Published date: 20 April 2017

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


Closing: 10 March 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • System maintenance services - 50324100

  • Banking services - 66110000

  • Data collection and collation services - 72314000

    • Database services - 72320000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£255,000

Procurement reference

tender_141249/580279

Published date

20 April 2017

Closing date

10 March 2017

Contract start date

12 April 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Award of contract without prior publication of a contract notice

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Objectives of the project include:

1) To maintain and characterise the 3565 accessions within the pea collection. To manage the collection by dealing with new introductions and their characterisation (30-50 per year) and the regeneration of older accessions and stocks in need of multiplication.

2) To maintain and update associated passport and characterisation databases associated with the collection including stock management, passport and characterisation files. Also includes the revision of existing data and the collation of new information/data as it becomes available.

3) To develop and facilitate access to the collection via the development of web based
documentation, searchable databases.

4) To promote and enhance awareness of the collection by exploiting new media technologies such as videos and QR code labeling and through growing demonstrations of reference material from the collection for researchers and breeders to observe at first hand the variation within the collection.

5) To further develop resources linked to the recent molecular marker diversity analysis coupled with targeted characterisation of germplasm based on priority traits as identified by researchers and industry.

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

12 April 2017

Contract start date

12 April 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Total value of contract

£255,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

John Innes Centre

Address

Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich , Norfolk, NR4 7UH, UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

DEFRA
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Email

Network.Procurement@defra.gsi.gov.uk