AwardedAwarded 9 October 2026
Space Weather R20 Maintenance - University of Birmingham
Met Office · Central government
In brief
Met Office awarded research work to The University of Birmingham on 9 October 2026.
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What the notice says
Ongoing delivery of the Advanced Ensemble Networked Environment Assimilative System (AENEAS) model input datasets
Integration of ODRAM version 2.2
Orbit Propagator to be supplied
Improvements to AENEAS "health" routines
Support for PS48 implementation issues
Validation and verification
Exploratory work on the assimilation of thermospheric densities into AENEAS
Customer engagement activity requirements
Who won
| Winner | Value | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| The University of Birmingham | £251,295 | Awarded 9 October 2026 |
Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.
Timeline
- Contract award notice · UK6, notice 095481-2026
Last time this was bought
R2O Maintenance - University of Surrey
- Awarded
- 12 August 2026
- Value
- £249,908
- Contract ends
- 31 March 2027
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From notice 095481-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 9 October 2026. We last checked for changes on 9 October 2026.