Official UK procurement notice
Mercaptans Analysers · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUKHSA awarded a contract, to WeCare4Air Limited for the supply of mercaptan gas analysers. These analysers are to be employed in the mobile ambient air monitoring trailers to measure mercaptan compounds from a range of potential pollution sources where there are key evidence gaps to support the public health risk assessments.
The Mercaptan gas analysers will increase the capabilities of monitoring trailers to measure mercaptans/ sulphur-containing compounds. Any other manufactures or alternative instrument will result in incompatibility with existing equipment (nitrogen gas generators), disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance, financial efforts to revalidate and recalibrate systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- 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
- 30 Jan 2026, 12:04 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Apr 2026, 10:31 BST
- Authority reference
C407934- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-034541- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0612d7Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Alternative manufactures and instrument will result in incompatibility with existing equipment (nitrogen gas generators), disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance, financial efforts to revalidate and recalibrate systems.
- Risks
N/A
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
11 Feb 2026 → 16 Apr 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends254 days ago11 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published190 days ago16 Apr 2026, 10:31 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jan 2026- Transparency notice published30 Jan 2026, 12:04 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published2 Feb 2026, 12:53 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published16 Apr 2026, 10:31 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| We Care 4 AirSME16 Feb 2026 – 31 Mar 2026 | £136,651 | 29 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Mercaptans Analysers · We Care 4 AirSME
- Signed
- 2 Apr 2026
- Value
- £136,651
- Period
- 2 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: The nature of this procurement does not lend itself to the establishment of formal KPIs. This is a one‑off, highly specific requirement delivered through a direct award, where the outputs are fixed, clearly defined, and delivered through acceptance rather than ongoing performance measures.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- We Care 4 Air LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender