Compliance Reporting

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

This public procurement record has 5 releases in its history.

Award

19 May 2026 at 12:24

Award

17 Apr 2026 at 07:53

Tender

23 Jan 2026 at 13:28

PlanningUpdate

27 May 2025 at 09:22

Planning

27 May 2025 at 09:20

Summary of the contracting process

The contract titled "Compliance Reporting" has been awarded to Air Quality Consultants Ltd by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). This falls under the services sector, specifically in air quality management. The procurement was conducted via an open and competitive flexible procedure. The contract is centred around the UK’s statutory reporting against The Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010. The main office of the buying organisation is located in London, UK. The award date for this tender was 19th May 2026, with the contract set to commence from 14th May 2026 and end by 31st March 2028, with an optional one-year extension available.

This tender creates significant opportunities for businesses with expertise in environmental services and data management. Companies that specialise in managing complex datasets, air quality data, and providing robust data management solutions would find this contract particularly fitting. Medium to large enterprises possessing strong technical capabilities to meet the compliance and statutory reporting requirements could leverage this tender to expand their portfolio and secure long-term government contracts. The competitive nature of the tender, which involved three final stage bids, underscores the need for a well-prepared, high-quality bid from businesses aiming to participate in such opportunities.

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Notice Title

Compliance Reporting

Notice Description

This contract delivers the UK's statutory reporting against The Air Quality Standards Regulations (2010) and retained EU law. The UK is required to collect, manage, and report air quality data to demonstrate compliance with statutory limit values, target values, long term objectives and critical levels set for the protection of human health and ecosystems. This contract involves the coordination of air quality evidence (including measurements from the national monitoring networks and modelled data from Defra's model(s) (produced under The Modelling Ambient Air Quality (MAAQ) contract) into official dataflows for statutory reporting, accessible files for public consumption and into a formal annual compliance report.

Planning Information

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will be inviting proposals to provide the Management of ‘Air Quality’ Data and the Formal Reporting of Air Quality for the ‘Data Management and Compliance Reporting’ contract. This project will be split into two lots, the primary purpose of Lot 1 is to collect, process and store air quality monitoring data from the national monitoring networks, to aggregate this data and calculate statistics, and to make this data available to various parties. The purpose of Lot 2 is to deliver formal reporting against the Air Quality Standards Regulations (2010) and to produce accessible summaries and technical reports of compliance against UK limit values, target values and long-term objectives. This requires producing XML dataflows that adhere to a strict reporting schema. Data is also reported to the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme. A draft specification for this opportunity can be requested via email to dgc-laww-buyer@defra.gov.uk inbox by referencing this opportunity. Depending on interest received, Defra will hold an online Market Engagement Online Event on the week commencing 30th June 2025 to discuss any technical elements of this project. Please register your interest for this event no later than 20th June 2025. The Authority may contact you to confirm your interest and to discuss your capability to fulfil this requirement. In order to understand the markets appetite and ability to resource and bid for this work, we are requesting you respond to this notice to confirm if you are interested in bidding for this work and that you can meet the requirements outlined above. Please confirm your interest in bidding for this opportunity and/or attending the Market Engagement Online Event by emailing dgc-laww-buyer@defra.gov.uk no later than 3pm on 20th June 2025. It should also be noted that this notice invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this exercise only. It is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process, and is NOT a call for competition.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0526a7
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045724-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services


CPV Codes

90731100 - Air quality management

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£236,317 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
£236,317 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 May 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
20 Feb 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
20 Jun 2025Expired
Award Date
12 Apr 20262 months ago
Contract Period
13 May 2026 - 31 Mar 2028 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active, Pending
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Additional Buyers

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

AIR QUALITY CONSULTANTS

Further Information

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