Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13b8f-8994-7399-a8ca-4c6e820ffc2b/met-office-academic-partnership-science-framework closed GB open procedure # Met Office Academic Partnership Science Framework [Met Office](https://tendernation.io/buyers/met-office) Estimated value £8,000,000 Published 21 Apr 2022 Deadline Closed 13 Jun 2022 ## Who can bid - Sets up a framework Winning a place does not guarantee work: contracts are awarded later as call-offs, and the list usually stays closed for years. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. ## About this tender The Met Office is inviting UK Universities to bid for a place on the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) Science Framework and become MOAP partners, in order to support delivery of the Met Office Research & Innovation Strategy. The following criteria must be met by UK organisations submitting a bid against this Call: • The organisation must be a registered UK HEI ([gov.uk](https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/recognised-bodies)) • The organisation must be highly rated for research in meteorology and atmospheric science (within the top 200 of the Shanghai ranking for Atmospheric Science: Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects). • A single bid per organisation is invited. All bids from an organisation will be rejected if more than one bid is received. Where a University is comprised of colleges or other subdivisions, for the purposes of this competition, these will be treated as the same organisation. The proposed Lot structure for the framework is as follows: 13 Lots in total covering Met Office Academic Partnership Services and Agreements, for up to 8 Universities covering: - 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 Each of the Lots numbered 2 to 12 may be represented by 1 or any number up to the maximum of up to 8 Universities. Lots 1 and 13 will be awarded to up to the same 8 potential Universities. A strategic overview, operational overview and Commercial overview can be found [metoffice.gov.uk](https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/collaboration/partnership). A copy of the Met Office Research and Innovation Strategy can be found: [metoffice.gov.uk](https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/research/r-i_strategy_full_version_sml.pdf) Read full description ## CPV classification Research and development services and related consultancy services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/28ee7186-7486-4f77-9440-e1b28fbded40) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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