Precursor Chemical Research

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.

At this stage, we are seeking to raise awareness of our intention to run a call of competition within 2 weeks of this notice. Expressions of Interest are requested to be sent to HOSprocurement@homeoffice.gov.uk. Interested suppliers are also invited to register on the Home Office's e-sourcing portal in readiness for the competition. https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html