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# RBGKEW1309 Long-Read Ash Genome Sequencing 2024

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rbgkew1309-long-read-ash-genome-sequencing-2024-ocds-h6vhtk-045914). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: "RBGKEW1309 Long-Read Ash Genome Sequencing 2024". Published status: complete. Published Value: £167,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/royal-botanic-gardens-kew-gov-pb508)
- **Published Value:** £167,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 June 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £150,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-045914`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rbgkew1309-long-read-ash-genome-sequencing-2024-ocds-h6vhtk-045914#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Ftenders%2FUK-UK-London%3A-Research-services.%2F3N7G36RRG8)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rbgkew1309-long-read-ash-genome-sequencing-2024-ocds-h6vhtk-045914#participate

## Description
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew wishes to appoint a supplier to individually sequence the whole genomes of up to 300 European ash trees (Fraxinus excelsior) at a minimum of 15x whole genome coverage via a long-read technology. Fraxinus excelsior is a diploid and has a 1C genome size of 880 Mbp. 
In addition to the 300 individual ash trees, we wish to sequence a minimum of six technical replicates. Therefore, the total number of samples we wish to sequence is 306. 
RBG Kew intends to supply total genomic DNA for each sample with the following metrics: minimum of 10ug DNA; minimum concentration of 30ng/ml (as measured with a Quantus flurometer dsDNA assay); at least 50% of the sample in fragments with a minimum length of 40kb; minimum OD260/280 of 1.8; minimum OD260/230 of 1.8; minimum DIN of 7.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £167,000
- **Description:** Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew wishes to appoint a supplier to individually sequence the whole genomes of up to 300 European ash trees (Fraxinus excelsior) at a minimum of 15x whole genome coverage via a long-read technology. Fraxinus excelsior is a dipl...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 026781-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Novogene (UK) Company LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-150874`
  - Value: £150,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 026781-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £150,000
  - Signed Date: 25/07/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026781-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-22T09:05:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T06:34:25.894Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-045914