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DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS

UK Heavy Metals Monitoring Network

Environment & WasteCPV 90700000
Value£938k
Awarded21 Jun 2015
Published13 May 2015
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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Contract value in context
£938ktotal contract value
median £195k
this tender£0£5.0m

This is a large award for Environment & Waste — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 11,894 valued Environment & Waste tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Authority is looking for a supplier to operate the UK Heavy Metals Monitoring Network.

The network provides national monitoring arrangements including those areas covered by Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland, collectively known as the Devolved Administrations.

However, the contract is let by Defra on behalf of Central Government and the Devolved Administrations.

The Heavy Metals Network Operator is responsible for the management of a national network of air pollution monitoring sites throughout the UK for the measurement and assessment of metals for assessment and reporting of levels of metals including nickel (Ni), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As), lead (Pb) and mercury (Hg) in the UK.

The operator will be responsible for upkeep, collection, analysis, QA/QC and transfer of data to contractors who have responsibility for wider dissemination of the data.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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The operator will be responsible for upkeep

The operator will be responsible for upkeep, collection, analysis, QA/QC and transfer of data to contractors who have responsibility for wider dissemination of the data.

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