AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
The Met Office awarded Amazon FACE - Water Cycle (WP3) to UNIVERSITY OF EXETER for research services supporting field data collection, water-budget datasets and model-ready outputs for AmazonFACE and the Met Office. The contract is recorded as signed and active from 24 July 2026 to 31 March 2027.
Published outcomeOne active award and contract are recorded for UNIVERSITY OF EXETER under a below-threshold framework award.
Market significanceThis is a £104,475.52 net research-services engagement supporting tropical forest water-cycle monitoring and land-surface modelling.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 104475.52 GBP · Active award; active contract
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Award 1 names UNIVERSITY OF EXETER as supplier; the supplier identity is verified by GB-COH number RC000653. The associated contract value is GBP 104,475.52 net.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceComplete
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The tender and lot are marked "complete" in the source data.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 is marked "active".
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 is marked "active".
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned 24 July 2026
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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-07-24.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value, excluding VAT
99% confidence£104,475.52
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Contract 1 value.amount is 104475.52 GBP.
Contract value, including VAT
99% confidence£125,370.62
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 125370.62 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award decision date
95% confidence29 June 2026
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Award 1 records award_date as 2026-06-29.
Contract signed
99% confidence24 July 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-07-24.
Contract start
99% confidence24 July 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-07-24.
Contract end
99% confidence31 March 2027
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2027-03-31.
Latest notice publication
99% confidence12 October 2026
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The contract details notice was published on 2026-10-12.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Procurement title
99% confidenceAmazon FACE - Water Cycle (WP3)
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Tender and contract title.
Service category
99% confidenceResearch services (CPV 73110000)
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Award item additional classification is CPV 73110000, Research services.
Workscope
97% confidenceField data collection; sap-flow and soil-moisture processing; plot-level water budgets; trait-based datasets; and model-ready outputs for AmazonFACE and Met Office land-surface modelling.
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Tender description.
Delivery geography
90% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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The award item gives a UK delivery address region.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceSelective
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Tender procurementMethod is "selective".
Award route
99% confidenceBelow-threshold award under framework
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states "Below threshold - award under framework"; the related framework process is ocds-h6vhtk-050b9a.
Competition indicator
99% confidenceNot competitive
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Tender competitive field is false.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence24 July 2026 to 31 March 2027
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Contract period startDate and endDate.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract aboveThreshold is false.
Lot coverage
99% confidenceLot 1
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Award 1 and contract 1 are associated with lot 1.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Continuity requirement
97% confidenceThe requirement continues an existing activity and requires access to prior datasets, established protocols and calibrated instrumentation.
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Tender description.
Supplier opportunity signal
82% confidenceFuture comparable requirements may favour suppliers able to provide established environmental monitoring capability, continuity of datasets and integration with land-surface modelling workflows.
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This observation is based on the stated continuity, instrumentation, dataset and modelling requirements; it does not assert the reason for the award.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
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Lot record contains no title, description or value.
Evaluation transparency
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: bidder count, evaluation criteria, scores, pricing breakdown and award rationale.
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No such fields are present in the supplied source data.
Extension terms
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No extension or renewal terms are present in the contract data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bidder count, evaluation criteria, scores, pricing breakdown and award rationale.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: extension or renewal terms.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Amazon FACEWater Cycle WP3Met OfficeUNIVERSITY OF EXETERresearch servicesAmazonFACEJULES
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Amazon FACE - Water Cycle (WP3) contract?
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, verified under company number RC000653, is the named supplier for award 1.
What is the contract value?
The contract value is £104,475.52 excluding VAT and £125,370.62 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
The contract is recorded as signed and active from 24 July 2026 to 31 March 2027.
How was the contract awarded?
The notice describes a selective, below-threshold award under a framework and marks the procurement as not competitive.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.