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Published 17 Oct 2024

Dispersant Testing Requirements

Maritime and Coastguard Agency · South East

Key facts

Contract value
£326,060
Awarded
13 Oct 2024
Contract starts
04 Nov 2024
Contract ends
02 Nov 2029
Procedure
Open procedure (above threshold)
Buyer type
Central government

Awarded to

SupplierValue
RICARDO-AEA Ltd£326,060

Description

The UK Government have a legal obligation to respond to pollution events, usually the first port of call is chemical dispersants and therefore it is imperative to ensure the efficacy of this is in line with international standards.

MCA hold approximately 1200 tons of chemical dispersant. This needs to be tested every 5 years to ensure the efficacy is 50% or higher. In the last 5 years less than half of our stockpile has been tested, which means we have 716 tons that still require testing, of which some of this has never been tested since its initial purchase (up to 30 years). MCA have now sorted each lot of dispersant into a batch, so that one from each batch can be tested every 5 years to save cost. This will equate to roughly 120 tests every 5 years.

The quality of the tests must be consistent with the Warren Springs Laboratory method for testing chemical dispersants.

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