Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Defra Network eTendering Portal · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Ricardo Aea Ltd
- Value
- £2,509,513.65
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · Air quality management (CPV 90731100)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 003818-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Feb 2025
- Published5 Feb 2025Published the same day
Description
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice, indicating that Defra (on behalf of the Environment Agency (EA)) intends to enter into a contract with Ricardo AEA Ltd for UK Hydrocarbons Monitoring Network 2025. 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/>Defra intends to award this contract following the expiry of a voluntary standstill period, 10 days from the date of publication of this notice.
About the supplier
Ricardo Aea Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08229264).