---
title: "Compliance Reporting"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0526a7"
canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0526a7"
markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0526a7.md"
json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0526a7.json"
source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS"
published: "2026-05-19"
---

# Compliance Reporting

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0526a7

[View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0526a7)  
[Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0526a7.json)

## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045724-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 May 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 20 Feb 2026 |
| Future notice date | 20 Jun 2025 |
| Award date | 12 Apr 2026 |
| Contract period | 13 May 2026 - 31 Mar 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £236,317 |
| Contracts value | £236,317 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active, Pending |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS |
| Additional buyers | DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 4DF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | AIR QUALITY CONSULTANTS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### Codes

- 90731100 - Air quality management

## Release History

- 19 May 2026 at 12:24 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045724-2026
- 17 Apr 2026 at 07:53 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034952-2026
- 23 Jan 2026 at 13:28 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006199-2026
- 27 May 2025 at 09:22 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027609-2025
- 27 May 2025 at 09:20 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027607-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045724-2026
  19th May 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034952-2026
  17th April 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006199-2026
  23rd January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027609-2025
  27th May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027607-2025
  27th May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://atamis-9529.my.site.com/s/Welcome
- https://atamis-9529.my.site.com/s/WelcomeSubmissionsmustbemadeviatheAuthority'seSourcingplatform.
- https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0526a7. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0526a7.json.