Published date: 29 January 2018
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Contract summary
Industry
Laboratory building construction work - 45214610
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£80,000
Procurement reference
tender_154587/647657
Published date
29 January 2018
Closing date
14 February 2018
Contract start date
1 March 2018
Contract end date
28 February 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?
No
Description
We propose making the tall tower network at Bilsdale (BSD), Tacolneston (TAC) and Ridge Hill (RGL), greenhouse gas (GHG) 'super-sites' with state-of-the-art laser-based instruments, meteorological observations, and facilities to allow additional future NERC-funded, community-based research on site. High frequency in situ measurements currently provide a backbone for GHG research in the UK and these facilities need investment to ensure they can continue to support future research in the form of augmenting individual field campaigns, interpretation of data from upcoming satellite missions, and advancing our understanding of atmospheric transport and model/measurement uncertainties. The in situ UK BEIS funded network of tall towers (along with the Mace Head (MHD) baseline station in Ireland) underpins the UK GHG emissions reporting capability, and the measurement/modelling system in place is currently held as an example of this work for research groups around the world. This investment will maintain the UK's leading role in this area. Each of the tower sites currently house Picarro instrumentation for CO2, CH4, CO (TAC, BSD, RGL) measurements; GC-multiple detector equipment for SF6 and N2O (TAC, BSD, RGL, MHD), medusa GC-MS instruments for a wide range of GHGs and ozone depleting gases (TAC, MHD). The existing data are submitted regularly to the global EBAS, CDIAC and WDCGGs databases.
A portable building for use as a scientific laboratory at the UK DECC Network atmospheric observation sites would enhance the space available for GHG measurements and field campaigns. One (maybe two stacked) laboratories to be sited at Tacolneston, Norfolk; the one/two at Bilsdale, N. Yorkshire.
About the buyer
Contact name
Mark Holness
Address
1-9 Old Park Hill
Bristol
BS2 8BB
England
Telephone
0117 3317293
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