Contract

METPlus and VerPy Integration in CSET

  • Met Office

UK7: Contract details notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-015184

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05030f

Published 15 April 2025, 11:26am



Scope

Description

1) VerPy Implementation:

• Migrate sandbox apps for loading the output files from METPlus into a SQLite database.

• Create apps to aggregate results and produce standard graphs for visualisation.

2) Porting to Momentum partner sites:

• Communication with each site to organise logistics and times for implementation

• Initial work to create METPlus configuration files specific for each site, including local observations, to be done through a one-to-one week-long surgery via videoconfence in the site's local time.

• Support to optimise configurations and resolve problems afterwards can be done via email or via videoconference at times convenient to all relevant sites.

• Note that this task requires Partner sites to commit at least one week-person for the installation work and for the validation against existing objective verification systems.

3) Implement METPlus ensemble metrics:

• Create METPlus Ensemble-Stats configurations, and apps using those

• Create VerPy tasks to load the METPlus output and visualise the results

• Port apps to partnerships sites

4) Seamless integration in CSET workflow

• Create metadata to allow modify the configurations using the rose configuration editor.

• Explore requirements, particularly files, in common with the main CSET workflow and whether the commonalities can be exploited.

• Keep collaborating with main CSET development.


Contract 1

Supplier

Contract value

  • £91,000 excluding VAT
  • £109,200 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Date signed

28 March 2025

Contract dates

  • 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026
  • 1 year

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Contract locations

  • UKC - North East (England)
  • UKD - North West (England)
  • UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKH - East of England
  • UKI - London
  • UKJ - South East (England)
  • UKK - South West (England)

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - without competition


Supplier

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited

41 Market Place

Auckland Central 1010

1010

New Zealand

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1


Contracting authority

Met Office

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PVZW-3234-DTLY

Met Office

Exeter

EX1 3PB

United Kingdom

Region: UKK43 - Devon CC

Organisation type: Public authority - central government