Notice Information
Notice Title
Replacement Radioactive Sources-UKHSA Instrument Testing Service (ITS)
Notice Description
Award of a three month contract (with an option to extend by up to six months) to High Technology Sources Limited for the supply of a suite of replacement radioactive sources required for use in its Instrument Testing Service facilities (ITS). The ITS carries out regulatory performance tests on a variety of radiation monitoring devices, under commercial contracts with the device owners, for which a range of calibrated radioactive contamination and dose-rate sources are necessary. The existing sources have reached the end of their recommended working lives, their radioactive intensity having reduced due to natural decay, and new sources are required such that the radioactive emissions and dose rates required to provide appropriate regulatory instrument testing are maintained thereby enabling ongoing operational capability and efficiency.
Procurement Information
Contract awarded in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) and the Procurement Regulations 2024. In accordance with Section 41(1)(a) of PA23 the UKHSA relies on the Single Supplier direct award justification as set out in Paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 for the award of a contract without competition where due to 'an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods...required, and...there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods...'. It is considered that a Direct Award is permissible on the basis that, in the absence of alternative potential suppliers due to the technical nature of this procurement, only High Technology Sources Limited (HTSL) can supply the goods and there are no feasible substitutes for the requirement. The market for this requirement is both highly regulated and very specialised and HTSL are the only identified provider that can satisfy all aspects of the specification. The source materials are manufactured in Germany by Eckert and Ziegler and HTSL are the sole authorised distributor of the required product range in the UK. This procurement is necessary to enable UKHSA Instrument Testing Services to maintain operational capability and efficiency. A Transparency Notice (UK05) and a Contract Award Notice (UK06) have previously been published in accordance with the requirements of PA23.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f6ad
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004535-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
-
- CPV Codes
09343000 - Radioactive materials
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £230,200 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £230,200 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 16 Dec 20252 months ago
- Contract Period
- 13 Jan 2026 - 31 Mar 2026 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active, Pending
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ACTING AS PART OF THE CROWN THROUGH UK HEALTH SECURITY AGENCY
- Contact Name
- Procurement Notices
- Contact Email
- procurementnotices@ukhsa.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- E14 4PU
- Post Town
- East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI42 Tower Hamlets
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Electoral Ward
- Canary Wharf
- Westminster Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004535-2026
19th January 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085929-2025
23rd December 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083339-2025
16th December 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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