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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Telecomm Circuits (Falkland Islands)

Met Office · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 14:53.

Opportunity overview

Telecom circuits for the Falkland Islands (Mount Pleasant Airport, Mount Alice, Mount Bryon, and Mount Kent), eight welfare packages that are allocated to staff members, and a mobile/SIM package.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Sure South Atlantic Limited

No match
Published award value
£270k
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 14993
Location
Stanley, FK, FIQQ 1ZZ, Falkland Islands

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
MO924
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The circuits required are business critical and provide comms for onsite forecasters who provide expert meteorological advice to British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) in their mission to deter military aggression against the South Atlantic Islands to maintain UK sovereignty. The circuits at Mount Alice, Mount Byron and Mount Kent are required to transfer observations to The Meteorologist Observations Reporting Terminal (MORTy), the user interface used by Defence Meteorologists to view automated station observational data and is also used to create METARs. The contract is urgently needed to ensure continuity of service for the telecomms circuits. Currently, Sure South Atlantic Ltd have a contract to provide telecoms services in the Falklands until December 2027. At the initial time of drafting internal justification documents Sure South Atlantic Ltd are the only mature telecoms provider, with a proven track record of providing services to the Met Office, which can be deployed without significant delay. It is understood that another provider has been officially licensed to operate in the Falkland Islands as of November 2025 however any procurement, installation and commissioning would take at least twelve months. The only current feasible option is to renew the current circuit offerings through Sure South Atlantic Ltd. The Met Office intends to investigate the feasibility of Starlink or any other alternative solutions that become available during the term of the new contract.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
urgency

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PVZW-3234-DTLY
Name
Met Office

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKK43
Country
GB
Locality
Exeter
Postal Code
EX1 3PB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Met Office

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PVZW-3234-DTLY
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-14993
Name
Sure South Atlantic Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
FK
Country
FK
Locality
Stanley
Postal Code
FIQQ 1ZZ
Country Name
Falkland Islands
Street Address
Ross Road

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
large

Identifier

Id
14993
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
FK
Country
FK
Country Name
Falkland Islands

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
32500000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Telecommunications equipment and supplies

Value

Amount
270,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
324,000

Documents

Entry 1
Id
086483-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
30 Dec 2025, 15:36

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-14993
Name
Sure South Atlantic Limited

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
9 Jan 2026, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
8 Jan 2028, 23:59
Starts
9 Jan 2026, 00:00

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Exeter · UKK43 · EX1 3PB · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05fe4d-2025-12-30T15:36:36ZTransparency notice on Find a Tender ·