Met Office Academic Partnership Science Delivery Framework which includes Joint Chair Services for up to 8 Universities, Co-Sponsorship Agreements and Science Delivery Services Contracts for those Universities covering 11 research and innovation themes

13 Lots in total covering Met Office Academic Partnership Services and Agreements, for up to 8 Universities covering: Lot 1 - Joint Chair Services - estimated annual spend up to £400,000 These are the Research and Innovation theme Lots - exact spend per Lot is an unknown, however spend per annum on contracts for services covering Lots 2 to 12 based on previous spend trends is approximately £1m in total. Lot 2 - Hazard to Decision Making Lot 3 - Research to Production Lot 4 - Producing, Refining and Delivering data Lot 5 - Seamless Environmental Prediction Lot 6 - Next Generation Modelling Systems Lot 7 - Fusing Simulation with Data Sciences Lot 8 - The Path to High Resolution Lot 9 - Producing and Exploiting Ensembles Lot 10 - Capturing Environmental Complexity Lot 11 - Technology Architecture and Innovation Lot 12 - Advancing Observations Lot 13 - Co-Sponsorship Agreements approximate spend per annum is £500,000 All Lots will be covered by up to 8 Universities. Each of the Lots numbered 2 to 12 may be represented by 1 or any number up to the maximum of up to 8 Universities. Lots 1 and 13 will be awarded to up to the same 8 potential Universities A strategic overview, operational overview and Commercial overview can be found https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/collaboration/partnership The Bid documents will be available mid April 2022 when the contract notice goes live. Please register your interest on the ProContract Portal against the Project. A copy of the Met Office Research and Innovation Strategy can be found: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/research/r-istrategyfullversionsml.pdf