Expired contract

Complex and Cascading Risks

Details

Buyer: Met Office
Supplier(s): STICHTING INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT CENTRE ON CLIMATE CENTRE CHANGE AND DISASTER
Value: £130,000
Duration: 1 month
Topic: Research and experimental development services
Published: 23 March 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

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 cascading risks associated with climate variability and change. The project is designed to bring together specific lead thinkings in this field to conceptualise and assess cascading and compounding climate risks for UK national security, guiding practical policy and security actions. The work will advance systemic risk management approaches, develop causal maps, and produce actionable storylines and scenarios through interdisciplinary collaboration. The project will be implemented through real-world cases, developed with FCDO and key experts across climate, security, economics, trade, health, and ecology ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published23 March 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date23 March 2026
Completed: Contract expiry date30 April 2026

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

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