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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS

RBGKEW/509 PAFTOL DNA sequencing services

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71620000 71900000 73111000
Value£100k
Awarded29 Aug 2018
Published20 Nov 2018
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

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£100ktotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£2.0m

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The brief

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) intends to appoint a supplier for a period of 12 months with the option to extend by up to a further 12 months, from contract commencement in 2018.

The supplier will provide sequencing services primarily for the Plant and Fungal Tree of Life (PAFTOL) project, but also for other projects using targeted enrichment approaches.

The maximum possible value of work under this contract is £100,000 GBP.

Services will be called-off as needed and RBG Kew makes no commitment to any minimum level of spend.

The specification of services, instructions to tender, and template response documents can be accessed via the Defra Bravo link below.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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The supplier will provide sequencing services primarily

The supplier will provide sequencing services primarily for the Plant and Fungal Tree of Life (PAFTOL) project, but also for other projects using targeted enrichment approaches.

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