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Published 6 Aug 2021, 22:44 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Incident Air Monitoring Services Contract

Official notice

Authority: Defra Network eTendering Portal

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: UK
Framework ceiling (notional)£1,200,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 1 Oct 2021awarded 23 Nov 2021
Framework period 4 yrs 4 moends 31 Mar 2026 · starts 1 Dec 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Air Quality Incident Management

  • Recurrence: 4 years

CPV: Air quality management

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 1 suppliers · 2 bids received (2.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
Framework period
4 yrs 4 mo from 1 Dec 2021, 4 years and 4 months required to ensure a handover if required.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Air Quality Cell (AQC) service was formed in 2009 to implement recommendation 21…Awarded 4 yrs 4 moPublished value£1,200,000

The Air Quality Cell (AQC) service was formed in 2009 to implement recommendation 21 of the Buncefield Inquiry following the major explosion and fire at a fuel depot there in December 2005.

The primary element of the AQC service is the Air Quality Cell (AQC) which is a virtual team of technical experts who can rapidly convene to assess the public health and environmental risks posed by emissions from large scale explosions, fires or chemical releases. The core members of the AQC are the Environment Agency (EA), UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the Meteorological Office (MO), the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the Local Authority in whose area the major incident has arisen.

To inform their assessment of the public health and environmental risks posed by emissions from a relevant major incident, the AQC may require air quality data and samples to be obtained on a 24/7/365 response basis. On behalf of Defra the EA is responsible for the provision and maintenance of the required monitoring and sampling capability

Contract period: 1 Dec 2021 – 31 Mar 2026 (4 yrs 4 mo)
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 50%
  • price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 50
  • Price: 50
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • “Incident Air Monitoring Services Contract” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · 4 years
First published
6 Aug 2021, 22:44 BST
Last source update
15 Dec 2021, 22:45 GMT
Award evaluation window
1 Oct 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-031314
Classification (CPV)
Air quality management
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d22b Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Appointment period ends
1 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
1 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

defra.bravosolution.co.uk ↗

Timeline

1 Oct 2021 → 15 Dec 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    1 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    1 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Dec 2021
  4. Notice published
    15 Dec 2021, 22:45 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    15 Dec 2021, 22:45 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Nov 2021

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Incident Air Monitoring Services Contract

    Signed
    23 Nov 2021
    Value
    £800,000
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2026
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Defra Network eTendering Portal

Contracting authorityNational or federal agency/officeEnvironmental protection 17 Nobel House, London, UK, SW1P 3JRContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Environment AgencyReview body London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria