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# Air Quality Monitoring Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/air-quality-monitoring-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03a1d7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Transport for Greater Manchester: "Air Quality Monitoring Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £304,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Mar 2023, 15:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Transport for Greater Manchester](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/transport-for-greater-manchester-coh-05868101)
- **Published Value:** £304,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 March 2023 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Air pollution monitoring or measurement services, Air quality management, Pollutants tracking and monitoring and rehabilitation services, Pollution-monitoring devices
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £283,888 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03a1d7`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/air-quality-monitoring-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03a1d7#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/air-quality-monitoring-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03a1d7#participate

## Description
Transport for Greater Manchester sought to establish a contract for a supplier to provide and install up to 43 appropriate air quality indicative monitoring devices at up to 41 locations the Greater Manchester region. The devices would need to be installed on existing street furniture. The contract would also include for the ongoing calibrating and maintenance of these devices, as well as decommissioning services at the end of the contract. The supplier was also be expected to provide data quality checks on the information that the devices gathers and to provide that data in an agreed format and at agreed times, to Transport for Greater Manchester for further analysis.
The devices were be required to monitor PM2.5 concentration levels along with PM10 as a minimum. The Indicative Monitors must demonstrate compliance with MCERTS Performance Standards for Indicative Ambient Particulate Monitors and must be capable of giving quantitative measurements as specified by the Air Quality Directive 2008. The addition of any other gaseous pollutants will be considered as adding value, providing they comply with Class 1 Indicative Classification under European Standardisation Committee (CEN) Technical Specification (TS 17660-1).
Transport for Greater Manchester, along with the 10 local authorities that make up Greater Manchester and the GMCA intend to use the information that these devices gather to help monitoring air quality around the region and to help improve the air quality (through marketing campaigns for instance) throughout the region.
This contract will run for 2 years with three further 1-year extension options for a potential total of 5 years.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38344000, 90731100, 90740000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £304,000

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Air Quality Monitoring Services (active)
  - Award id: `032249-2023-2023/457-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Ricardo-AEA Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-50070`
  - Value: £283,888 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Air Quality Monitoring Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £283,888
  - Signed Date: 26/09/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032249-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-11-01T10:18:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T01:04:44.909Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03a1d7