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Published 28 May 2026, 07:33 BST

Official UK procurement notice

RBGKEW1513 Cacao TEA and SIRA

Official notice

Authority: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Public body)

Below threshold - without competition
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
+6 moreEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Awarded value£58,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Jan 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Fera Science Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Direct Award

Trace element analysis (TEA) of approximately 100 cacao seed subsamples using Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) and Stable Isotope Analysis (SIRA) of approximately 60 cacao samples (both fatted & defatted fractions) using isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IR-MS). These samples were donated to Kew from various countries in South America (Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil) during the previous Defra-funded projects with World Forest ID. All samples will be sent to the supplier in January 2026 and would have to analysed and data returned by end of March 2026 following identical pipelines and MSAs/MTAs as a logical follow-on to those analysed by Fera during the previous WFID projects to maintain protection of sample and data chain of custody and continuity of data quality for standardised results and interpretation.

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
73111000 Research laboratory services

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
28 May 2026, 07:33 BST
Last source update
28 May 2026, 07:33 BST
Authority reference
RBGKEW1513
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-049995
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 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
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Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    28 May 2026, 07:33 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £58,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Jan 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Fera Science Ltd£58,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Fera Science Ltd

    Signed
    1 Jan 2026
    Value
    £58,000
    Period
    1 Jan 2026 – 31 Mar 2026
    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
  • FERA SCIENCE LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 09413107 York BioTech Campus, Sand Hutton,, York, Yorkshire & Humber, YO41 1LZContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender