Published date: 8 December 2022
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Data services - 72300000
Location of contract
United Kingdom
Value of contract
£46,995
Procurement reference
ENV6005704R
Published date
8 December 2022
Closing date
9 July 2022
Closing time
5pm
Contract start date
18 July 2022
Contract end date
10 February 2023
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Competitive quotation (below threshold)
The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.
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
"According to Article 60 of the UK REACH legislation, authorisation of a chemical determined to be a Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) as a result of environmental endocrine disruption (ED) can be granted in two ways: based on environmental emissions below an acceptable concentration or due to socio-economic need. To date, authorisations granted under EU REACH for SVHCs due to environmental ED have only been on socio-economic grounds.
A SETAC Pellston workshop on Ecotoxicological Hazard and Risk Assessment Approaches for Endocrine-Active Substances held in 2016 concluded that a predicted no effect concentration (PNEC) can be determined for ED provided that sufficient data are available, and therefore a risk assessment can be performed. To inform our future work on UK REACH authorisations, we would like a contractor to explore how "sufficient data" might be assessed or managed in relation to new Applications for Authorisation (AfAs) for substances concluded to be SVHC due to environmental ED. This will also be useful for restriction work.
The Environment Agency expects AfAs for nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEO) and octylphenol ethoxylates (OPEO) to be received by the UK Chemicals Agency in the future. Due to this, there is a related need to have up to date environmental ED datasets for these substances to allow the Environment Agency to assess the applications and set any conditions if the AfA is granted.
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Award information
Awarded date
14 July 2022
Contract start date
18 July 2022
Contract end date
10 February 2023
Total value of contract
£46,995
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
WCA Environment Ltd
Address
Brunel House
Volunteer Way
Farringdon
SN7 7YRReference
Companies House number: 5451320
Value of contract
£46,995
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Estelle Nma
Address
Environment Agency
Trentside Office, Lady Bay Bridge
West Bridgford
NG2 5FA
England
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