Awarded contract

Space Weather R20 Maintenance - University of Birmingham

Details

Buyer: Met Office
Supplier(s): University of Birmingham
Value: £251,295
Duration: 6 months
Topic: Research and experimental development services
Published: 9 October 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Ongoing delivery of the Advanced Ensemble Networked Environment Assimilative System (AENEAS) model input datasets Integration of ODRAM version 2.2 Orbit Propagator to be supplied Improvements to AENEAS "health" routines Support for PS48 implementation issues Validation and verification Exploratory work on the assimilation of thermospheric densities into AENEAS Customer engagement activity requirements ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published9 October 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date9 October 2026
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2027in 5 months

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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