Contract

Air Quality Monitoring Sensor Network

  • London Borough of Hounslow

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-017508

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-035577

Published 20 June 2023, 12:23pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

London Borough of Hounslow

Hounslow House, Bath Road, Hounslow

London

TW3 3EB

Email

tracey.williams@hounslow.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 2085832000

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKI75 - Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/

Buyer's address

http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Air Quality Monitoring Sensor Network

Reference number

DN603360

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 90700000 - Environmental services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

equipment, servicing, maintenance support and data management services to establish a new network of ‘low-cost’ automatic air quality sensors throughout the borough

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £500,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKI75 - Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The London Borough of Hounslow Climate Emergency and Environmental Strategy team is

looking to procure equipment, servicing, maintenance support and data management

services to establish a new network of ‘low-cost’ automatic air quality sensors throughout

the borough

The Climate Emergency and Environmental Strategy Team is responsible for delivery and

reporting of the council’s Clean Air for All Programme which includes the Air Quality Action

Plan and associated Climate Emergency Action Plan. Reliable, high quality monitoring data is

key to our ambitions and this new network will supplement an existing network of automatic

reference sites and nitrogen dioxide diffusion tube monitoring.

The provider will supply equipment capable of monitoring pollutants including, but not

limited to, nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter. This equipment may be provided on a

hire/lease basis, with an option to purchase the equipment at the end of the specified

contract period. The provider will offer technical support and expertise pertaining to the

management, servicing and maintenance of equipment, identification of faults and

independent audits as required, as well as any necessary consumables.

Additionally, the provider will provide data monitoring and management services to the

council including the collection, processing (including quality assurance and quality

control), ratification and storage of data from air quality monitors. They will also

publish/disseminate the data such that it is accessible to council officers and to members of

the public, as regular reports and as raw datasets.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60%

Price - Weighting: 40%

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2022/S 000-020175


Section five. Award of contract

Title

Air Quality Monitoring Sensor Network

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

20 January 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 10

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 8

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 10

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Hydrock Consultants Ltd

Over Court Barns Over Lane Almondsbury

Bristol

BS32 4DF

Email

ianarthurs@hydrock.com

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £500,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Royal Courts of Justice

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom