Notice Information
Notice Title
Supply of Gases to the Air Quality Monitoring Network
Notice Description
The Environment Agency (EA) requires the supply of gas cylinders to a number of Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN) air quality monitoring sites distributed across the UK to enable analysis of air pollution. The current number of AURN sites requiring the supply of gases is around 160. There will be an additional 104 PM2.5 sites delivered through the PM2.5 expansion over the next 3 years, however, only 89 of these are completely new sites. Also not all of the 89 sites will require gases, only those that have other analysers installed. <br/><br/>The Agency also requires the supply of calibration and zero gas cylinders to meet its operational and quality needs. as well as a supply of UKAS or equivalent ISO 17025 certified cylinders
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Environment Agency (EA) requires the supply of gas cylinders to a number of Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN) air quality monitoring sites distributed across the UK to enable analysis of air pollution. The current number of AURN sites requiring the supply of gases is around 160. There will be an additional 104 PM2.5 sites delivered through the PM2.5 expansion over the next 3 years, however, only 89 of these are completely new sites. Also not all of the 89 sites will require gases, only those that have other analysers installed.
The Agency also requires the supply of calibration and zero gas cylinders to meet its operational and quality needs as well as a supply of UKAS or equivalent ISO 17025 certified cylinders.
The volume of gas usage provided in the Specification are estimates and can not be guaranteed.
The scope of requirement is as follows:
- the supply of zero gases
- the supply of span gases (NO, NO2, SO2 and CO) to
the standard stated in the Specification.
- the supply of span gases with ISO17025 accreditation and their accreditation certificates as outlined in the specification.
- the supply of H2S (ISO17025 accredited and non-accredited) and ISO17025 accredited Methane / Propane gases.
- a delivery network that is able to reach all of the United Kingdom including Northern Ireland.
- a digital tracking and invoicing system to ensure gases returned after rental over a number of years are managed through a reliable accounting system.
The contract period is for an initial term of four (4) years from 1st September 2024 to 31st August 2028, with the option to extend up to twenty-four (24) months . Additional information: The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Any questions, requests to participate or tender submissions must be submitted electronically via this portal.
If you need technical help with the Atamis system, either when registering, or when completing a tender, please contact the Atamis support team e-mail Support@Atamis.co.uk or phone Tel: 029 2279 0052.
Options: May be extended for additional periods up to a maximum period of two (2) years bringing the total contract period to six (6) years.
Note that the estimated contract value in Sections II.1.5 and II.2.6 is the estimated value for both the initial contract period and the extension period.
The Authority is not obligated to extend the contract after the initial four (4) years.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-044e38
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010285-2024
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
24 - Chemical products
44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
-
- CPV Codes
24100000 - Gases
24110000 - Industrial gases
44612100 - Gas cylinders
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £970,600 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £970,600 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 28 Mar 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 10 May 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2024 - 31 Aug 2028 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Likely to be 12 months before the extension term expires which is 31/08/2029
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL)
- Contact Name
- DGCEnquiries@defra.gov.uk
- Contact Email
- dgcenquiries@defra.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 4DF
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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