Awarded contract

Security Screening and Verification Service

Details

Buyer: Met Office
Supplier(s): GB Group
Value: £32,630.4
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Administration services
Published: 26 September 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Security Screening and Verification Service associated with the mandated requirement to conduct Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks on all individuals who wish to visit or work at the Met Office. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published26 September 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date26 September 2025
Next: Contract expiry date31 July 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

Met Office buys as a central government agency, delivering weather and climate services as an executive agency and trading fund of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Collaborative government agreements route much of its buying through the Crown Commercial Service, alongside the ESPO and YPO frameworks. Standard contracts are awarded through desktop competitions or full tender exercises, usually inviting four or more suppliers to bid. The commercial team runs this process, following Cabinet Office best practice.

Over the past 5 years, most of Met Office's contract awards have been in software and information systems, research and development and IT services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@met-office.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@met-office.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@met-office.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@met-office.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@met-office.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@met-office.gov