Official UK procurement notice
Oracle T2 Media Tapes · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Met Office (Central government)
Sectors: Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (30) Delivery: South West (UKK)
Awarded value£275,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to Insurgo Media Services Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of 2,500 media tapes
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 10 Oct 2025, 14:44 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Oct 2025, 14:44 BST
- Authority reference
1794- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064223- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ace1Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Switching Direct Award
- Published justification
The Met Office has previously run a procurement to source T2 media tapes which was unsuccessful and didn't provide the level of quality needed.
The selected supplier has consistently provided fully compliant and certified media previously.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 10 Oct 2025- Transparency notice published10 Oct 2025, 14:44 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected22 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £275,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insurgo Media Services Limited1 Nov 2025 – 30 Nov 2025 | £275,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- INSURGO MEDIA SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender