Published date: 9 August 2022
This notice was replaced on 6 January 2023
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Awarded contract (published 6 January 2023)
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Contract summary
Industry
Laboratory services - 71900000
Research laboratory services - 73111000
Location of contract
TW9 3AE
Value of contract
£400,000
Procurement reference
RBGKEW1078
Published date
9 August 2022
Closing date
20 September 2022
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 November 2022
Contract end date
1 November 2025
Contract type
Supply contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above 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 high-throughput sequencing of plant DNA.
The Contract will cover:
Target capture approaches, using the Angiosperms353 bait set. We anticipate this will be the most common use case.
Target capture approaches, using alternative bait sets as specified by RBG Kew.
Dual hybridisation approaches, using a combination of bait sets (Angiosperms353 and a taxon-specific bait set)Genome skimming.
Kew will supply DNA samples in all cases. The supplier will undertake library preparation, hybridisation (in cases i-iii), and DNA sequencing.
Services will be requested as needed and RBG Kew makes no commitment to any minimum level of spend.
You are hereby invited by RBG Kew to submit a tender to meet the requirements in accordance with the specification and associated documents as contained within the tender pack.
Full information about the tender and the tender documents can be found as follows:
https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk
https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk/go/277771610182827073E3
ITT: itt_10555 - RBGKEW1078 - Library preparation, hybridization & sequencing (target enrichment)
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