Operation and Management of the Central Management and Control Unit (CMCU) for the Automatic London Network (ALN) of air quality monitoring stations

The Environment Agency (‘The Authority’) on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Devolved Administrations is seeking to procure a service provider to manage and operate the Central Management and Control Unit (CMCU) for the Automatic London Network (ALN), a network of air quality monitoring stations in London and the south east of England. The ALN forms a subset of stations on the UK’s automatic urban and rural network which is managed under a separate agreement.

The purpose of the ALN is to manage and operate the monitoring of air pollutants at sixteen (16) specified sites. The scope of services to be provided includes but is not limited to:

• Management, operation and development of the monitoring sites.
• Provision of Local Site Operators (LSOs) for four sites.
• Provision of consumables via the Equipment Support Units (ESU) for Authority owned equipment.
• Provision of equipment support and maintenance for all Authority owned equipment.
• Assisting with procurement of equipment as required for Authority owned sites or where upgrades of equipment are required for national purposes at affiliate sites.
• Reviewing service provision at affiliate sites so that data quality objectives are achieved and monitoring is carried out to the same standard as sites on the Authority’s Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN).
• Collecting and storing data from all sites on the network (Authority owned and affiliate), and disseminating to QAQC unit and Defra’s Data Dissemination Unit.
• Transmitting data from calibrations and services to the London Air Quality Network (LAQN) and QAQC unit.
• Adhering to health and safety legislation including production of risk registers, method statements and risk assessments as required.

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