Navigational and meteorological instruments tenders in the UK

We track 99 awarded navigational and meteorological instruments contracts (CPV 381*) in the UK. 7 of them have a published end date between 8 Jan 2027 and 8 Apr 2028. The median published award value is £90k, and half of awards fall between £32k and £274k (93 awards with a value). 31 award notices in this category did not publish an end date.

Ending in 3-18 months7

Open tenders2

Median award£90k

Contracts tracked99

Contracts ending soonest (7 of 7)

Contract	Buyer	Incumbent supplier(s)	Value	Ends	Region
Bilateral GLA Framework Agreement for Racon Beacons framework Contracts Finder · CPV 38115000	Northern Lighthouse Board	Sealite UK Ltd	£1.4m	12 Feb 2027 re-tender may already be under way	Scotland
Temperature control. Find a Tender · CPV 38126300	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	GREENWORKS CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS LIMITED	£23k	25 May 2027 re-tender likely from ~25 Nov 2026	East of England
Rutland County Council Weather Station and Data Collection and Management Service Contracts Finder · CPV 38127000	Rutland County Council	Vaisala Ltd	£68k	31 Aug 2027 re-tender likely from ~28 Feb 2027	East Midlands
Provision of Long-Range Doppler Velocity Logs (DVL) Find a Tender · CPV 38110000	National Oceanography Centre	NORTEK INSTRUMENTS LIMITED	£62k	27 Sep 2027 re-tender likely from ~27 Mar 2027	South East
118_25 Weather Forecasting Services framework · 3 suppliers Find a Tender · CPV 38120000	Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO	DTN EUROPE UK LTD, METDESK LIMITED, OpenWeather LTD	£30.0m	30 Sep 2027 re-tender likely from ~30 Mar 2027	UK-wide
704423453- Provision of GPS Trackers and Support for RNLA and CTCRM Contracts Finder · CPV 38112100	Ministry of Defence	IShelp.Co.UK Limited	£274k	31 Jan 2028 re-tender likely from ~31 Jul 2027	South East
Bureau and Maintenance Services for Roadside Weather Stations, used for Summer and Winter Forecasting - S493620 Find a Tender · CPV 38127000	Norfolk County Council	VAISALA LIMITED	£140k	31 Mar 2028 re-tender likely from ~30 Sep 2027	East of England

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Open tenders (2 of 2)

Opportunity	Buyer	Value	Deadline	Region
NSpOC: Sovereign Sensor - Active RF Radar Capability Find a Tender · CPV 38115100	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	£25.0m	15 Oct 2026, 12:00 UK time expression of interest	London
NEPO217 - Winter Bureau, Weather Forecasting & Outstation Maintenance Find a Tender · CPV 38127000	The Association of North East Councils Limited (NEPO)	£50.0m	4 Nov 2026, 12:00 UK time	UK-wide

All open tenders in this category

Expiring by quarter

Q1 2027 (1)Q2 2027 (1)Q3 2027 (3)Q1 2028 (2)

By region

Region	Contracts	Ending in window
South West	18	0
South East	15	2
East of England	13	2
Scotland	7	1
East Midlands	7	1
London	5	0
Yorkshire and the Humber	4	0
West Midlands	4	0
Wales	2	0
North West	2	0
Northern Ireland	1	0
North East	1	0

Top buyers

Buyer	Contracts	Value
Met Office	16	£6.7m
Ministry of Defence	14	£225.7m
UK Research & Innovation	10	£843k
National Oceanography Centre	4	£314k
Scottish Government	3	£530k
HISTORIC ENGLAND LIMITED	3	£139k
Northern Lighthouse Board	2	£2.8m
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory	2	£590k
Kent County Council	2	£560k
Derbyshire County Council	2	£359k

Most frequent incumbents

Supplier	Contracts	Value
Vaisala Ltd	15	£2.9m
VAISALA LIMITED	5	£680k
KOREC	3	£139k
METDESK LIMITED	2	£30.0m
Sealite UK Ltd	2	£2.8m
IShelp.Co.UK Limited	2	£548k
ECHOMASTER MARINE LTD	2	£432k
OCEANWISE LIMITED	2	£98k
Viasala Ltd	2	£77k
Totex Corporation	2	£54k

Sub-categories

Navigational instruments (74)Meteorological instruments (64)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder; updated every 2 hours. Where a notice doesn't publish a contract end date we show "end date not published" - we never guess.