Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice for Award of Contract to LGC Standards Proficiency Testing for the provision of Proficiency Testing Service to Central Laboratory DCC for Drinking Water and Other relevant matrices for Chemical and Biological parameters as required under ISO 17025

bsent for technical reasons. Dublin City Council intends to award a contract to LGC Standards Proficiency Testing. The maximum value of of this contract is €175,000 ex VAT. The central Laboratory is required to ensure the validity of the results it produces for its customers (including Uisce Eireann

, other local authorities and the EPA) under its ISO 17025 accreditation. A major element of this is “Proficiency Testing” whereby “unknown (to the lab)” samples are sent to numerous labs throughout Europe for analysis. Each lab reports the