Published date: 5 December 2023

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


Closing: 27 September 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Monitoring and control services - 71700000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£245,428 to £490,856

Procurement reference

CF-0196600D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

5 December 2023

Closing date

27 September 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 December 2023

Contract end date

30 April 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This is a service requirement for a programme of monitoring of radioactivity in airborne particulates, total deposition and rainwater. This monitoring programme was established by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) in the 1950s and has produced one of the World's longest running and most comprehensive data sets on atmospheric concentrations of artificial radionuclides. The programme was formed as part of the UK Government's arrangements for meeting its obligations under Article 35 of the Euratom Treaty to monitor radioactivity in air, soil and water. Since withdrawl from the Euratom Treaty the UK's position is that it will maintain standards of radioactivity monitoring, hence the programme is still required. The programme also provides information to be published in the Radioactivity in Food and the Environment report and provides supplementary data to the UK's Environment Agencies on the exposure of the public to radiation.

Contract Term
This is a 4 year and 6 month service contract with the option to extend twice for 2 years each, taking the total potential contract length to 8 years and 6 months. It covers sampling and analysis for calendar years (2024-2027 in the initial period and potentially to the end of 2031). The additional 6 months covers any handover at the beginning and the analysis and reporting that lags the sampling by 4 months.

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Award information

Awarded date

24 November 2023

Contract start date

1 December 2023

Contract end date

30 April 2028

Total value of contract

£490,856

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

UKHSA

Address

Harwell Campus
Didcot
OXON OX11 0RQ

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Nick Kynman

Address

17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
UK

Email

dgc.enquiries@defra.gov.uk