Published date: 15 October 2021

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


Closing: 18 December 2020, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research laboratory services - 73111000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_285065/1005746

Published date

15 October 2021

Closing date

18 December 2020

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

30 September 2021

Contract end date

31 December 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This contract will conduct analysis of the plastic cables of fairy / string lighting for the presence of short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) and medium chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs).

SCCPs are restricted under the EU POPs Regulation. The purpose of the analysis is to monitor compliance with the restriction. Headphones placed on the market in the UK (and wider EU) have recently been found by other countries to contain non-compliant levels of SCCPs. SCCPs are also a Priority Hazardous Substance under the Water Framework Directive.

The plastic cables will also be analysed for MCCPs. In 2019, the REACH Substance Evaluation of MCCPs concluded they met the PBT and vPvB criteria. This conclusion will ultimately lead to the inclusion of MCCPs on the REACH Candidate List and a POP nomination to the UN Stockholm Convention. In the current climate of a circular economy where increased volumes of materials containing these materials are likely to be re-used, quantitative analysis would improve data that could be used in the risk management of these substances.

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Award information

Awarded date

30 September 2021

Contract start date

30 September 2021

Contract end date

31 December 2021

Total value of contract

£15,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

SGS UK Limited

Address

Units 41 & 43 The Listerhills Park of Science and Commerce, Bradford, BD7 1HR

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

XX

Address

17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Telephone

+443001234500

Email

procurement@defra.gov.uk