01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Met Office
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 12 November 2025
Description
The Met Office awarded a single‑supplier framework agreement for the co‑design, co‑development and co‑delivery of the Foundation Operational Meteorology Programme (FOMP). The framework will provide a transformed foundational learning and development programme for early‑career Operational Meteorologists, combining modern theoretical content with practical, on‑the‑job experience and supporting continuous professional development. The framework will run for 4 years, with a value of £5 million (excl. VAT). Services will be delivered under flexible call‑off arrangements to allow adaptation to evolving training needs.
This page represents one OCDS contracting process. Notices can be revised over time. Values may be estimates, award values or contract values and should be read with their displayed stage and date.
02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
DN776644 - Foundation Operational Meteorology Programme (FOMP) - Framework for Foundational learning and development
- Awarded
- 15 December 2025
- Award value
- £5,000,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 20 January 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Met Office
Met Office, Exeter, UKK43, EX1 3PB, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PVZW-3234-DTLYCSA (SERVICES) LTD
2 Esh Plaza, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UKC22, NE13 9BA, United Kingdom
Companies House 05055685 →UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH ENTERPRISE LIMITED
University Of Plymouth, 17a Portland Villas, Plymouth, UKK41, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom
Companies House 03707827 →UNIVERSITY OF READING
Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, UKJ11, RG6 6AH, United Kingdom
Companies House RC000665 →Companies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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