Central government)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Awarded value£91,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 28 Mar 2025no call for competition
Awarded to National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
What is being bought
Published requirement description- VerPy Implementation:
- Migrate sandbox apps for loading the output files from METPlus into a SQLite database.
- Create apps to aggregate results and produce standard graphs for visualisation.
- Porting to Momentum partner sites:
- Communication with each site to organise logistics and times for implementation
- Initial work to create METPlus configuration files specific for each site, including local observations, to be done through a one-to-one week-long surgery via videoconfence in the site's local time.
- Support to optimise configurations and resolve problems afterwards can be done via email or via videoconference at times convenient to all relevant sites.
- Note that this task requires Partner sites to commit at least one week-person for the installation work and for the validation against existing objective verification systems.
- Implement METPlus ensemble metrics:
- Create METPlus Ensemble-Stats configurations, and apps using those
- Create VerPy tasks to load the METPlus output and visualise the results
- Port apps to partnerships sites
- Seamless integration in CSET workflow
- Create metadata to allow modify the configurations using the rose configuration editor.
- Explore requirements, particularly files, in common with the main CSET workflow and whether the commonalities can be exploited.
- Keep collaborating with main CSET development.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- 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
- 15 Apr 2025, 11:26 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Apr 2025, 11:26 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-015184- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published15 Apr 2025, 11:26 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £91,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Mar 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research | £91,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
- Signed
- 28 Mar 2025
- Value
- £91,000
- Period
- 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender