Environmental monitoring other than for construction

Tender description

This notice covers 2 components required for Euratom Radioactivity Monitoring Programmes for the UK framework contracts managed by the Environment Agency. The contract award will comprise of: — Lot 1: Chemical and Radiochemical Analysis of Public Drinking Water Sources, and — Lot 2: Monitoring of Radioactivity in Air and Rainwater. The services required include sampling and monitoring at a range of third party monitoring sites included in the programme; laboratory based chemical and radiochemical analysis of the samples taken; reporting of results. The lots will be awarded as independent contracts to the successful contractors. For the public drinking water sources component the contractor is required to liaise with water company/utilities staff for the collection of samples on the programme in England and Wales. Currently Water company/utilities staff undertake the sampling and the contractor provides sample containers and transportation between the sampling locations and the contractor’s analytical laboratory. As well as looking at options to continue working in that way this contract will also explore the contractor using their own (or sub-contracted) staff to take the samples in liaison with water companies/utilities. The contractor is also required to undertake laboratory based chemical and radiochemical analyses of the water samples. The contractor is required to provide the analytical results to the Environment Agency in the form of quarterly reports and upload the data into electronic reporting systems for the he EC and RIMNET. For the air and rainwater component. The contractor is required to ensure sampling equipment, currently high volume air samplers and rainwater collectors, based at a number of sites across England Wales and Northern Ireland, is kept in working order (including annual PAT testing and calibration) and ensure arrangements are maintained with local contacts who change filters and dispatch all samples. The contractor will be responsible for setting up suitable sample transportation arrangements. The contractor is also required to undertake laboratory based radiochemical analyses of the high volume air filters and rainwater samples. The contractor will be required to provide the analytical results to he Environment Agency in the form of quarterly reports and upload the data into electronic reporting systems for the EC and RIMNET.