Published date: 1 December 2017

Last edited date: 1 December 2017

This notice was replaced on 29 January 2018

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Awarded contract (published 29 January 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research laboratory services - 73111000

Location of contract

tw9 3ae

Value of contract

£100,000

Procurement reference

RBGKEW/510 Sequencing of Quercus robur

Published date

1 December 2017

Closing date

15 December 2017

Contract start date

15 January 2018

Contract end date

23 March 2018

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

RBG Kew wishes to appoint a supplier to sequence DNA and provide the sequence data for a genome wide association study on oak (Quercus robur) which has a genome size of 750 Mbp.

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_3755 - RBGKEW/510 Sequencing of Quercus robur.

The deadline for questions about this opportunity is 12pm on Friday 8th December 2017.

About the buyer

Address

Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew
Richmond
TW9 3AE
England

Email

procurement@kew.org