---
title: "GDHA Expert Witness Report"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078c30"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Department for Business and Trade"
published: "2026-10-20"
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# GDHA Expert Witness Report

Buyer: Department for Business and Trade  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078c30

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## Summary

The Department for Business & Trade, through the Office for Product Safety and Security (OPSS), procured an expert witness report for its GDHA prosecution case. The requirement is for specialist expertise to prepare a report for use in the case, which is due to go to trial in March 2027. This is a business-related professional service rather than a supply of goods or physical works. The contract delivery location is Germany. The selected supplier, APPLITEST GmbH, is based in Nürnberg.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to APPLITEST GmbH. The Department used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition. The contract was signed on 13 October 2026 and runs from 13 October to 30 November 2026, with a value of £12,800. APPLITEST was to provide a draft report by 30 October 2026 and the final report by 30 November 2026. The requirement was treated as a single lot. The report supports OPSS’s GDHA prosecution, scheduled to go to trial in March 2027. The published procurement data does not state a separate award date or evaluation criteria.

For future work of this kind, credible suppliers will need to provide expert-witness capability and the specialist knowledge required to prepare a robust report for a product-safety prosecution. The delivery timetable shows that the buyer required both a draft and a final report over a short period, so relevant expertise and capacity to meet staged deadlines would matter. Experience producing evidence suitable for legal proceedings, and communicating technical findings clearly, would be commercially relevant to this specific OPSS requirement. The selected provider was an SME based in Germany, with delivery also located there, indicating that the buyer engaged a specialist supplier outside the UK for this case. This award demonstrates a small, focused professional-services requirement procured directly rather than through a competitive process.

## Notice

The Office for Product Safety and Security (OPSS) has a requirement for an Expert Witness to prepare a report for the OPSS GDHA prosecution case that is due to go to trial in March 2027. APPLITEST GmbH will deliver a draft report by 30th October 2026 and the final report will be delivered by 30th November 2026

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099168-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 13 Oct 2026 - 30 Nov 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £12,800 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Department for Business and Trade |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1A 2DY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | APPLITEST GmbH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services

## Release History

- 20 Oct 2026 at 16:15 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099168-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099168-2026
  20th October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.applitest.de/en
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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