Perth and Kinross Council were seeking to appoint suitably qualified and experienced suppliers to carry out a wide range of services relating to air quality including, but not limited to, operation of continuous monitoring sites, monitoring and reporting on our identified Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) and modelling to inform decision making.

PKC require a supplier to provide and operate continuous monitoring stations and to manage and upload the data output from the monitoring stations to the air quality in Scotland website. The monitors are required to be of the type which continuously monitor ambient pollutant concentrations in situ and automatically produce results.

PKC are required to report on air quality. This reporting may be in relation to a specific location, problem or intervention or it may be to provide a general overview of local air quality.

At this stage it is not possible to accurately detail what reporting and project work will be required as part of this contract. Examples of outputs which PKC may require under this lot are listed below:

— AQAP reviews

— annual progress report,

— NLEF screening

— LEZ/VAR reporting

— Monitoring and reporting on specific local air quality issues.

PKC are involved with projects promoting improvements in air quality and trying to change behaviours, particularly in relation to how people travel.

The supplier will be required to design, plan, organise and run events and campaigns on behalf of PKC.

In order to assist with decision making with regards air quality, PKC expect to require modelling to be carried out. The modelling will be used to assess the impact of a change/intervention on local air quality. The supplier will be required to design and run the models and provide interpretative reporting on the model outputs, including a commentary on the uncertainties.