UK Housing Airtightness (Air-Presure Test) DataSet

Official notice

Authority: Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (Central government)

Below threshold - without competition

Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£27,500published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 13 Feb 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Build Test Solutions Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

DESNZ requires results from real air pressure tests to validate the proposed infiltration methodology to be used for the Home Energy Model. A test data sample size of approx of 70,000 test results are needed to validate against is the critical requirement. The larger the sample of results, the more reliable the validation of the HEM methodology will be.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

73110000 Research services

Procedure 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: 16 Feb 2026, 09:18 GMT
Last source update: 23 Mar 2026, 17:01 GMT
Authority reference: prj_6502
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-026483
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-065484 Find a Tender

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Feb 2026

Contract award notice published
16 Feb 2026, 09:18 GMT
UK6
Contract signature expected
26 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
scheduled
Contract details notice published
23 Mar 2026, 17:01 GMT
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £27,5001 award exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 26 Feb 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Build Test Solutions LtdSMEUK Housing Air-tightness (Air-Pressure Testing - Data Sets)27 Feb 2026 – 31 Mar 2026	£27,500	13 Feb 2026	Awarded

Contracts

UK Housing Air-tightness (Air-Pressure Testing - Data Sets) · Build Test Solutions LtdSME
Signed
26 Feb 2026
Value
£27,500
Period
27 Feb 2026 – 31 Mar 2026
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDHQ-2163-WYMH 55 Whitehall, London, London, SW1A 2HPContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Build Test SolutionsAwarded supplierGB-COH: 09910663 Building 8, The Old Depot, Weedon, East Midlands, NN7 4PSContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Signed contract contractSigned contractPDF

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender23 Mar 2026, 17:01 GMT
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender16 Feb 2026, 09:18 GMT