Archive · 5 Aug 2026
DPCC floats tender for 13 air quality monitoring stations
The city of Delhi wants cleaner air for everyone.
To help with that, special machines check how dirty the air is.
These machines are called air quality monitoring stations.
They measure tiny dust particles and gases like smoke and ozone.
The people in charge of Delhi's air have asked companies to build 13 new machines.
The company that wins the job must also take care of the machines for 10 years.
The company must have lots of experience and enough money to do the work.
Companies can ask questions on August 10 and must send their offers by August 20.
Delhi already has some of these machines and wants them spread all across the city.
Knowing exactly how dirty the air is helps leaders make rules to keep people healthier.
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has floated a tender to supply and install 13 Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) across Delhi.
The winning bidder will operate and maintain the stations for 10 years, including calibration, quality assurance, data validation and uninterrupted functioning.
Bidders must have supplied at least five similar monitoring stations in the past seven years and an average annual turnover of at least Rs 15 crore over the last three financial years.
A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for August 10, bids can be submitted until August 20, and technical bids will be opened the same day.
DPCC floated a tender for 10 CAAQMS in May, and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta inaugurated six new stations earlier this year.
- Who
- The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), with Chief Minister Rekha Gupta backing the expansion of the monitoring network.
- What
- Floated a tender for the supply, installation and 10-year operation and maintenance of 13 Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS).
- When
- Tender document issued on July 31; pre-bid meeting on August 10 and bids due by August 20.
- Where
- Across Delhi, India, with the bidder required to maintain an office-cum-service centre in the Delhi-NCR region.
- Why
- To strengthen Delhi's air quality monitoring network, working toward at least one monitoring station per 25-square-kilometre area.
- Organization
- Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC)
- Number of Stations
- 13 CAAQMS
- Pollutants Monitored
- PM2.5, PM10, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, ozone, ammonia and BTEX
- Operation & Maintenance
- 10 years from date of commissioning
- Pre-bid Meeting
- August 10
- Bid Submission Deadline
- August 20
- Bidder Eligibility
- At least 5 similar stations in past 7 years; average annual turnover of Rs 15 crore over last 3 financial years