Official UK procurement notice
Specialist Analytical Service · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Natural Resources Wales (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNRW Analytical Services (NRWAS) provides routine and non-routine analysis of samples for EU Directive reporting, pollution incidents and investigative projects. Where NRW need exceeds NRWAS capability a requirement exists for the analysis of those samples to be sought from an alternative analytical service.
CPV: Laboratory services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1NRW has a requirement to outsource samples for environmental analysis required by WFD,…Awarded
NRW has a requirement to outsource samples for environmental analysis required by WFD, EQSD and Habitats directives, the samples are collected in a range of matrices; including freshwater, trade, treated sewage, saline, biota and sediment. Reporting limits are often required in low, or very low ranges. The relevant tests should also include the Watchlist Dets listed.
The analysis required may include, but is not limited to the following:
NRW Outsourced Tests
- Acid Herbicides
- Active Aluminium
- Alcohol and ketones
- Alkalinity
- Biocides GCMS
- Biota CSEMP Biota WW ug/kg
- Biota OCP CSEMP WW ug/kg
- Biota OTins Biota WW ug/kg
- Bromide and Bromate
- Chromium Hexavalent Dissolved Low
- Cyanide Free
- Cyanide Total
- Detergents Nonionic
- Di-2-(ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)
- Di-2-Phthalate
- Formaldehyde
- Glyphosate and AMPA
- HBCDD WFD
- ICPMS NR Saline Dissolved
- ICPMS Routine Dissolved
- ICPMS Saline Dissolved
- ICPMS Saline Silver Dissolved
- ICPMS Total
- Iodide
- IR Oils
- IR Oils Saline
- Low Level Nonylphenols
- MST Marker Analysis
- N Total Saline
- Nonylphenols
- Nutrients Leach
- Nutrients Low Filtered
- Nutrients Saline
- Nutrients Saline Filtered
- Nutrients Saline Very Low Filt
- Nutrients Very Low
- Nutrients Very Low Filtered
- O Tins Low level WFD Saline
- OCP PCB
- OES Saline Barium Dissolved
- OES Saline Dissolved
- OES Dissolved Freshwater
- OES Total Freshwater
- Oestrogen
- ONP
- Otins
- OTins Low Level WFD
- P Total Low
- PAH
- Permanganate Value
- Pesticides WFD
- PFOS PFOA WFD
- Phenols
- Pyrethroids
- Pyrethroids Low Level
- Pyrethroids Saline Aqueous
- Quats
- Saline Chromium Hexavalent Dissolved
- Saline Cyanide – Total
- Saline Dissolved Organic Carbon
- Saline Nonylphenols
- Saline Nonylphenols Low Level
- Saline OCP PCB
- Saline ONP
- Saline Otins
- Saline PAH
- Sediment Anions Leach mg/l
- Sediment Mercury DW mg/kg
- Sediment Metals (Extended) ICPOES DW mg/kg
- Sediment Nutrients (KCL ext) DW mg/kg
- Sediment OCP ug/kg
- Sediment Orthophosphate as P DW mg/kg
- Sediment OTins DW ug/kg
- Sediment PAH ug/kg
- Sediment PCBs ug/kg
- Sediment pH & Conductivity Solids
- Sediment Sulphate - Acid Ext mg kg
- Sediment Total Organic Carbon DW%
- Sediment VOCs DW ug/kg
- Soil Hydrocarbon Screen >C5-C44 (TPH) DW
- Soil Volatile Organic Compounds DW ug/kg
- Sulphide
- Suspended Solids Ash
- Total Organic Carbon
- Urocarbs
Watchlist Dets
- Metaflumizone
- Amoxicillin
- Ciprofloxacin
- Sulfamethoxazole
- Trimethoprim
- venlafaxine and O-desmethylvenlafaxine
- clotrimazole (azole compounds)
- fluconazole (azole compounds)
- imazalil (azole compounds)
- ipconazole (azole compounds)
- metconazole (azole compounds)
- miconazole (azole compounds)
- penconazole (azole compounds)
- prochloraz (azole compounds)
- tebuconazole (azole compounds)
- tetraconazole (azole compounds)
- dimoxystrobin
- famoxadone
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- Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Mar 2021, 09:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 May 2021, 10:34 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-009528- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029f93Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This arrangement is in accordance with Regulation 32(b)(ii) of the Public Contract Regulations (2015) which allows for the negotiated procedure without prior publication to be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts & public service contracts where (b) the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator due to (ii) competition being absent for technical reasons.
Publisher note: (WA Ref:110269)
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled4 May 2021, 10:34 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- RPSAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.