Air pollution monitoring or measurement services

Tender description

The Environment Agency is responsible for managing the Hydrocarbons monitoring network for the UK. Hydrocarbons are monitored in the UK through two sub-networks which were established in 1992 and 2002, but are now a single contract. The main functions of the networks are to provide information about: — compliance with the EU Ambient Air Quality Directive, — the long-term trends of hydrocarbons in mainly urban areas, — the quality of the air that individuals breathe, and — the accuracy of the volatile organic compounds emission inventory and subsequent ozone modelling. We require a contractor to manage a network of monitoring sites, ensuring samples are taken and analysed as specified.