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Published 26 Mar 2024, 14:42 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

UK Hydrocarbons Monitoring Network 2025-2027

Official notice

Authority: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£5,060,0272 contracts · exc. VAT
Awarded 25 Mar 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Ricardo AEA Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The networks consist of interdependent elements, split between an automatic and a non-automatic network.<br/>The Hydrocarbon Network Operator is responsible for the management of the network of air pollution monitoring sites throughout the UK for the measurement and assessment of Benzene and volatile organic compounds at automatic sites. The operator will be responsible for upkeep, collection, analysis QA/QC and transfer of data to contractors who have responsibility for wider dissemination of the data.<br/>The objective is to continue delivery and encompass new monitoring using automatic analysers that can measure additional hydrocarbons to align with changes to the pollution climate of the UK.

CPV: Air quality management

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Monitoring contracts team within Survey, National Monitoring has been managing the…Awarded

The Monitoring contracts team within Survey, National Monitoring has been managing the UK Hydrocarbons Network contract on behalf of DEFRA since April 2016. This procurement is to replace the current contract which has been running for 6 years (1st September 2018 until 31st August 2023) with an additional 1-year extension until August 24, followed by an STA for 6 months ending 31/03/2025.<br/>The networks consist of interdependent elements, split between an automatic and a non-automatic network.<br/>The Hydrocarbon Network Operator is responsible for the management of the network of air pollution monitoring sites throughout the UK for the measurement and assessment of Benzene and volatile organic compounds at automatic sites. The operator will be responsible for upkeep, collection, analysis QA/QC and transfer of data to contractors who have responsibility for wider dissemination of the data.<br/><br/>The retender cost is for 4-year period which is a two-year contract with the option of extending for a further two years.<br/><br/>The objective is to continue delivery and encompass new monitoring using automatic analysers that can measure additional hydrocarbons to align with changes to the pollution climate of the UK.

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
26 Mar 2024, 14:42 GMT
Last source update
16 Apr 2025, 12:08 BST
Authority reference
C28478
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-015510
Classification (CPV)
Air quality management
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-044d01 Find a Tender
Why no open competition

No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons; New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive

Published justification

This is a genuine STA under Regulation 32 of PCR 2015 and complies with clause 9. <br/>Additional ground relevant to new works or services which repeat similar ones<br/>(9) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for new works and services consisting of the repetition of similar works or services entrusted to the economic operator to which the same contracting authority awarded an original contract, provided that such works or services are in conformity with a basic project for which the original contract was awarded following a procedure in accordance with regulation 26(1) and (2), 32(1) and (2).<br/>26.—(1) When awarding public contracts, contracting authorities shall apply procedures that conform to this Part.<br/>(2) Such contracts may be awarded only if a call for competition has been published in accordance with this Part F1..., except where regulation 32 permits contracting authorities to apply a negotiated procedure without prior publication.<br/>32.—(2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:—<br/>(a)where no tenders, no suitable tenders, no requests to participate or no suitable requests to participate have been submitted in response to an open procedure or a restricted procedure, provided that the initial conditions of the contract are not substantially altered [F1and that—<br/>(b)where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:— (ii)competition is absent for technical reasons, but only, in the case of paragraphs (ii) and (iii), where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement;

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

24 May 2024 → 16 Apr 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    24 May 2024, 00:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    16 Apr 2025, 12:08 BST

Notice history

3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Feb 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    5 Feb 2025, 13:45 GMT
  2. Procurement method changed
    5 Feb 2025, 13:45 GMT
  3. Buyer details updated
    16 Apr 2025, 12:08 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £5,060,0272 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 2latest 25 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Ricardo AEA Ltd£2,509,514 †—Awarded
Ricardo AEA Ltd£2,550,514 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 015510-2025-1 · Ricardo AEA Ltd

    Signed
    25 Mar 2025
    Value
    £2,550,514
    Status
    active
  • Contract 003818-2025-1 · Ricardo AEA Ltd

    Signed
    5 Feb 2025
    Value
    £2,509,514
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Contracting authorityPublic bodyMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsEnvironmental protection Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, UK, SW1P 4DFContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Defra Network eTendering PortalContracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsEnvironmental protection London, UKContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Ricardo-AEA LtdAwarded supplier08229264 The Gemini Building, Harwell, Oxfordshire, Harwell, UK, OX11 0QR

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.