Published date: 22 January 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 18 October 2024, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£73,970.40

Procurement reference

BIP919421167

Published date

22 January 2025

Closing date

18 October 2024

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

10 January 2025

Contract end date

9 January 2026

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Competitive dialog

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Summary and background

The Biochemistry Laboratory at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) has a requirement to increase its capacity to dry numerous samples in common organic or aqueous solvents (typically 1 - 10 ml volume range) as part of several research workflows studying the metabolites of plants and fungi. The lab currently has one centrifugal evaporator to perform this task, which is proving insufficient and resulting in sample drying becoming a bottleneck in workflows. It is also not able to support new workflows requiring (1) samples in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) to be dried and (2) batches of samples in water or water/organic mixtures (e.g. high-performance liquid chromatography fractions) to be freeze dried.

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

Award information

Awarded date

18 October 2024

Contract start date

10 January 2025

Contract end date

9 January 2026

Total value of contract

£73,970.40

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Wolf Laboratories Limited

Address

Colenso House,
Deans Lane Pocklington
London
YO42 2PX

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Jamal Jimenez

Address

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kew Green
Richmond
TW9 3AE
UK

Telephone

02083325000

Email

procurement@kew.org