FTS UK public procurement

Conducting tests for HEM:FHS Model development

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

CompleteOCDS ID ocds-h6vhtk-065486
Tender valueNot supplied1 awards · 1 contracts

01 Procurement

Tender overview

Updated 11 August 2026
Buyer
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Status
Complete
Procurement method
Below threshold - without competition
Category
Not supplied
CPV classification
Not supplied
Tender period
Not supplied — Not supplied

Description

To validate the performance of the home energy model future homes standard wrapper (HEM:FHS); by comparing the model predictions against actual results from tests run in controlled standardised conditions. The requirement is for 6 separate tests, to cover a variety of key scenarios, featuring two weather conditions, two heating patterns, and two setups of heating (underfloor or radiators). The results from the experiments will need to be supplied in a report containing the raw data from each of the six experiments to enable further analysis by the HEM quality assurance contractors and DESNZ HEM analyst team.

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02 Awards and contracts

Published award records

1 shown
Active

Validation of HEM:FHS Model Development

Awarded
13 February 2026
Award value
£101,970
Suppliers
2
Signed contract
26 February 2026

03 Organisations

Buyers, suppliers and other parties

3 parties
Buyer

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

55 Whitehall, London, UKI32, SW1A 2HP, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PDHQ-2163-WYMH
Supplier

The University of Salford

Joule House, Manchester, UKD34, M5 4WT, United Kingdom

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04 Provenance

Source for this process

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