# PPE Facemasks Testing

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Business Energy and Industrial Strategy](/buyers/business-energy-and-industrial-strategy/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: RISE IVF AB
- Award value: £17,277
- Tender value: £17,277
- Award date: 2 December 2020
- Published: 5 July 2021
- Contract start: 3 December 2020
- Contract end: 8 February 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 1bbf9ce2-884d-422c-819d-2f1050c123cf-448511
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-44cea0d0-2b97-4f12-8db4-ee99b952c262

## Description

The Office for Product Safety and Standards, part of the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, awarded a contract for testing a number of potentially suspect PPE facemasks that had appeared on the open market, for compliance against standard EN149\. Additional information: Extreme urgency due to events outside the Contracting Authority's control resulted in awarding this contract\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1bbf9ce2-884d-422c-819d-2f1050c123cf-448511)