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Met Office

Defra Climate Services Biodiversity - Forest Research

ValueValue not published
Awarded
Published27 May 2026
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
Forest Research

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
procurement.enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The brief

This work aims to meet Defra's government requirements to enhance the pest risk analyses and emergency outbreak management response work of the plant pest/pathogen risk experts in Defra.

The proposed work will focus on the influence of future climate changes on UK plant pest and/or pathogen risks.

It will integrate the most up-to-date climate monitoring and projection data with expertise on analysing and managing pest and pathogen risks to UK host plant species.

The work will also build on previous web tool and microclimate developments to deliver climate-pest/pathogen risk outputs on a user-friendly web tool that consider both the influence of future climate changes and microclimate characteristics on the locations and species most at risk.

The work progresses the long-term aim of this climate service to develop an integrated climate-plant pest risk system for the UK.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

It will integrate the most up-to-date climate

It will integrate the most up-to-date climate monitoring and projection data with expertise on analysing and managing pest and pathogen risks to UK host plant species.

02

The work will also build on previous

The work will also build on previous web tool and microclimate developments to deliver climate-pest/pathogen risk outputs on a user-friendly web tool that consider both the influence of future climate changes and microclimate characteristics on the locations and species most at risk.

03

The work progresses the long-term aim

The work progresses the long-term aim of this climate service to develop an integrated climate-plant pest risk system for the UK.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a5e5
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
049565-2026
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