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Profiling Floats for Ocean Data Collection

Met OfficecontractFind a Tender ↗Ref ocds-h6vhtk-059f75Procurement Act 2023SME suitablepending

Estimated value

—

Awarded value

£2.3m

Awarded 18 Dec 2025

Suppliers

4

4 SME

Lots

2

2 awarded

Published

18 Dec 2025

Description

The Met Office wishes to award a framework agreement to cover the following Lots: Lot 1 - Standard floats with Iridium communications Lot 2 - Iridium floats with bio-geochemical sensors

Scope

Reference
DN783668
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
27 Jan 2026 to 26 Jan 2029
Possible extension to 26 Jan 2030

Available option to extend for a further 12 month period up to a total framework duration of four (4) years.

CPV classifications
38120000
Contract locations
South West England, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Specification Question Responses—quality55.00%
Social Value—quality10.00%
Price—price35.00%

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details· 2 awards

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£2.2m

Award date

18 Dec 2025

Contract start

27 Jan 2026

Contract end

26 Jan 2029

Awarded to
NI
nke Instrumentation
SME
ST
SWALE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
CH 02500466
SME
NI
nke Instrumentation
SME
ST
SWALE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
CH 02500466
SME

Lots · 2 total

Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
1Standard floats with Iridium communications£1.9mcomplete
2Iridium floats with bio-geochemical sensors£10kcomplete