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Total contracts
1,834
Known spend
£1bn
1636 disclosed
Average value
£713,361
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)
Servicenow data content manager
Renewal of service mapping software
Cyber security and physical security awareness training.
The Met Office wishes to explore the marketplace to undertake early market engagement with potential suppliers who could align themselves with the Met Office’s strategic ambitions
IBM watson AI ops licence renewals (2026 - 2027)
IBM Watson AI Ops licence renewal (2026 - 2027)
Biosecurity - cambridge enterprise
This work aims to meet Defra's government requirements to enhance the pest risk analyses and emergency outbreak management response work of the plant pest/pathogen risk experts in
Space weather R2O maintenance - university of reading
'Space Weather Implementation, Measurement, Modelling and Risk' (SWIMMR), was a £19.9m UKRI SPF funded programme led by STFC from 2019, and which largely concluded in 2023. Several
Space weather R2O maintenance - university of aberystwyth
'Space Weather Implementation, Measurement, Modelling and Risk' (SWIMMR), was a £19.9m UKRI SPF funded programme led by STFC from 2019, and which largely concluded in 2023. Several
3PODS (third party observation data service)
The Met Office wishes to contract with an organisation or organisations to deliver a Third Party Observation Data Service (3PODS), which consists of the supply of Automated Weather
Junction boxes
Junction Boxes, MMS/AWS
Procurement for the redevelopment of eumetnet observations data hubs and ongoing support on behalf of the met office
The Met Office is responsible for services delivering meteorological observations to a global audience on behalf of three EUMETNET Observations Programmes (E-Profile, EGVap and E-A
Copernicus ERG03
Copernicus ERG03 C3S2_601 ADVANCING AN ENSEMBLE-BASED, MULTI-SCALE OCEAN DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM FOR CLIMATE APPLICATIONS
Met office foundation op met programme (FOMP) LOT1 co-design & development call off contract
The Supplier (University of Plymouth) will co-design and develop the Foundation Operational Meteorology Programme (FOMP) for the Met Office, delivering a future facing, work-based
Advertising operations support
Advertising operations support via an external agency
Impact identification tool
Flood impact identification tool.
Met office communications framework
Link to the opportunity to register your interest and download the information relating to the PME (Copy this link into the search engine to take you to the opportunity): https://p
Saira-a aviation host support
The project is for Virgin Atlantic to continue to fly radiation monitors (known as SAIRA) developed by the University of Surrey under the Space Weather Innovation, Measurement, Mon
Internal audit services
Contract an external body that can provide QMS auditing services against the Met Office's ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 certified Management Systems.
DN817047 national power outage planning
Study and report on national power outage scenario
Microsoft unified support (2026)
Renewal of unified support with Microsoft for a period of one year.
Red hat EL (version 6) licences
Renewal of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (version 6) licences x 8
Oracle T2 media tapes
Provision of 1000 Oracle T2 Tapes