Published date: 28 July 2023

Last edited date: 2 August 2023

This notice was replaced on 25 August 2023

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 25 August 2023, last edited 31 August 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental monitoring other than for construction - 90711500

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£10,000 to £41,000

Procurement reference

eDNALRKeK

Published date

28 July 2023

Closing date

10 August 2023

Closing time

6pm

Contract start date

1 September 2023

Contract end date

31 October 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The LIFE R4ever Kent project (2021 -2026) aims restore and revitalise the River Kent Special Area of Conservation (SAC) in South Cumbria and its wider catchment, so it is more resilient to environmental pressures. This unique river, located on the fringes of the English Lake District is home to internationally important populations of bullhead, white-clawed crayfish, freshwater pearl mussel and water crowfoot (Ranunculus) habitat. A key deliverable of the project is to trial new monitoring techniques by implementing the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling for testing for the presence of Freshwater Pearl Mussels, White-clawed Crayfish along with invasive Signal Crayfish and associated disease Crayfish Plague.

There are three parts to this contract:
• The provision of eDNA water sampling equipment/kits and protocols
• DNA extraction, analysis of samples taken and reporting the result
• Sequencing of qPCR products

Natural England will be responsible for the collection of water samples from sites across the River Kent Catchment. Contract will be over a three year period and to be completed by 31st October 2025.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

To apply for this opportunity you must submit your quotation meeting the requirements detailed in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) attached.
Your response must be sent to morgan.barrie@naturalengland.org.uk by 18:00 on 10/08/2023.

If you have any clarification questions linked to this opportunity or the procurement process please submit these via email to morgan.barrie@naturalengland.org.uk by 18:00 on 04/08/2023. Please note that, unless commercially sensitive, both the question and the response will be circulated to all tenderers.

About the buyer

Contact name

Morgan Barrie

Address

Ghyll Mount
Penrith 40 Business Park
Penrith
CA11 9BP
England

Telephone

07787257883

Email

morgan.barrie@naturalengland.org.uk

Website

www.r4everkent.co.uk