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3" Cryogenic Hydrogen Vent Stack with Changeable Terminations

Health and Safety Executive · NHS and health

In brief

Health and Safety Executive has announced plans to buy laboratory equipment work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The estimated value is £25,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 7 months, starting 2 March 2026.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

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Key dates

Bids by
11:59pm, Monday 2 February 2026

Competition

Typical: a median of 3 bids per contract for this buyer (from 13 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

HSE require a 3" vent stack for use with cryogenic hydrogen for an experimental programme. The vent must have interchangeable terminations (miter cut, bullhorn) which may be on a flanged connection or otherwise joined. The vent stack (including the termination) should have a height of 7 m and the vent stack must have a maximum allowable working pressure of 40 barg. Nominal process conditions: Hydrogen, 50 - 70 K, 0 - 1.5 kg/s, 0 -12 barg The equipment is required for use at the HSE Buxton (SK17 9JN) test site. HSE is seeking to understand the design of potential solutions and the associated costs of manufacturing this equipment. Suppliers should email tenders@hse.gov.uk with any questions and costs associated with supplying the above.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
  4. Make sure your bid arrives before 11:59pm, Monday 2 February 2026. Late bids are usually rejected.

Timeline

  1. Planned procurement notice · UK3, notice 000195-2026

About the buyer

Health and Safety ExecutiveLast 12 months

Procurements

56

Awards

19
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From notice 000195-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 5 January 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.