Tender overview

Updated 29 September 2026

Buyer: Home Office
Status: Complete
Procurement method: Below threshold - without competition
Category: Not supplied
CPV classification: Not supplied
Tender period: Not supplied — Not supplied

Description

Research and development activity to understand if current Border Force technology can identify vape liquid and nicotine. The project will test and evaluate whether existing Agilent Resolve SORS Raman spectroscopy technology can be applied to the identification of vape liquids and nicotine content.

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02 Awards and contracts

Published award records

1 shown

Active

R&D Vape Analysis

Awarded: Not supplied
Award value: Not supplied
Suppliers: 1
Signed contract: 8 September 2026

03 Organisations

Buyers, suppliers and other parties

2 parties

Buyer

Home Office

2 Marsham Street, London, UKI32, SW1P 4DF, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PWGC-6513-PQLZ

Supplier

UNIVERSITY OF KENT

The Registry, Canterbury, UKJ44, CT27NZ, United Kingdom

Companies House RC000656 →

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04 Provenance

Source for this process

FTS

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