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UK Housing Airtightness (Air-Presure Test) DataSet

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 01:22.

Opportunity overview

DESNZ requires results from real air pressure tests to validate the proposed infiltration methodology to be used for the Home Energy Model. A test data sample size of approx of 70,000 test results are needed to validate against is the critical requirement. The larger the sample of results, the more reliable the validation of the HEM methodology will be.

Awarded to

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Build Test Solution

Match pending…
Published award value
£27.5k
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Location
Weedon, UKF24, NN7 4PS, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-06147c
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Provision of a curated, research‑ready national dataset of dwelling airtightness/air‑pressure test results for Great Britain’s housing stock, including metadata and documentation sufficient for policy modelling and publication of aggregate statistics. Justification under Procurement Act 2023, s.41 (Direct award in special cases) and Schedule 5 justification (only a particular supplier can supply due to absence of competition for technical reasons and/or exclusive/proprietary rights; no reasonable alternatives).

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Id
GB-PPON-PDHQ-2163-WYMH

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDHQ-2163-WYMH

Address

Street Address
55 Whitehall
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1A 2HP
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
Build Test Solution
Id
GB-FTS-173281

Address

Street Address
Building 8, The old Depot
Locality
Weedon
Postal Code
NN7 4PS
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKF24

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
73110000
Description
Research services

Value

Including VAT
33,000
Amount
27,500
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-173281
Name
Build Test Solution

Contract period

Starts
2 Mar 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2026, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
009074-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
2 Feb 2026, 15:27
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
23 Feb 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1A 2HP · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 009074-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·