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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

RBGKEW1398 - Fungarium Sequencing Project Phase 2

R&DCPV 73000000 73100000 73110000
Value£444k
Deadline29 May 2025
Published31 Jul 2025
RegionLondon
Timeline
Published 31 Jul 2025ClosedCloses 29 May 2025
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£444ktotal contract value
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this tender£0£561k

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The brief

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ('RBG Kew') intends to appoint a Supplier for a period of up to 36 months with the option to extend by up to a further 6, from contract commencement in 2025.

The Supplier will provide sequencing services primarily for the Fungarium Sequencing project, but also for other projects using fungal whole genome sequencing approaches.

The Fungarium Sequencing project at RBG Kew aims at whole genome sequencing several thousands of fungi from a combination of fresh samples and mostly historical/ancient dried fungarium collections.

Samples are mostly reference type specimens with very low DNA yield.

Library preparation requires ancient DNA protocols.

The Supplier will provide high-throughput sequencing data either from DNA extracts or from library preparations supplied by RBG Kew, according to the sequencing requirements below:

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Supplier will provide sequencing services primarily

The Supplier will provide sequencing services primarily for the Fungarium Sequencing project, but also for other projects using fungal whole genome sequencing approaches.

02

The Supplier will provide high-throughput sequencing data

The Supplier will provide high-throughput sequencing data either from DNA extracts or from library preparations supplied by RBG Kew, according to the sequencing requirements below:.

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