Contract

RBGKEW1078 Library preparation, hybridization & sequencing (target enrichment)

  • Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-000358

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-035a36

Published 6 January 2023, 11:34am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Kew Green

RICHMOND

TW93AB

Email

procurement@kew.org

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKI75 - Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.kew.org

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority

one.5) Main activity

Environment


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

RBGKEW1078 Library preparation, hybridization & sequencing (target enrichment)

Reference number

RBGKEW1078

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 73111000 - Research laboratory services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) intends to appoint a supplier for high-throughput sequencing of plant DNA.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £200,000 / Highest offer: £400,000 taken into consideration

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 71900000 - Laboratory services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKI - London

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) intends to appoint a supplier for high-throughput sequencing of plant DNA.

The Contract will cover:

Target capture approaches, using the Angiosperms353 bait set. We anticipate this will be the most common use case.

Target capture approaches, using alternative bait sets as specified by RBG Kew.

Dual hybridisation approaches, using a combination of bait sets (Angiosperms353 and a taxon-specific bait set)Genome skimming.

Kew will supply DNA

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samples in all cases. The supplier will undertake library preparation, hybridisation (in cases i-iii), and DNA sequencing.

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

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Technical Criteria / Weighting: 50

Cost criterion - Name: Commercial Criteria / Weighting: 50

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2022/S 000-021863


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

14 November 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 6

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Neogen Europe Limited

Ayr

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKM - Scotland
Companies House

SC186341

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £200,000 / Highest offer: £400,000 taken into consideration


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

to be confirmed

London

Country

United Kingdom