Expired contract

Incident Air Monitoring Services Contract

Details

Value
£800,000
Duration
4 years
Topic
Mobile incident units
Published
15 December 2021

Tender description

The AQinMI service was established in 2009 to assess and monitor incidents generating large volumes of airborne emissions which may pose a threat to public health or sensitive features of the environment. The service was formed in response to the Buncefield Oil Depot explosion and fire of December 2005. The primary aim of the service is to quickly bring together experts at the time of a relevant major incident to assess the emissions to air and the risks they posed to people and the environment and to give advice to indent commanders, health practitioners and the public. The key element of the service is the Air Quality Cell (AQC) which is a virtual team of relevant technical experts having core members from the Environment Agency (EA), Public Health England (PHE) and the Met Office (MO). To inform their assessment of the public health and environmental risks posed by emissions from relevant major incidents, the AQC may require air quality data and samples to be obtained on a 24/7/365 response basis.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date23 November 2021
  2. Completed: Award published15 December 2021
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date31 March 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

  • 34221100 · Mobile incident units

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