Published date: 6 February 2018

This notice was replaced on 14 May 2019

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Awarded contract (published 14 May 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Natural resources management or conservation strategy planning services - 90712400

  • Environmental quality control services - 90714500

  • Pollution investigation services - 90715000

    • Air quality management - 90731100

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_163812/649670

Published date

6 February 2018

Closing date

2 March 2018

Contract start date

2 April 2018

Contract end date

1 April 2020

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 UK has recently adopted ambitious targets to reduce emissions of five damaging air pollutants (ammonia, nitrogen oxides, non-methane volatile organic compounds, fine particulate matter and sulphur dioxide) by 2020 and 2030; aiming to cut early deaths from air pollution by half. The Government is developing a new Clean Air Strategy, setting out a work plan towards these goals, for consultation in 2018.

The new reduction targets support the objectives of the international Gothenburg Protocol and the revised National Emission Ceilings Directive (NECD; (EU) 2016/2284). The Clean Air Strategy will inform the development of the UK National Air Pollution Control Programme (NAPCP, Article 6 of the NECD), which will lay out the detail of how the UK will meet legally binding emission targets for each pollutant. The NAPCP will be established in 2019.

The aim of this framework agreement is to establish a network of suppliers for the provision of evidence to inform the development and impact assessment of a range of policies and measures in support of the Clean Air Strategy and the NAPCP. The work will be managed on a 'call-off' basis, agreeing specific work items, costs and timescales as needs arise.

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About the buyer

Address

DEFRA
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Telephone

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Email

Network.Procurement@defra.gsi.gov.uk