Contract for the Supply of Ambient Metals Monitoring System to the University of Birmingham

Tender description

Air Quality Supersite Triplets (UK-AQST) is a NERC funded national facility, and has been funded by NERC capital fund to provide access to two mobile air quality laboratories for UK atmospheric science community. The new air quality laboratories will be paired with one of the existing supersites in Birmingham, London or Manchester, to provide a first-ever monitoring of detailed air pollution composition at three different types of sites, e.g., roadside, urban, and rural (upwind) locations. As part of the newly funded UK-AQST, we wish to acquire one online XRF ambient multi- metal monitoring system and one Fidas, exactly the same as in the existing NERC-funded air quality supersite, for each mobile laboratory. Lot 1: To provide the comparable results with data from existing air quality supersites in Birmingham, London or Manchester, the Air Quality Supersite Triplets wish to procure - Ambient Metals Monitoring System - XRF check standards - PM10 inlet - PM2.5 inlet - Roof-pass through kit - Inlet Swapping system Additional information: The University has applied a 10 calendar days standstill period from publication of this notice.