- Scope of the procurement
- Lot 1. Joint Chair Services
- Lot 2. Hazard to decision making
- Lot 3. Research to Production
- Lot 4. Producing, Refining and Delivering data
- Lot 5. Seamless Environmental Prediction
- Lot 6. Next Generation Modelling Systems
- Lot 7. Fusing Simulation with Data Sciences
- Lot 8. The Path to High Resolution
- Lot 9. Producing and Exploiting Ensembles
- Lot 10. Capturing Environmental Complexity
- Lot 11. Technology Architecture and Innovation
- Lot 12. Advancing Observations
- Lot 13. Co-Sponsorship Agreements
Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Met Office
Fitzroy Road
Exeter
EX1 3PB
Contact
Mrs Mel Staton
Telephone
+44 1392885279
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local Agency/Office
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Weather and Climate Services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Met Office Academic Partnership Science Framework
Reference number
DN600943
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) is a cluster of research excellence bringing together the Met Office and leading UK Universities through a formal collaboration to advance the science and skill of weather and climate prediction.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £8,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Joint Chair Services
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73100000 - Research and experimental development services
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 73400000 - Research and Development services on security and defence materials
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
To foster the Partnership the Met Office invests in jointly funded chairs (‘MOAP Joint Chair Services’) with partner Universities. Up to 8 Universities will be awarded a place on Lot 1 to deliver Joint Chair Services.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Hazard to decision making
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73100000 - Research and experimental development services
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 73400000 - Research and Development services on security and defence materials
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Hazard to Decision Making Research and Innovation Theme Expand and improve our services for stakeholders’ risk-based decision making by working with users, social scientists, behavioural scientists, financial impact experts and engineers to gain an increased understanding of the impacts of hazards and to develop better impact based services.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Research to Production
Lot No
3
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73100000 - Research and experimental development services
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 73400000 - Research and Development services on security and defence materials
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Research to Production Theme Pull through developments in weather and climate research to improve our forecast systems, tailored to services in the forecasting timescales of primary interest to the Met Office and its customers.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Producing, Refining and Delivering data
Lot No
4
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73100000 - Research and experimental development services
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 73400000 - Research and Development services on security and defence materials
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Producing, Refining and Delivering data Theme Develop the Met Office supercomputing estate for operations and research, establish the technology and science needed to move, store and process our data, and design a flexible post-processing framework to turn predictions and observations into customer products.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Seamless Environmental Prediction
Lot No
5
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73100000 - Research and experimental development services
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 73400000 - Research and Development services on security and defence materials
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Seamless Environmental Prediction Theme Further develop our world-leading seamless environmental prediction capability, whereby a single model family is used in conjunction with observations and theory, to quantify weather hazards in the past, in present day climate and into the future across weather and climate timescales.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Next Generation Modelling Systems
Lot No
6
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73100000 - Research and experimental development services
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 73400000 - Research and Development services on security and defence materials
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Next Generation Modelling Systems Theme Revolutionise the Met Office’s complete weather and climate research and operational simulation systems so that the Met Office and its partners are ready to fully exploit future generations of supercomputer.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Fusing Simulation with Data Sciences
Lot No
7
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73100000 - Research and experimental development services
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 73400000 - Research and Development services on security and defence materials
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Fusing Simulation with Data Sciences Theme Use new and evolving data science methods such as artificial intelligence and machine learning and advanced data assimilation in order to remain at the cutting edge of weather and climate prediction and impact-based services.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
The Path to High Resolution
Lot No
8
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73100000 - Research and experimental development services
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 73400000 - Research and Development services on security and defence materials
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Path to High Resolution Theme In order to better predict hazards and extremes, develop the next generation of very high resolution global and regional environmental prediction systems, based on global convection-permitting atmosphere models coupled to eddy-resolving ocean models and eddy-permitting regional atmosphere models coupled to estuary-resolving shelf-seas models.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Producing and Exploiting Ensembles
Lot No
9
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73100000 - Research and experimental development services
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 73400000 - Research and Development services on security and defence materials
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
In order to include forecasts of uncertainty at the heart of our endeavour, develop ensemble based systems and exploit them for prediction across timescales, while developing new and novel uses of ensemble information for improved understanding of weather and climate.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Capturing Environmental Complexity
Lot No
10
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73100000 - Research and experimental development services
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 73400000 - Research and Development services on security and defence materials
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Capturing Environmental Complexity Theme In order to pioneer new and improved impact based forecast services and advice on global climate change mitigation, extend our environmental prediction capability with a focus on cities, air quality, the water cycle, and carbon and nitrogen cycles.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Technology Architecture and Innovation
Lot No
11
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73100000 - Research and experimental development services
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 73400000 - Research and Development services on security and defence materials
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Met Office is looking to develop a federated cloud data platform for Met Office and partner scientists and experts. This will mean developing appropriate standards for data and cloud service interoperability, enhancing opportunities for collaboration on weather and climate domain protocols, APIs, and architectures; and developing a high level platform service model for weather and climate domain users, such as supercomputing services, data/model cataloguing and discovery, adhoc query engines over massive data sets, cross platform data notification and pipelining from modelling through to data services.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Advancing Observations
Lot No
12
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73100000 - Research and experimental development services
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 73400000 - Research and Development services on security and defence materials
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Met Office is seeking a step change in its observational capability to deliver what is needed in the 2030s through realising the value of third party and opportunistic observations. This will mean enhancing benefits from underpinning reference and baseline observation networks; systemically enabling access to non traditional and third party observational data; identifying opportunities to assess low Technology Readiness Level observational opportunities for viability; and developing methodologies to exploit these data.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Co-Sponsorship Agreements
Lot No
13
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73100000 - Research and experimental development services
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 73400000 - Research and Development services on security and defence materials
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Co-Sponsorship Agreements may be available for up to 8 Universities (The same Universities who achieve a Joint Chair Services place on Lot 1). These agreements are approximately 10 in number per annum covering various jointly funded key personnel to support delivery of MOAP research projects.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2022/S 000-010397
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
DN600943 - MOAP Science Delivery Framework
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30 September 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 12
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 12
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TT
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
University of Bristol
Beacon House, Queens Road
Bristol
BS8 1QU
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
University of Edinburgh
Old College South Bridge , Eduinburgh
EH8 9YL
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
University of Exeter
Northcote House, the Queen’s Drive, Exeter, Devon
EX4 4QJ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
University of Leeds
Woodhouse Lane, Leeds
LS2 9JT
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
University of Oxford
University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford
OX1 2JD
tim.woollings@physics.ox.ac.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
University of Reading
Whiteknights PO Box 217 Reading Berkshire
RG6 6AH
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
University College London
Gower Street, London
WC1E 6BT
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £8,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Legal Services
Met Office Fitzeroy Road Exeter
EX1 3PB
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Met Office - Legal Services
Fitzeroy Road Exeter
EX1 3PB
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Review procedures advise provided by the Met Office Legal Team
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Met Office - Legal Services
Fitzeroy Road Exeter
EX1 3PB
Country
United Kingdom