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R&D Vape Analysis

Home Office · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 11:17.

Opportunity overview

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.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

UNIVERSITY OF KENT

Matched by number
Contract value
£1.3k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
8 Sept 2026
Including VAT
£1.5k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH RC000656
Location
Canterbury, UKJ44, CT27NZ, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
Project_21007
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Home Office
Id
GB-PPON-PWGC-6513-PQLZ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PWGC-6513-PQLZ

Address

Street Address
2 Marsham Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1P 4DF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
UNIVERSITY OF KENT
Id
GB-COH-RC000656

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
RC000656

Address

Street Address
The Registry
Locality
Canterbury
Postal Code
CT27NZ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ44

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
73111000
Description
Research laboratory services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-RC000656
Name
UNIVERSITY OF KENT

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
R&D Vape Analysis
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Date Signed
9 Sept 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
19 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
28 Nov 2026, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
1,511.81
Amount
1,259.84
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
A-23204
Document Type
contractSigned
Format
application/pdf
Entry 2
Id
091664-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
29 Sept 2026, 09:40
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1P 4DF · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 091664-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·