Research and development contracts expiring in South West England: 97 worth £31m
Public sector research and development contracts held by buyers in South West England that have a published end date. Approach the buyer while the incumbent still holds it, rather than meeting the work for the first time when it goes out to tender.
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What this market looks like
97 research and development contracts in South West England carry a published end date, worth £31m between them. They are held across 26 buyers, and the typical one is worth £52k.
72 of them expire within twelve months, and 20 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 74% of this market back in play inside a year.
95 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 9% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.
1 is a framework rather than a single contract, so part of this market is reached by getting onto a supplier list first and competing for call-offs afterwards.
The most active buyers are Met Office (39), UK Research and Innovation (10), Historic England (8).
The contracts here are most often held by UNIVERSITY OF EXETER (4), THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (3), National Oceanography Centre (3).
| Contract | Buyer | Value | Expires | Incumbent | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integration and Maintenance of Air‑Gapped Devices South West England | Ministry of Defence | £3.7m | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| PS25322 - RICHeS Heritage and Conservation Science Labour Survey South West England | UKRI | £94k | 28 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| CETUS Trials and Evaluation South West England | Submarine Delivery Agency | £6.7m | 01 May 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Mid Devon Housing and Economic Needs Assessment South West England | Mid Devon District Council | £60k | 28 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| DNP0030-26 Provision of Blended Finance Plan and Business Model for Walkham Valley Landscape Recovery Project South West England | Dartmoor National Park Authority | £54k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Space Weather R20 Maintenance - University of Birmingham South West England | Met Office | £251k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| R2O Maintenance - University of Surrey South West England | Met Office | £250k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Space Weather R2O Maintenance - BGS (UKRI) South West England | Met Office | £242k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Knowing the Heritage Sector Phase 4 - catalogue of heritage enterprises in England - UID 148 South West England | Historic England | £230k | 27 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UKRI-6022-British Standards OnLine (BSOL) South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £220k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| ITT - Stakeholder Research - UID 310 South West England | Historic England | £226k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UOE/2024/003/JU South West England | University of Exeter | £323k incl. VAT | 15 Nov 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Amazon FACE - Water Cycle (WP3) South West England | Met Office | £104k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Visualisation Prototypes - ARCTIC Programme South West England | Met Office | £173k | 30 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| 1 South West England | Met Office | £99k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Space Weather R2O Maintenance - University of Reading South West England | Met Office | £165k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| NG-R2C - GC-Faster South West England | Met Office | £92k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UKCI Wave Modelling South West England | Met Office | £138k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Space Weather R2O Maintenance - University of Aberystwyth South West England | Met Office | £78k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| DNO/493 - Labour Market Intelligence South West England | Ministry of Defence | £1.2m | 31 Mar 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| UK7 - Contract Details Notice South West England | Defence Equipment and Support | £98k | 31 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Socio-Economic Benefit analysis - WISER South West England | Met Office | £68k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Scalable Climate Services South West England | Met Office | £64k | 13 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Platelet SBRI Evaluation South West England | UNIVERSITY OF EXETER | £96k | 09 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Joint Chair Services FY2627 South West England | Met Office | £50k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Joint Chair Services FY2627 South West England | Met Office | £50k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Joint Chair Services FY2627 South West England | Met Office | £50k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| MOAP Joint Chair Services FY2627 South West England | Met Office | £50k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Joint Chair Services FY2627 South West England | Met Office | £50k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| ITT - National Blue Plaques: Community Research Partner (North East, Yorkshire and North West) (UID 176) South West England | Historic England | £40k | 31 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Joint Chair Service FY2627 South West England | Met Office | £48k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| WISER Applied Science TAP Co-Sponsorship South West England | Met Office | £47k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Joint Chair Services FY2627 South West England | Met Office | £46k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Space Weather R2O Maintenance - University of Aberystwyth South West England | Met Office | £78k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Joint Chair Services FY2627 South West England | Met Office | £44k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Engagement and Research Consultancy Services South West England | South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust | £42k | 17 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UKRI-6015 - DHSC funded IUK UK Vaccine Network South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £56k | 31 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Environmental research services South West England | UNIVERSITY OF EXETER | £54k | 31 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| STF JULES Code Migration South West England | Met Office | £41k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Climate for Agri-Food Sector South West England | Met Office | £70k | 30 Nov 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
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The full list, the named incumbent on every line and the computed re-tender window are on the expiry radar.
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Regions come from the buyer's published NUTS code, which is the location of the buying authority rather than always the place the work happens. Contract end dates are published by buyers on contract details notices. Re-tender windows are computed estimates, not announcements.