Published date: 25 October 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 18 November 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Airborne particle monitoring - 90731800

Location of contract

SW1P 3JR

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

CF-0009600D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

25 October 2022

Closing date

18 November 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

2 December 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Emissions of particulates from industrial plant, such as energy from waste plant have attracted growing attention in recent years. There has been increasing focus on fine particulate, which is classified as <2.5 micrometres in diameter.
Sophisticated monitoring equipment is available to measure total particulate emissions in stack gas emissions, however limitations with the gravimetric standard reference method means there is limited data on the size distributions of particles emitted, particularly where particulate concentrations are low .
Whilst conservative assumptions are built into reporting fine particle emissions this may exaggerate emissions of fine particulate matter associated with industrial emissions, particularly from the combustion of clean fuel sources such as natural gas.
The Environment Agency (EA) would like to explore the advancements in particulate matter monitoring to improve available data on fine particulate emissions from regulated source to inform future monitoring approaches.

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About the buyer

Contact name

DGCEnquiries

Address

17 Smith Square, Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
GB

Email

DGCEnquiries@defra.gov.uk