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Published 11 Sept 2025, 10:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Space Weather R2O2R - University of Surrey

Official notice

Authority: Met Office (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£158,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 11 Sept 2025no call for competition
Awarded to University of Surrey

What is being bought

Published requirement description
  • Finalise modifications of MAIRE+ code to use NM24/Cosmos data as the input neutron monitor source(s).
  • Finalise upgrade to IGRF 14th generation, by 30/09/2025
  • Collaborate with MO scientist on initial validation of MAIRE+ against SAIRA data from aviation campaign, including co-development of validation code for MAIRE+ using SAIRA data from radiosonde launches and from SAIRA aviation instruments.
  • work with MO on roadmap to measure model performance against observations by 31/10/2025

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
73100000 Research and experimental development services

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
11 Sept 2025, 10:00 BST
Last source update
2 Apr 2026, 12:02 BST
Authority reference
DN779864
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-030813
Latest notice
Contract termination notice (UK11)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059845 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

The deliverables within the contract are associated with a model and code already developed and owned by the partner, (supplier) to a specific maturity under the SWIMMR Programme. The academics hold the model code IPR and provide model access to Met Office under Licence (pending renewal on signature of the contract) and therefore are uniquely placed to provide these services to the Met Office. Delivery will 'accelerate' the model's development towards transition to operations within the Met Office Space Weather service as mandated by DSIT. The purpose of the contract is to continue development of the models (which requires the 'deep expertise' of the model developer) and to transfer model and model code knowledge and expertise. In short, there is no other supplier for the work associated with this model as the Met Office requires the code and expertise solely located at Surrey.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

22 Sept 2025 → 2 Apr 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends
    22 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published209 days ago
    2 Apr 2026, 12:02 BST

Notice history

5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Sept 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    11 Sept 2025, 10:00 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    11 Sept 2025, 10:11 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    23 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    1 Oct 2025, 12:03 BST
    UK7
  5. Contract termination notice published
    2 Apr 2026, 12:02 BST
    UK11
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-09: 1 release · 11 Sept 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £158,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Sept 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
University of Surrey1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026£158,00011 Sept 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · University of Surrey

    Signed
    25 Sept 2025
    Value
    £158,000
    Period
    1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
    Status
    terminated
    Final value
    £157,876
    Termination
    contractCompleted
    3 agreed KPIs: Delivery of documentation for current beta release in a format which allow for documentation to be regenerated in line with the code · Delivery of test infrastructure defined in Milestone1, able to run under continuous integration on merges, providing coverage reports and test pass/fail status for relevant part(s) of codebase. Ensure the tests cover individual components of the MAIRE+ workflow as well as an end-to-end integration test, to be run on merges. · Delivery of updated beta release of the model, complete with updated documentation and testing (implemented following Milestone1 recommendations) integrated into the deployment pipeline and updated IGRF model.
    • Delivery of documentation for current beta release in a format which allow for documentation to be regenerated in line with the code
    • Delivery of test infrastructure defined in Milestone1, able to run under continuous integration on merges, providing coverage reports and test pass/fail status for relevant part(s) of codebase. Ensure the tests cover individual components of the MAIRE+ workflow as well as an end-to-end integration test, to be run on merges.
    • Delivery of updated beta release of the model, complete with updated documentation and testing (implemented following Milestone1 recommendations) integrated into the deployment pipeline and updated IGRF model.

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
  • University of SurreyAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PJPT-2767-WQLG Stag Hill, Guildford, South East, GU2 7XHContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

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