Published date: 9 January 2024
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Contract summary
Industry
Detection apparatus - 38431000
Analysis apparatus - 38432000
Analysers - 38434000
Analysis services - 71620000
Data analysis services - 72316000
Location of contract
TW93AE
Value of contract
£12,000
Procurement reference
RBGKEW1239 Wood metabarcoding
Published date
9 January 2024
Closing date
31 October 2023
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 November 2023
Contract end date
31 March 2024
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Single tender action (below threshold)
A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.
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
There is a requirement for the metabarcoding analysis of 62 tissues (namely bark, heartwood, and sapwood) from already-provided World Forest ID wood samples, using both fungal ITS and bacterial 16S primers and amplicon sequencing in the same runs. The sample prep, extraction, and analyses, and associated bioinformatics pipeline and outputs shall follow the same novel Fera protocols and SOPs as agreed previously with the RBG Kew and World Forest ID teams. Full data sets, bioinformatics results, and all associated methods and SOPs, along with any remaining unspent subsamples will be returned to the World Forest ID team
Award information
Awarded date
31 October 2023
Contract start date
1 November 2023
Contract end date
31 March 2024
Total value of contract
£12,000
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Fera Science Ltd
Address
65 Gresham Street,
London,
England,
EC2V 7NQReference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
Yes
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Additional details
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Company House Number
09413107
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