Published date: 23 February 2017

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 25 November 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental services - 90700000

  • Environmental monitoring other than for construction - 90711500

  • Air quality management - 90731100

    • Air pollution monitoring or measurement services - 90731400

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£1,383,622

Procurement reference

tender_131304/568944

Published date

23 February 2017

Closing date

25 November 2016

Contract start date

1 January 2017

Contract end date

31 January 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Environment Agency on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Devolved Administrations is seeking to procure a service provider / service providers to manage and operate the UK Eutrophying and Acidifying Atmospheric Pollutants (UKEAP) Network.

Defra had previously let a contract for delivery of these Services which will expire 31st December 2016. This existing contract was novated to the Environment Agency to manage in April 2016 and the Environment Agency will be the named Authority for this tendered Contract.

The UKEAP network consists of four rural air pollution monitoring networks and operation of two UK European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) Supersites. The four networks are the;
• Precipitation Network (Precip-Net) measuring rain composition across the UK;
• National Ammonia Monitoring Network (NAMN), measuring ammonia concentrations across the UK;
• Acid Gas and Aerosol Network (AGANet), measuring acid gas concentrations and inorganic aerosol (~PM4) composition; and
• NO2-Net network, measuring indicative NO2 concentrations.

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

14 December 2016

Contract start date

1 January 2017

Contract end date

31 January 2019

Total value of contract

£1,383,622.58

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Natural Environment Research Council

Address

Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 1EU, UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

DEFRA
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Email

Network.Procurement@defra.gsi.gov.uk