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Hydrogen Generation Equipment

Buyer: Health and Safety Executive →

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BuyerHealth and Safety Executive
StatusClosed
Deadline22 Aug 2025
Value£20,833
Published29 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Statement of Service Requirement 2 x new hydrogen generators, with the following specifications: • Must be capable of supplying hydrogen on demand for use with analytical laboratory gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-MS) equipment. • Must have a hydrogen output flow of  500 ml/min; please specify maximum output in ml/min. • Must generate a hydrogen gas purity of  99.9999%; please specify achievable purity. • Must have a gas outlet gas pressure of  80 psi; please specify outlet pressure range in psi. • Must be equipped with internal leak detection sensor and an automatic shutdown facility in the event that a hydrogen leak is detected. • Must be equipped with 1/8th inch outlet fittings • Must have a standard comprehensive warranty of 12 months for system and  24 months for the membrane cell • Must provide an on-call instrument support with a guaranteed on-site response within 48 hours of call out. • Please indicate the procedure required for delivery, installation and commissioning. • Please specify electrical power supply and water quality requirements. • Please provide details of any ongoing consumables required for operation.

Categories

Hydrogen 24111600

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£20,833
Contract periodFrom 15 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2025
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1HydrogenNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 24. The category anchor is Hydrogen (24111600); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 241854 median · 63.1 average (42 of 185 with a bid count)7.2 average (43 of 185 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer5Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)8Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0567f1
Latest release ID043807-2025
Latest release timestampTue Jul 29 2025 11:11:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043807-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-08-22T13:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2025-08-15T13:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsAll tender documents are available via the HSE In-Tend supplier e-procurement portal. All responses and requests for clarification must be submitted via the portal. Registration is free of charge and can be completed via the following link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hse
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£20,833
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
29 Jul 2025tender043807-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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