Expired contract

RBGKEW1385 Yeast array imaging system

Details

Supplier(s)
Singer Instruments
Value
£19,000
Topic
Image-processing software package
Published
22 April 2025

Tender description

RBG, Kew would like to purchase a device to image high density arrays of yeast, fungal or bacterial colonies, each arrayed onto rectangular petri dishes presenting the same format as a 96 well microtiter plate, here referred to as OmniTrays.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date25 January 2025
  2. Completed: Contract expiry date26 January 2025
  3. Completed: Award published22 April 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. A Framework Document sets out how the two bodies work together on business planning and resource allocation. Kew keeps the freedom to opt in or out of central government procurement routes such as the Crown Commercial Service. Tender opportunities appear on Find a Tender alongside Defra procurement channels. Procurement documents for live opportunities are issued through Defra's Bravo Solution portal. Suppliers are expected to meet Kew's procurement standards, including sustainability requirements, before any contract begins.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew's contract awards have been in business services, architectural and engineering services and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 48328000 · Image-processing software package

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