DN772326 - Framework for Applied Science Technology and Engineering Requirements

Met Office · awarded 3 April 2026

Who

Buyer	Met Office EXETER
Suppliers	AFRY Soulutions UK Ltd Advai-Ltd Aeris-UK Limited Aspinall Instruments Assimila Limited AtkinsRealis Limited Axion Solutions Ltd BAE Systems Applied Intelligence British Antarctic Survey CACI Ltd CU Services Ltd Cambridge University Cirrus Software Solutions ESRI (UK) Limited Fraser-Nash Consultancy Ltd Fullwood Engineering Ltd HR Wallingford Hitch Marketing Limited Imperial College Projects Limited JBA Consulting Lancaster University Menapia Ltd Montvieux Ltd National Oceanography Centre Northumbria University Business and Enterprise OpenWeather LTD Ove Arup & Partners Ltd SLR Consulting Ltd STFC Hartree Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Sayers and Partners The Alan Turing Institute UCL Consultants University of Birmingham University of Exeter University of Leeds University of Plymouth University of Reading University of Southampton University of Surrey VE3 Voltitude Ltd WX Labs Ltd
Category	services
Classification	Research and experimental development services CPV 73100000
Notice published	7 April 2026

What it is for

This notice serves as a published publicly accessible Contract Award Notice in compliance with the Procurement Act 2023, marking the start of the mandatory eight-day standstill period, which will end on the 17th April 2026. Assessment summaries were sent to bidding suppliers on the 01 April 2026. Due to registration issues with the Central Digital Platform (Find a Tender Service), this notice is being posted on Contracts Finder rather than the Central Digital Platform in accordance with Regulation 5 of the Procurement Regulations 2024. This procurement exercise establishes a Open Services Framework. FASTER will be a Framework of suppliers up to the value of £57,000,000 including VAT. It will be an Open Framework. The plan will be to open up the Framework to any new entrants within the first 3 years of the Framework duration and is planned to be in place for up to 8 years (maximum). The FASTER will be the principal mechanism by which the Met Office seeks to secure skills and capacity from UK Industrial and Academic Institutions in support of the delivery of Met Office requirements relating to the application of weather and climate science. FASTER aims to cover the use of scientific techniques and knowledge alongside technology solutions to explore and understand real world questions and challenges experienced by customers and end users of our weather and climate information and subsequently develop mitigation approaches and prototype solutions.

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