Published date: 31 July 2018

Last edited date: 31 July 2018

This notice was replaced on 20 November 2018

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Awarded contract (published 20 November 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Analysis services - 71620000

  • Laboratory services - 71900000

  • Research laboratory services - 73111000

Location of contract

tw9 3ae

Value of contract

£0 to £100,000

Procurement reference

RBGKEW/509 PAFTOL DNA sequencing services

Published date

31 July 2018

Closing date

30 August 2018

Contract start date

15 October 2018

Contract end date

14 October 2019

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 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) intends to appoint a supplier for a period of 12 months with the option to extend by up to a further 12 months, from contract commencement in 2018.

The supplier will provide sequencing services primarily for the Plant and Fungal Tree of Life (PAFTOL) project, but also for other projects using targeted enrichment approaches.

The maximum possible value of work under this contract is £100,000 GBP. Services will be called-off as needed and RBG Kew makes no commitment to any minimum level of spend.

The specification of services, instructions to tender, and template response documents can be accessed via the Defra Bravo link below.

More information

Additional text

The specification of services, instructions to tenderers, and template response documents can be accessed via the Defra Bravo procurement portal: https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html.

Once registered and logged in, search for itt_4692 - RBGKEW/509 PAFTOL sequencing services.

The deadline for questions about this opportunity is 12pm on Thursday 16th August 2018.

About the buyer

Contact name

Tracey Powell

Address

Kew Green
RICHMOND
TW93AB
England

Email

procurement@kew.org