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# Air Quality Sensors

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/air-quality-sensors-ocds-h6vhtk-02ca76). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Liverpool City Council: "Air Quality Sensors". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Liverpool City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/liverpool-city-council-ons-e08000012)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Pollution-monitoring devices
- **Delivery Location:** UKD7
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02ca76`

## Before you bid
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- **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-sensors-ocds-h6vhtk-02ca76#tl-md)

## Description
The council have been awarded a grant from DEFRA to operate an air quality project in schools. We are collaborating with the Environmental Research Group at Imperial College London as a sub-contractor to deliver a citizen science project where 200 school children across four schools in Liverpool will measure their personal PM2.5 exposure utilising wearable sensors embedded within school backpacks for a school week. The council and ICL will work together to provide educational resources and classes for the schools. These aspects of the project have already been procured and are not part of this tender.
The Tender
As part of this project, low-cost, real-time, fixed air quality monitors measuring PM2.5 and PM10 will be placed in locations around the school such as the playground and drop off areas to contrast against personal exposure and highlight the differences between concentrations in the different environments. We are looking for a supplier who will provide, install and maintain the air quality sensors and will provide the recorded data to the council and schools for the duration of the project. All fixtures, fittings, communications equipment and any additional equipment needed to secure a power supply (e.g. cables or solar panels) will need to be provided as part of the tender.
Two schools will be part of the project during the Autumn 2021 term and two schools during the Spring 2022 term. There is a possibility that the project may be delayed to take place over the Spring 2022 and Summer 2022 term. There will be a minimum of 3 sensors per school and therefore a total of six sensors required at any one time.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** The council have been awarded a grant from DEFRA to operate an air quality project in schools. We are collaborating with the Environmental Research Group at Imperial College London as a sub-contractor to deliver a citizen science project where 200 sc...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017160-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-21T09:35:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T17:37:59.844Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02ca76