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title: "Replacement Instrumentation for use on the UK Automatic Hydrocarbons Network. Approach to Trial, Purchase and Equipment Support new Instrumentation from 2021 – 2025"
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# Replacement Instrumentation for use on the UK Automatic Hydrocarbons Network. Approach to Trial, Purchase and Equipment Support new Instrumentation from 2021 – 2025

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/replacement-instrumentation-for-use-on-the-uk-automatic-hydrocarbons-network-approach-to-t-ocds-h6vhtk-03013a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Defra Network eTendering Portal: "Replacement Instrumentation for use on the UK Automatic Hydrocarbons Network. Approach to Trial, Purchase and Equipment Support new Instrumentation from 2021 – 2025". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £650,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Defra Network eTendering Portal](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defra-network-etendering-portal-GB-FTS-99321)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £650,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Pollution-monitoring devices
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03013a`

## 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/replacement-instrumentation-for-use-on-the-uk-automatic-hydrocarbons-network-approach-to-t-ocds-h6vhtk-03013a#tl-md)

## Description
The Automatic Hydrocarbons Network  is currently operated for the Environment Agency by the Network Contractors, which at the time of contract issue for this capital procurement is Ricardo Energy & Environment, although this may be subject to change. Presently the network constitutes four TD-GC-FID ozone precursor analysers . These instruments are used to measure 29 of the 31 VOCs listed in Annex X  of the Air Quality Directive 2008/50/EC (AQD). Theses VOCs are known as Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOCs).
The objective of these measurements as described in Annex X of the AQD:
-	to analyse any trend in ozone precursors
-	to check the efficiency of emission reduction strategies
-	to check the consistency of emission inventories and
-	to help attribute emission sources to observed pollution concentrations

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 38344000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Evaluation and trial of Hydrocarbon Instrumentation. Procurement to commence early 2022. Additional information: The Environment Agency is planning to issue an Invitation to Tender for this contract in early 2022. The purpose of this notice is to pro...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031171-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-12-14T22:45:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T22:26:33.958Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03013a