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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)
Supply of sun photometers
Supply of Sun Photometers for use within the Volcanic Ash Observer Network (VAON)
Renewal of communications contract forrenewal of uk's argos and iridium satellite data telemetry for argo floats
The Met Office have Argo floats out in the oceans transmitting data via the Argos system. Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS)-Argos are the sole operators of the Argos telecommu
Follow on optimisation for UKCA as part of NG-R2C
Next Generation Research to Climate (NG-R2C) is a component project within the Met Office's Next Generation Modelling Systems (NGMS) Programme. The Programme's aim is to reformulat
Supply of temperature sensor data loggers
Supply of Temperature Sensor Data Loggers for use throughout the Met Office Voluntary Climate Network (VCN)
Academic reflections from CCIP group
Delivered by the Met Office and funded by the International Security Fund (ISF), the Harmonics Programme will ensure that the UK government has the weather and climate evidence it
Complex and cascading risks
This project is in response to a desire from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), to advance transdisciplinary research capability around the complex and cascad
Software stack for momentum on setonix
This is a Contract for Services for the provision of support to the development of Momentum capability to exploit non-CPU architecture by Met office staff and partners such as BoM
Quest SQL navigator licences (2 year)
Renewal of Quest licences for a period of two (2) years.
Oracle database licence renewal (2026)
Renewal of Oracle database subscription for a period of one (1) year.
Oracle T2 media tapes
Provision of 1,000 T2 media tapes
Space weather delivery partner
The Met Office owns the Severe Space Weather Risk on the National Security Risk Assessment (NSRA) and receives funding from the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSI
Grounds maintenance
The Met Office have a number of 'Frontline Sites' across and throughout the United Kingdom, housing an Automated Weather Station (AWS) or Radar Station. This tender is split into 4
System & logger program support
Logger network support including software maintenance
Lig thermometers
LiG Thermometers for the Met Office
Fuel tanks cleaning and filling
Cleaning and foam filling of oil underground tanks.
EV charging replacement units and warranties
EV Charging Replacement Units and 3 Year Warranties
Wiser MEL support
Contract for services for Value for Money analysis and Monitoring Learning and Evaluation support for the WISER programme.
Background mapping contract for multiple services
Provision of background mapping services for multiple services
Supply of drifting buoys
Supply of six drifting buoys for observations work under the Met Office's Advancing Arctic Capabilites programme.
Supply of ice buoys
Supply of six ice buoys for observations work under the Met Office's Advancing Arctic Capabilites programme.