Official UK procurement notice
Office for Product Safety & Standards Hardness Testing Equipment
Authority: Department for Business & Trade (Central government)
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£55,525published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 22 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Innovatest UK Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProcurement of Hardness Testing Equipment for the Office for Product Safety and Standards
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Jan 2026, 15:46 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Jan 2026, 15:46 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000774- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06004eFind a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published6 Jan 2026, 15:46 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £55,5251 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Dec 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovatest UK LtdSME | £55,525 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Innovatest UK LtdSME
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £55,525
- Period
- 22 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 · up to 31 Aug 2026 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Following delivery of equipment to enable installation, calibration, commissioning and training to be completed.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Innovatest UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender