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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.
| Supplier | Identifier | Award Value | Cross-References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advai-Ltd | 12540124 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| Aeris-UK Limited | 14404427 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| AFRY Soulutions UK Ltd | - | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| Aspinall Instruments | - | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| Assimila Limited | 05967399 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| AtkinsRealis Limited | - | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| Axion Solutions Ltd | 15823734 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| BAE Systems Applied Intelligence | 01337451 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | LOBBYIST Policy Connect Limited (18 quarters) FGS Global (UK) Limited (1 quarter) FTI Consulting LLP (1 quarter) |
| British Antarctic Survey | - | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| CACI Ltd | 01649776 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | LOBBYIST Inline Policy Limited (5 quarters) |
| Cambridge University | - | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| Cirrus Software Solutions | 14137781 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| CU Services Ltd | 06641089 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | LOBBYIST Policy Connect Limited (19 quarters) Images&Co Ltd (1 quarter) |
| ESRI (UK) Limited | 01288342 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| Fraser-Nash Consultancy Ltd | - | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| Fullwood Engineering Ltd | - | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| Hitch Marketing Limited | 07839215 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| HR Wallingford | 02562099 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| Imperial College Projects Limited | 09487272 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| JBA Consulting | 11306332 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| Lancaster University | RC000657 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| Menapia Ltd | 12621702 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| Montvieux Ltd | 06444463 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| National Oceanography Centre | Charity Commission: 1185265 Companies House: 11444362 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | LOBBYIST Tendo Consulting Limited (3 quarters) Luther Pendragon Limited (2 quarters) |
| Northumbria University Business and Enterprise | - | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| OpenWeather LTD | 11047846 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| Ove Arup & Partners Ltd | 01312453 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | LOBBYIST iNHouse Communications Limited (6 quarters) 5654 & Company Limited (1 quarter) FORMER MP Caroline Flint— Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (former) |
| Sayers and Partners | OC356347 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| SLR Consulting Ltd | 03880506 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| STFC Hartree Centre | - | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory | - | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| The Alan Turing Institute | Charity Commission: 1162533 Companies House: 09512457 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| UCL Consultants | 03332258 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| University of Birmingham | RC000645 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| University of Exeter | RC000653 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | LOBBYIST Policy Connect Limited (1 quarter) |
| University of Leeds | RC000658 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | LOBBYIST Policy Connect Limited (8 quarters) Pagefield Communications Limited (6 quarters) MP LINK Sir Alec Shelbrooke— Employment and earnings |
| University of Plymouth | - | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| University of Reading | RC000665 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | LOBBYIST Crowne Associates Ltd (1 quarter) Curtin Communications Ltd (1 quarter) |
| University of Southampton | RC000668 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| University of Surrey | RC000671 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| VE3 | - | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| Voltitude Ltd | 12889188 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
| WX Labs Ltd | 16487310 | ~£57,000,000 estimated from lot values | - |
Government spending data: These suppliers have received £2,445,044,918 in 21,410 payments (over £25k) from Department for Transport, Home Office, DEFRA, Department for Education, Ministry of Defence and 83 more public bodies (2010-04-20 to 2026-08-11).