That'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 tha

That'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?