Provision of Data Handling and Management Services at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Automatic Monitoring Sites (KC1, KC2, KC3, KC4 and KC5) and Local Site Operation at North Kensington (KC1) Monitoring Station

Published date: 7 May 2024

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.

Closing: 31 May 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

Air quality management - 90731100

Location of contract

W8 7NX

Value of contract

£45,982.80

Procurement reference

tender_435808/1351173

Published date

7 May 2024

Closing date

31 May 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 July 2024

Contract end date

1 June 2027

Contract type

Service contract

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

The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (RBKC) is inviting tenders from sufficiently experienced and qualified contractors for the provision of data management services to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea air quality automatic monitoring sites (KC1, KC2, KC3, KC4 and KC5).

The contract will be established for a duration of 36 months. The delivery of the contract is anticipated to begin on 01/07/2024.

The objectives of this contract are:

-Collecting data via modem from instruments at a frequency of no less than hourly.
-Carrying out regular automatic and daily manual validation checks (by trained analyst) to ensure the validity of the data 365 (5 days per week manual checking).
-Scaling data to take into account calibration information / tests undertaken by the Local Site Operator (LSO), conforming to the requirements of the AURN / LAQN as appropriate, for the dissemination of data.
-Validating and ratify all data (QA / QC) every three months, taking into account service records / calibration records and audit results.
-Storing all continuous data as 15 minutes averages in a suitable database and ensure data is held on a secure system and backed up.
-Ensuring valid data collection reaches a minimum of 90% in one year.
-Screening the instrumentation for faults, temperature deviations outside normally operating, conditions and report immediately any faults and deviations to the DMU, ESU and the Council.

To Apply

The full tender pack, including the specification of requirements and contract terms and conditions can be downloaded from the e-tendering portal. Please search for reference prj_RBKC_23851

Registration on the portal is necessary to be able to download the documents. Guidance about how to access the tender documents can be found on the RBKC Procurement website.

Tender submissions must be submitted via the portal. The deadline for submitting a tender response for this opportunity is midday on 31/05/2024.

Please submit any clarification questions relating to this tender via the message board on the portal. The deadline for clarification questions for this opportunity is midday on 24/05/2024.

More information

Links

www.capitalesourcing.com
Link to the RBKC eTendering Portal.

https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/business-and-enterprise/business-opportunities-and-procurement/procurement-borough
Guidance on how to use the eTendering Portal.

How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

About the buyer

Address

Town Hall, 8 Hornton Street
Hornton Street London
W8 7NX
England

Email

procurement@rbkc.gov.uk