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Home Office

Precursor Chemical Research

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 73111000
Value£330k
Deadline20 Dec 2021
Published19 Nov 2021
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 19 Nov 2021ClosedCloses 20 Dec 2021
Who to contact
HOSprocurement@homeoffice.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

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£330ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£561k

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The brief

The Home Office is seeking to reduce the risk of selected chemicals used in household products that are being used as precursors for the production of explosive or chemical threats.

The Home Office will be seeking to work with suppliers to develop methods to reduce the misuse of certain chemicals commonly found within household products.

This will be done by (a) finding substitute product formulations that perform to the same standard or better than current product formulations. (b) Adding additives that reduce the risk of misuse whilst having minimal impact to performance of the product.

The following products will be the focus of this work 1.

Additives in sodium/calcium hypochlorite, 2.

Substitutes for Sodium/calcium hypochlorite, 3.

Additives or substitutes for hydrochloric acid, 4.

Disruption of Hexa-Methylene Tri-Peroxide Diamine (HMTD).

It is anticipated that this work will begin in Dec 2021 / Jan 2022 (latest) and concluded by 31st March 2022.

Expressions of Interest are requested to be sent to HOSprocurement@homeoffice.gov.uk with confirmation that they have registered on the Home Office's e-sourcing portal. https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html Upon confirmation the Home Office will invite the Supplier to view and access the tender documents.

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Stage
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