Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cbc-9f01-70b0-98aa-10593dbeac60/sample-harvesting-media-project awarded GB negotiated without publication procedure # Sample Harvesting Media Project [Bip Solutions Limited](https://tendernation.io/buyers/bip-solutions-limited) Estimated value £5,000 to £15,000 Published 25 Apr 2023 Deadline Closed 21 Apr 2023 ## Who can bid - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. ## About this tender The Threat Mitigation Technologies department within the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) provides technical advice and capabilities to a range of operational policing customer groups. One capability is the development of explosives detection capabilities for various operational requirements and infrastructures. As such, a requirement has arisen for a project to further optimise a detection capability by reviewing and testing the sample harvesting media used to interrogate samples within the current in-service, high assurance Trace Explosives Detection (ETD) system. The testing will require demonstrations of efficiencies over the complete detection system based on a triple quad mass spectrometer with a thermal desorption unit front end. This development will include; - Literature review, selection and testing of potential sample media. - Selection and baselining of two alternative sample media to the current Whatman no. 2 media against MPS defined examples of a nitroester, a nitroaromatic and a nitroamine. Further details on these requirements will be available on request to Any supplier responding to this opportunity must demonstrate that they have appropriate equipment, expertise and experience to complete this work successfully. Additional information: Electronic quotations must be emailed back to no later than 16:00 on 21/04/2023. Any supplier responding to this opportunity must demonstrate that they have appropriate expertise and experience to complete this work successfully. The quotations should include all the points detailed in this request for quotation. Read full description ## CPV classification Research and Development services on security and defence materials Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/71f83097-5d9b-4b08-bb48-832cb0f59b5c) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Bip Solutions Limited: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/bip-solutions-limited) [Sector More Research & development tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/research-development) ## More tenders like this [NCC1999 NE Rural Growth Programme Evaluation · Northumberland County Council · 22 days left · 10 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a154e4-464d-73d3-9c3e-e81aa703d9f0/ncc1999-ne-rural-growth-programme-evaluation) [Nature recovery and intangible cultural heritage · Natural England · 24 days left · 12 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a154e4-4787-7110-ab3a-3a405c46164b/nature-recovery-and-intangible-cultural-heritage) [Local Government Data Sharing Playbook: Multi-Agency Sharing in Children’s Social Care · Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) · 21 days left · 9 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a154e4-4947-728c-ad83-59c066944fda/local-government-data-sharing-playbook-multi-agency-sharing-in-childrens-socia) [Specialist Advice/Advisor Service for Gloucestershire’s Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing Sector · Tewkesbury Borough Council · 28 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15476-6446-722b-9ec6-44e39018b2f6/specialist-adviceadvisor-service-for-gloucestershires-advanced-engineering-and) [Research and development services and related consultancy services – Forschungsprojekt - DZSF - Mobilitätskettenanalyse - Wie Verkehrsdaten den ländlichen Schienenverkehr stärken können · Eisenbahn-Bundesamt · 100 days left · 27 Jan 2027](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-2140-73b5-8807-5ad43f7122d9/germany-research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services-f) [Research and development services and related consultancy services – Begleitforschung Städtebauförderung - Wissenstransfer: Anwendungsleitfaden des Bundes zur Praxis Städtebauförderung · Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (BBSR) im Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung (BBR) · 30 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-4375-730a-9135-c6d6d211cb68/germany-research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services-b)