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ClosedStage · preprocurement

Met Office

Pre-Procurement Early Market Engagement for Met Office Meteorological Balloon and Parachute Tender 2023

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000 38100000 38120000
Value£900k
Deadline15 Aug 2023
Published15 May 2023
RegionLondon
Timeline
Published 15 May 2023ClosedCloses 15 Aug 2023
Contract value in context
£900ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£972k

This is a large award for Laboratory & Precision Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The Met Office wishes to explore the route to market and undertake early market engagement with potential suppliers who could provide meteorological weather balloons and parachutes suitable for use with helium and hydrogen lifting gases.

The deadline for submitting your proposal is 12 noon on 09/06/2023 via the ProContract eTendering portal.

Providers with specific experience of providing such goods are invited to express their interest by contacting may.lee@metoffice.gov.uk where upon details of the opportunity to engage in further discussions will be provided.

Alternatively, you can access the early market engagement document by following this link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Register and search for project reference DN670105 for more information.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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The Met Office wishes to explore

The Met Office wishes to explore the route to market and undertake early market engagement with potential suppliers who could provide meteorological weather balloons and parachutes suitable for use with helium and hydrogen lifting gases.

02

Providers with specific experience of providing such

Providers with specific experience of providing such goods are invited to express their interest by contacting may.lee@metoffice.gov.uk where upon details of the opportunity to engage in further discussions will be provided.

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Source & provenance
OCID
38b3849a-83b7-45a3-9796-9101de38f578
Stage
preprocurement · Closed
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
METOFC001-DN670105-38597813
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