Tender for UK PAH Monitoring Network

Tender description

The Authority is looking for a supplier to operate the UK Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Monitoring Network. The network provides national monitoring arrangements for PAHs to meet the requirements of Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) within England, as well for those areas covered by Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland, collectively known as the Devolved Administrations. The Secretary of State for Defra has appointed the Environment Agency as responsible for delivering these monitoring requirements and therefore this contract is let by the Environment Agency on behalf of Central Government and the Devolved Administrations. The UK PAH Monitoring Network Operator (referred to in this document interchangeably as the “Contractor” or the “operator”) is responsible for the management of a national network of air pollution monitoring sites throughout the UK for the measurement and assessment of a suite of PAHs for assessment and reporting levels of benzo[a]pyrene against EU and UK targets. The operator will be responsible for upkeep, collection, analysis, Quality Assurance /Quality Control (QA/QC) and transfer of data to a third party who have responsibility for wider dissemination of the data.