Awarded contract

UK Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Monitoring 2025 - 2030

Details

Buyer: Environment Agency
Supplier(s): RICARDO-AEA LIMITED
Value: £2,646,899.92
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Air quality management
Published: 16 December 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The Environment Agency on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Devolved Administrations (DA) invite proposals to provide the Central Management and Control Unit (CMCU)  and the Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) for the UK Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) Monitoring Network, from 1st March 2026 until at least 28th February 2029 with the possibility of two (2) separate one (1) year extensions (which are not guaranteed). The Supplier will be responsible for the operation and management of the Authority’s PAHs monitoring network sites and send to the Environment Agency’s Monitoring Laboratories team for analysis. ## Contract award Title: UK Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Monitoring

Timeline

Completed: Award published16 December 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date16 December 2025
Next: Contract expiry date28 February 2029in 2 years

About the buyer

The Environment Agency is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by Defra, and buys as a central agency for flood risk, water quality and pollution control. Contracts are advertised on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, with major purchases run through Atamis, the Defra group's shared eCommercial portal. Flood and coastal risk schemes are delivered mainly through the Collaborative Delivery Framework, alongside frameworks for mapping, modelling and property flood resilience. These frameworks run through a central contract management system. Commercial oversight sits with Defra Group Commercial, alongside the Environment Agency's own project teams.

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

Over the past 5 years, most of the Environment Agency's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

90731100 · Air quality management
90731400 · Air pollution monitoring or measurement services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@environment-agency.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@environment-agency.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@environment-agency.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@environment-agency.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@environment-agency.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@environment-agency.gov