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Published 21 Jan 2026, 17:08 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

RBGKEW1473 UV-vis spectrophotometer plate reader

Authority: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Public body)

Below threshold - without competition

Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)

+6 more

East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)

Awarded value£34,693published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 25 Nov 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Tecan UK Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Millennium Seed Bank laboratories (RBG Kew) are seeking a solution to allow multimodal microplate-based spectrophotometric readings to support research requiring measurements from seed extracts.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

38433000 Spectrometers

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 21 Jan 2026, 17:08 GMT
Last source update: 21 Jan 2026, 17:08 GMT
Authority reference: RBGKEW1473
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-005510
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 more
South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-060b9b Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Contract details notice published
21 Jan 2026, 17:08 GMT
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £34,6931 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 25 Nov 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Tecan UK Limited	£34,693 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · Tecan UK Limited
Signed
25 Nov 2025
Value
£34,693
Period
1 Mar 2026 – 1 Mar 2029
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-CHC: 803428 · GB-PPON: PGTT-3583-QXLN THE HERBARIUM, KEW GREEN, London, TW9 3AEContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Tecan UK LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02027512 Theale Court 11-13 High Street Theale, Reading, South East, RG7 5AHContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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