Buyer profile
Met Office
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Total contracts
1,835
Known spend
£1bn
1637 disclosed
Average value
£712,944
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED
11 winslatest 05 Oct 2026£969,577
- 2
University of Exeter
8 winslatest 16 Sept 2026£14m
- 3
IBM LIMITED
£1m
- 4
CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC LTD
8 winslatest 21 Apr 2026£791,048
- 5
University of Reading
7 winslatest 16 Sept 2026£14m
- 6
IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
£2m
- 7
BOXXE LIMITED
£144,519
- 8
University of Birmingham
6 winslatest 09 Oct 2026£14m
- 9
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
£14m
- 10
UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY
5 winslatest 08 Oct 2026£166,491
What they buy
By CPV categoryIT servicesCPV 72
568 contracts · £960m
Lab & precision equipmentCPV 38
141 contracts · £4m
Office & computing equipmentCPV 30
138 contracts · £15m
Business servicesCPV 79
134 contracts · £8m
SoftwareCPV 48
80 contracts · £21m
Education & trainingCPV 80
68 contracts · £2m
Construction worksCPV 45
41 contracts · £2m
Repair & maintenanceCPV 50
33 contracts · £973,964
Renewal radar
Awarded contracts predicted to come up for re-tender in the next 18 months
- Engineering Services HQ LV+HV replacement 2026
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Jul 2027).
Jul 2027
40% confident
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (1835)
SSL digital certificates renewal
Renewal of SSL Digital Certificates for a period of 12 months.
Dbarchive
Right to use licence for DbArchive. £55716.66 (inc VAT)
Pipeline software development
The Development of a Machine Learning Pipeline Software activities: 1.Develop an extension of PyEarth Tools unit test coverage and code refactoring 2. Increased PyEarth Tools suppo
Metplus and verpy integration in CSET
1) 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
CIPS standard reassessment 2025
Annual Chartered Institute for Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) certification assessment.
Climsoft installation training related supports 25-26
Climsoft installation training and related support 25-26 Reimbursement of travel costs for installations (excluding flights) Total Value £23,870
IBM zVM7.2 mainframe extended life support
Annual renewal of extended life support to IBM zVM7.2 mainframe (2025)
Zvm subscription renewal (2024-26)
Renewal of subscription for IBM zVM for a period of two years.
XL deploy software renewal
Renewal of XL Deploy software subscription for a period of two years.
MASS HPSS software support
Renewal of the existing Met Office HPSS software support contract from 1st April to 31st December 2025.
Future of operational meteorology (foom) tools and systems
The Met Office are looking for partners to work with us to innovate our tools and visualisation systems to a new level of capability, using the very latest technologies for viewing
Software licences
Further competition under CCS Framework RM6068 to place the contract for Software licences.
Telecommunications services
Telecommunications services.
Marketing software solution
Marketing software solution.
IT support services
Contract called off from Government Framework G-Cloud.
IT implementation services
Contract called off from Government Framework DOS 4.
Software licences
Contract awarded following competitive quotation exercise.
Satellite telecommunications services
Satellite telecommunications services.
IT implementation services
Contract called off from Government Framework DOS 4.
Virtual conference services
Contract awarded following competitive exercise.