--- title: "Analysis of existing standards for installation and maintenance of river water quality monitoring equipment" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-7613cc97-1c3b-435d-96e8-ebf293154ebf" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-7613cc97-1c3b-435d-96e8-ebf293154ebf" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-7613cc97-1c3b-435d-96e8-ebf293154ebf.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-7613cc97-1c3b-435d-96e8-ebf293154ebf.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "DEFRA" published: "2023-03-30" --- # Analysis of existing standards for installation and maintenance of river water quality monitoring equipment Buyer: DEFRA Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7613cc97-1c3b-435d-96e8-ebf293154ebf [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-7613cc97-1c3b-435d-96e8-ebf293154ebf) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-7613cc97-1c3b-435d-96e8-ebf293154ebf.json) ## Summary The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has commissioned a tender for the analysis of existing standards for the installation and maintenance of river water quality monitoring equipment. This procurement falls under the Research and Development Consultancy Services category. The contract value is £40,418 GBP, with procurement being conducted through a selective process. The tender period ended on 23rd January 2023, and the contract period is from 7th February 2023 to 24th March 2023. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses, particularly those in the research and development consultancy services sector, to contribute to ensuring quality water monitoring standards. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are well-suited to compete. Defra has awarded the contract to Jacobs UK Ltd. The analysis and recommendations generated from this procurement will have a significant impact on maintaining water quality assurance standards, benefiting the environmental sector and public health. ## Notice Issue: In the Environment Act 2021, Government placed a legal requirement on sewerage undertakers to monitor the water quality impacts of their assets (storm overflows and wastewater treatment works discharges). We are in the process of bringing these duties into force. Without Government requiring some kind of assurance, it is likely that some water companies will install sub-standard monitoring equipment. Naturally this will lead to sub-standard data, which (at best) will lead to a national patchwork of data quality, or (at worst) could render the monitoring programme useless. The Environment Agency has advised they are not currently resourced in terms of capacity & specialist assurance capability to assure installation or data quality themselves. Government not requiring assurance potentially places the motoring programme at risk of failure. We therefore should require work be carried out to a specific delivery standard, with associated certification scheme(s) to deliver assurance on this standard being met correctly. However, there are a several different certification schemes suggested by industry as appropriate, including MCert, ISO, CEN or another (potentially as yet undesigned) bespoke standard. The EA have developed their own delivery standard which may act as a useful reference for a new bespoke standard for this programme. Per the below, neither Defra nor EA currently have the resource available or depth of technical expertise to assess which standard would both assure quality data and remain cost effective, or to build this into a coherent delivery package. Proposal: That Defra commissions an external partner agency, through an established framework, to research, assess and make a recommendation on the options for certification standards and assurance. These options include applying an existing standard, a bespoke standard (potentially to be designed by the external partner), or applying no certification standards for each part. The project should cover at least the following and the Tenderer is welcome to include other factors: a. Standards currently available or parameters for a bespoke approach; b. Minimum equipment standards; c. Installation standards; d. Acceptable down-time; e. Maintenance and calibration standards; f. Data validation standards (when can you exclude data and when can't you); and g. Models of implementing the standards (e.g- who runs it, and at what cost) These standards should be used to develop an overarching delivery framework which brings these standards together and recommend an assurance framework. Outputs: The Authority expects the contractor to produce a report with recommendations which comprehensively describe the benefits and drawbacks of any relevant accreditation scheme, or (if none are suitable) what a bespoke accreditation scheme would look like. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e5434eed-31b7-462b-b4cf-e91e7fac7ac2 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Framework | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | SME | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 30 Mar 2023 | | Submission deadline | 23 Jan 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 7 Feb 2023 | | Contract period | 7 Feb 2023 - 24 Mar 2023 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £40,418 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £40,418 | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEFRA | | Locality | BRISTOL | | Post town | Bristol | | Postcode | BS1 5AH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England | | ITL 3 | TLK51 Bristol, City of | | Local authority | Bristol, City of | | Electoral ward | Hotwells and Harbourside | | Westminster constituency | Bristol Central | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | JACOBS | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services ## Release History - 30 Mar 2023 at 07:42 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e5434eed-31b7-462b-b4cf-e91e7fac7ac2 - 29 Mar 2023 at 13:13 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9ad17659-cfe3-45e9-bc38-089318564999 - 29 Mar 2023 at 13:03 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/765569de-1882-435e-8887-5152bf5de2af ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e5434eed-31b7-462b-b4cf-e91e7fac7ac2 30th March 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9ad17659-cfe3-45e9-bc38-089318564999 29th March 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/765569de-1882-435e-8887-5152bf5de2af 29th March 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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