Tenders / Buyers / United Kingdom
Met Office: public contracts and tenders
Met Office awarded 499 public contracts worth €98.7M where a value is stated since 2025-02-24; the business services contract held by MOON CONSULTING LIMITED ends on 2026-10-30 (end date stated). Source: Arcadium Data, data as of .
Awarded value = the award values the notices state (EUR at the notice date), 483 of 499 awards; framework agreements (a ceiling, not spend) and implausible values are left out.
Buyer
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Met Office |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Buyer type | Central government authority |
| City | Exeter |
| Sources | UK Contracts Finder, UK Find a Tender |
Top suppliers
| Supplier | Registry number | Website | Awards | Value won alone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED | 03110569 Companies House (GB) | computacenter.com | 17 | €3.8M |
| UNIVERSITY OF EXETER | 13 | €1.3M | ||
| COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED | 9 | €686k | ||
| THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM | 9 | €607k | ||
| CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC LIMITED | 8 | €912k | ||
| UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS | 8 | €263k | ||
| UNIVERSITY OF READING | 8 | €352k | ||
| IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED | 931482580 Brønnøysund Register Centre (NO) | ibm.com | 6 | €1.2M |
| VAISALA LIMITED | 6 | €319k | ||
| BOXXE LIMITED | 5 | €133k | ||
| Raise Telecoms Ltd | 5 | €136k | ||
| UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY | 5 | €192k | ||
| The University of Edinburgh | 5 | €1.6M | ||
| Softcat | 02174990 Companies House (GB) | softcat.com | 4 | €947k |
| AUTOMATED DOCUMENT SERVICES LIMITED | 4 | €298k |
Suppliers named on Met Office's award notices (the top 15 of 293); registry number and website where the supplier is linked to its register entry. Winners that could be a private person are withheld.
Contracts ending in the next 18 months
| Ends | Contract | Current holder | Value | End date basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | Executive Search Campaign | MOON CONSULTING LIMITED | €28,036 | end date stated |
| 2026-10-31 | Google AdServer | Incubeta | €110k | end date stated |
| 2026-10-31 | Springer Journal Renewals | SPRINGER NATURE LIMITED (Companies House (GB) 00785998) | €52,634 | end date stated |
| 2026-10-31 | HPSS Software Support Renewal | IBM LIMITED | €101k | end date stated |
| 2026-10-31 | MASS Library Solution Support Renewal | ORACLE CORPORATION UK LIMITED (Companies House (GB) 01782505) | €112k | end date stated |
| 2026-11-02 | Payload CMS subscription | Figma Inc. | €68,571 | end date stated |
| 2026-11-05 | Electrical adjustable desk frames for the office | ALPHA MARKETING UK LIMITED | €16,803 | end date stated |
| 2026-11-06 | ServiceNow Professional Services P2 | COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED (Companies House (GB) 03110569) | €175k | end date stated |
| 2026-11-06 | Barometer instrumentation | VAISALA LIMITED | €32,744 | end date stated |
| 2026-11-12 | Earth & Environmental E-Book Collection 2025 | Springer Nature Limited | €11,795 | end date stated |
| 2026-11-13 | Citrix Universal Hybrid Multi Cloud subscription. | Telefonica 02 (UK) Limited (Virgin Media 02) (Companies House (GB) 01743099) | €105k | end date stated |
| 2026-11-21 | Annual Renewal of Artifactory Software Subscription | JFROG LIMITED | €62,730 | end date stated |
| 2026-11-26 | Barometer Upgrade for Drifting Buoys Procurement | €36,591 | end date stated | |
| 2026-11-28 | ElasticSearch Renewal | ELASTICSEARCH LIMITED | €10,727 | end date stated |
| 2026-11-30 | Climate for Agri-Food Sector | ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY | €80,431 | end date stated |
| 2026-12-09 | Annual Atlassian software subscription | Trustmarque | €161k | end date stated |
| 2026-12-10 | AV for Hybrid Meeting Event | BITPOD LIMITED | €17,065 | end date stated |
| 2026-12-13 | Online Insights & Work Experience Provision for Young People and Adult Learners | Springpod | €68,571 | end date stated |
| 2026-12-17 | Royal Meteorological Society Membership Renewals 2026 | Royal Meteorological Society | €51,233 | end date stated |
| 2026-12-18 | Met Office HQ Floorplate Carpeting | Crown Flooring Ltd | €214k | end date stated |
| 2026-12-18 | MO1868 Identity and Access Management Capability for WAVE, Ripple and MOSRS Software and Support Renewal | PING IDENTITY LIMITED | €216k | end date stated |
| 2026-12-31 | Office Refurbishment 2026 | FMS Interior Services LTD | €79,924 | end date stated |
| 2026-12-31 | HQ Gym Services | WESTFIELD HEALTH & WELLBEING LTD | €52,851 | end date stated |
| 2026-12-31 | Software stack for Momentum on Setonix | Csiro | €43,963 | end date stated |
| 2026-12-31 | Red Hat EL (Version 6) Licences | COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED (Companies House (GB) 03110569) | €17,492 | end date stated |
End dates checked against the official notice: 99% right (n=100, 95% CI 94%-100%, 2026-10-26; method).
Award notices of Met Office whose contract period ends in the next 18 months: the end date the notice states, else its start or signature date plus the stated duration. 165 contracts (the 25 soonest shown); a framework's value is a ceiling and is not shown.
Open calls for tender
| Deadline | Call for tender | Published | Estimated value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-09 | Mooring Ropes and Thimbles | 2026-10-05 | €716k |
Calls with a deadline of 2026-10-27 or later (not awarded yet).
Spend by sector (CPV divisions)
| Sector | CPV | Awards | Awarded value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software packages and information systems | 48 | 91 | €10.4M |
| Research and development | 73 | 70 | €8.1M |
| IT services | 72 | 64 | €45.9M |
| Business services | 79 | 31 | €2.9M |
| Repair and maintenance services | 50 | 24 | €6.1M |
| Office and computing equipment | 30 | 23 | €3.0M |
| Laboratory and precision equipment | 38 | 22 | €4.0M |
| Education and training | 80 | 16 | €1.6M |
| Architecture and engineering services | 71 | 15 | €788k |
| Transport equipment | 34 | 14 | €933k |
| Waste, cleaning and environmental services | 90 | 10 | €271k |
| Electrical equipment and lighting | 31 | 9 | €707k |
Award notices with a named winner, by the main CPV code; value = the total the notices state, in EUR at the notice date; framework agreements (a ceiling, not spend) and implausible values are left out.
Recent awards
| Published | Contract | Winners | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | NG-R2C - GC-Faster | THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE | €110k |
| 2026-10-22 | Penetration Testing | Prism Infosec Ltd | €191k |
| 2026-10-22 | Space Weather Reverence - Immersive data art installation | ONYVA STUDIO LTD | n/a |
| 2026-10-22 | Marine Systems Engineering Mooring Metal Works | Fender Care Limited | n/a |
| 2026-10-21 | Space Weather R2O Maintenance - Lancaster University | Lancaster University | n/a |
| 2026-10-21 | Lift Consultancy & Principle Designer | RAMBOLL UK LIMITED | n/a |
| 2026-10-20 | Digital Preservation and Archiving | Preservica Ltd | €61,633 |
| 2026-10-20 | Investigating the Value of Adding Diverse ML Models to the IMPROVER Blend | UNIVERSITY OF EXETER | €355k |
| 2026-10-20 | NG-LFRic Project: LFRic Modelling Code Computational Performance Optimisation and Input/Output API infrastruc… | The University of Edinburgh | €1.5M |
| 2026-10-19 | Scientific Journals | SPRINGER NATURE LIMITED | €40,160 |
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Sources: UK Contracts Finder, UK Find a Tender, read through their open-data feeds without logging in. Buyer = contracting authority as named on the notice; notices are grouped by the normalised name and country.
Source: Arcadium Data tenders database, 3,756,546 official public procurement notices from EU TED, UK Find a Tender, UK Contracts Finder and national procurement boards, read through their open-data services (no logins). Winners that could be a private person (sole traders) are withheld; buyers are public bodies. Data as of 2026-10-27.
Questions
How many public contracts has Met Office awarded?
Met Office published 499 contract award notices between 2025-02-24 and 2026-10-23; the 483 that state a value add up to €98.7M (official notices, as of 2026-10-27).
Who are Met Office's biggest suppliers?
By contract awards: COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED (17), UNIVERSITY OF EXETER (13) and COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED (9) (as of 2026-10-27). Winners that could be a private person are not named.
Which Met Office contracts end soon?
165 contracts awarded by Met Office end in the next 18 months. The soonest with a named holder is the business services contract held by MOON CONSULTING LIMITED, ending on 2026-10-30 (end date stated) (as of 2026-10-27).
Does Met Office have open tenders now?
Yes: 1 calls for tender from Met Office are open today (deadline 2026-10-27 or later) (as of 2026-10-27).
What does Met Office buy?
Most of Met Office's awards are in Software packages and information systems (CPV 48) (91), Research and development (CPV 73) (70) and IT services (CPV 72) (64) (as of 2026-10-27).
Cite as: Arcadium Data, "Met Office tenders and contracts: 499 awards, suppliers, contracts ending", https://arcadiumdata.io/tenders/buyers/met-office-gb/, data as of 2026-10-27.