Awarded contract

RBGKEW1419 AshSeq2025

Details

Value
£135,000
Topic
Research laboratory services
Published
25 November 2025

Tender description

Framework information NEUPC Direct Award, Ranked approach . LAB2010 NE Life Sciences Equipment, Materials & Services-Lot 3 RGB Kew (Science Directorate) is seeking a supplier to extract whole genomic DNA from 2750 ash tree leaf samples and sequence the whole genome of each sample. This work is part of a project on the genomic basis of ash dieback susceptibility. Lot 1: RGB Kew (Science Directorate) is seeking a supplier to extract whole genomic DNA from 2750 ash tree leaf samples and sequence the whole genome of each sample. This work is part of a project on the genomic basis of ash dieback susceptibility.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date9 September 2025
  2. Completed: Award published25 November 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

  • 73111000 · Research laboratory services

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