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> The met has bid for the contract, and lost the bid. The BBC and the met have both independantly confirmed tha. Where does it say this, please? All the articl
by rlpb 11y ago
> The met has bid for the contract, and lost the bid. The BBC and the met have both independantly confirmed tha.
Where does it say this, please? All the articles I have found say that the contract will be put out to tender, but none actually say that the Met Office will be prevented from bidding.
- DanBC 11y agohttp://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2015/08/23/met-office-in-the-news-bbc-weather-contract/ http://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2015/08/23/met-office-in-the-ne... > You may have seen reports in the media today that the Met Office won’t be the BBCs main weather provider when the current contract ends. > Obviously everyone at the Met Office is disappointed that we won’t be supplying weather presenters and graphics to the BBC in the future. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34031785 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34031785 http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/23/met-office-loses-bbc-weather-forecasting-contract http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/23/met-office-lo... Someone from the Met Office was on a bunch of Radio Four news programmes (probably Today, World at One, PM) saying that they've lost the contract.
- rlpb 11y agoThat's fine, but where has anyone said that the Met Office can't bid in the upcoming tender? The Met Office blog post that you linked (thanks, I hadn't seen that) implies that they will no longer be providing services, but is this because they will decline to bid or because they are not permitted to bid?