Contract

Cylc Tranche 3

  • Met Office

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

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-068095

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05d327

Published 24 October 2025, 10:53am



Scope

Reference

DN790307

Description

ESNZ (formerly NIWA) leads the development of Cylc, the Workflow Engine that underpins research and operational systems across the Partnership - NIWA - Cylc Development.docx.

Recently the Cylc developer core team lost a significant fraction of the resource needed to continue the development of these plans and deliverables - 1.6 FTE across ESNZ and the Met Office.

Note ESNZ maintains a significant ongoing investment in Cylc development, funding someone at nearly full time on the project - which is our primary Momentum Partnership Leadership Activity.

This loss of resource is expected to impact several high priority efficiency issues in Cylc8.


Contract 1

Supplier

Contract value

  • £65,000 excluding VAT
  • £65,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Date signed

16 October 2025

Contract dates

  • 17 October 2025 to 31 March 2026
  • 5 months, 15 days

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 73300000 - Design and execution of research and development

Contract locations

  • NZ - New Zealand

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - without competition


Supplier

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

Auckland

New Zealand

0600-2699

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