Expired contract

Provision of Operation & Management - UK Eutrophication & Acidification Network

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), RICARDO-AEA LIMITED
Value: £369,633.88
Duration: 5 years
Topic: Air quality management
Published: 10 August 2021
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The Environment Agency ('The Authority') on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Devolved Administrations is seeking to procure a service provider to manage and operate the UK Eutrophication and Acidification Network, a network of air quality monitoring across the UK. The UKEAP network consists of four rural air pollution monitoring networks and operation of two UK European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) Supersites. The four networks are the; - Precipitation Network (Precip-Net) measuring rain composition across the UK; - National Ammonia Monitoring Network (NAMN), measuring ammonia concentrations across the UK; - Acid Gas and Aerosol Network (AGANet), measuring acid gas concentrations and inorganic aerosol (~PM4) composition; and - NO2 - Net network, measuring indicative NO2 concentrations.

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 August 2021
Completed: Award published10 August 2021
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date31 July 2026

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Suppliers register on the DEFRA eCommercial website, Atamis, to compete for contract opportunities across the department. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service under the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

90731100 · Air quality management

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-defra.gov
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