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Tender: Met Office FASTER Framework – Applied Weather & Climate Science, Technology and Engineering (up to £57M, up to 8 years)

Released 11 months ago

Won byAdvai-Ltd,Aeris-UK Limited,Aspinall Instruments,Fullwood Engineering Ltd,Imperial College Projects Limited,Menapia Ltd,National Oceanography Centre,STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,UCL Consultants,University of Birmingham,University of Exeter,University of Leeds,University of Reading,University of Southampton,University of Surrey,Voltitude Ltd,WX Labs Ltd,AtkinsRealis Limited,British Antarctic Survey,HR Wallingford,JBA Consulting,Lancaster University,Montvieux Ltd,Northumbria University Business and Enterprise,Ove Arup & Partners Ltd,Sayers and Partners,STFC Hartree Centre,The Alan Turing Institute,UCL Consultants,University of Plymouth,Axion Solutions Ltd,BAE Systems Applied Intelligence,CACI Ltd,Cambridge University,Cirrus Software Solutions,CU Services Ltd,ESRI (UK) Limited,Fraser-Nash Consultancy Ltd,OpenWeather LTD,VE3,Assimila Limited,SLR Consulting Ltd,AFRY Soulutions UK Ltd,Hitch Marketing Limited

Contract value£57.0M

Term8 yearsApr 2026 to Apr 2034

Awarded7 Apr 2026125 days after closing

With this buyerFirst contract1 contract in total

Closed03 Dec 2025

Est. valueEstimate£25K to £20.7M

LocationUnited Kingdom

AgencyMet Office

SourceFind a Tender

CategoryResearch & Development

Submissions closedClosed Wed, 3 Dec 2025

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Met Office is seeking suppliers for FASTER, an open Framework worth up to £57,000,000 (including VAT) to secure skills and capacity from industrial and academic institutions for the application of weather and climate science. The Framework will cover scientific techniques and technology solutions to explore real-world questions faced by customers and end users of weather and climate information and to develop mitigation approaches and prototype solutions. The Framework is planned to operate for up to 8 years, is open to new entrants within the first 3 years, and will be the principal mechanism for delivering Met Office requirements in applied science, technology and engineering.

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