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# Time Pressure Test kit

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/time-pressure-test-kit-ocds-h6vhtk-0569a4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Health and Safety Executive: "Time Pressure Test kit". Published status: active. Published Value: £33,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Sept 2025, 13:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Health and Safety Executive](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/health-and-safety-executive-gov-pb207)
- **Published Value:** £33,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 September 2025 at 13:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/time-pressure-test-kit-ocds-h6vhtk-0569a4#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0569a4`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/time-pressure-test-kit-ocds-h6vhtk-0569a4#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fhse)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/time-pressure-test-kit-ocds-h6vhtk-0569a4#participate

## Description
There is a requirement to replace an outdated in house developed time/pressure test kit which currently runs on obsolete software. The replacement kit would ideally be a commercially available of the shelf item and must meet the standards specified in UN manual of tests and criteria for the Time/pressure test: UN Series 1 / Series 2, Test 1 (c) (i) and 2 (c) (i)) and The HSL flash composition test.
https://unece.org/transport/standards/transport/dangerous-goods/un-manual-tests-and-criteria-rev8-2023
The equipment must also come with software suitable to extrapolate test results in a user friendly manner, be calibratable and easily maintained on a general basis by HSE-SD's hazardous materials team. The equipment will be used to support the HSE Explosives inspectorates with explosive classification for transport, Incident investigations, market surveillance and research and development projects.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 38000000

- **Estimated Value:** £33,000

- **Contract Period:** 05/10/2025 to 06/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F044528-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-08-19T07:43:14.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-30T23:28:49.710Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0569a4