CCOS16A03 - Provision of Explosive Safety Data Testing Service

Tender description

This procurement seeks to award a call off contract for the Provision of an Explosive Safety Testing Service to a sole Supplier. The contract will be for an initial one (1) year term, with the option to extend for one (1) year + one (1) year, commencing on successful award of the Contract (1+1+1). This requirement is being run on behalf of Home Office Centre for Applied Science and Technology (CAST). The required service should determine the ''sensitiveness'' of commercially available explosives. Explosives may be in a solid, powdered, emulsified, gel or liquid state. There are eight (8) possible tests to be conducted on these explosives. Tests have been drawn from the 2007 Issue 4 of the Energetic Materials Testing Assessment and Policy (EMTAP) manual of tests.