Official UK procurement notice
Replacement Radioactive Sources-UKHSA Instrument Testing Service (ITS)
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 descriptionAward 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.
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
- 16 Dec 2025, 12:48 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Authority reference
C406046- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098423- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f6adFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
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.
- Risks
N/A
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
7 Jan 2026 → 19 Oct 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends285 days ago7 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published1 day ago19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Dec 2025- Transparency notice published16 Dec 2025, 12:48 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published23 Dec 2025, 15:36 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected8 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published19 Jan 2026, 17:13 GMTUK7
- Contract termination notice published19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-12: 1 release · 16 Dec 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Technology Sources LimitedSME9 Jan 2026 – 31 Mar 2026 · up to 30 Sept 2026Extensions: Possible extension of up to six months to a maximum contract term of nine months. | £230,200same award published again · counted once | 16 Dec 2025standstill to 7 Jan 2026 | Standstill |
| High Technology Sources LimitedSME | £230,200 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Replacement Radioactive Sources-UKHSA Instrument Testing Service (ITS) · High Technology Sources LimitedSME
- Signed
- 12 Jan 2026
- Value
- £230,200
- Period
- 13 Jan 2026 – 31 Mar 2026 · up to 30 Sept 2026 with extensions
- Status
- terminated
- Extensions
- Possible extension of up to six (6) months to a maximum contract term of nine (9) months.
- Final value
- £230,200
- Termination
- contractCompleted
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- High Technology Sources LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- 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