Procedure
Procedure as published: Other - Open Procedure Framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Met Office · Central Government
- Suppliers
- Advai-Ltd SME, Aeris-UK Limited SME, AFRY Soulutions UK Ltd SME, The Alan Turing Institute, Aspinall Instruments SME, Assimila Limited, AtkinsRealis, Axion Solutions Ltd, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Limited, British Antarctic Survey, CACI Ltd, Cambridge University +31 more
- Value
- £57,000,000
- Procedure
- Other - Open Procedure Framework
- Sector
- Research & development · Research and experimental development services (CPV 73100000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Apr 2026
- Published7 Apr 2026Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
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 f…
About the suppliers
Advai-Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Aeris-UK Limited: every public contract they have won.
AFRY Soulutions UK Ltd: every public contract they have won.
The Alan Turing Institute: every public contract they have won.
Aspinall Instruments: every public contract they have won.
Assimila Limited: every public contract they have won.
AtkinsRealis: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00688424).
Axion Solutions Ltd: every public contract they have won.
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Limited: every public contract they have won.
British Antarctic Survey: every public contract they have won.
CACI Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01649776).
Cambridge University: every public contract they have won.
Cirrus Software Solutions: every public contract they have won.
CU Services Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Esri UK: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01288342).
Fraser-Nash Consultancy Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Fullwood Engineering Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Hitch Marketing Limited: every public contract they have won.
HR Wallingford: every public contract they have won.
Imperial College Projects Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09487272).
JBA Consulting: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03246693).
Lancaster University: every public contract they have won.
Menapia Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Montvieux Ltd: every public contract they have won.
National Oceanography Centre: every public contract they have won.
Northumbria University Business and Enterprise: every public contract they have won.
OpenWeather LTD: every public contract they have won.
Ove Arup and Partners Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01312453).
Sayers and Partners: every public contract they have won.
SLR Consulting Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03880506).
STFC Hartree Centre: every public contract they have won.
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory: every public contract they have won.
UCL Consultants Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03332258).
University of Birmingham: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company RC000645).
University of Exeter: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company RC000653).
The University Of Leeds: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company RC000658).
University of Plymouth: every public contract they have won.
University of Reading: every public contract they have won.
University of Southampton: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company RC000668).
University of Surrey: every public contract they have won.
VE3: every public contract they have won.
Voltitude Ltd: every public contract they have won.
WX Labs Ltd: every public contract they have won.