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Published 30 Mar 2026, 17:09 BST

Official UK procurement notice

RBGKEW1536 - Millennium Seed Bank Digital Assistant Pilot

Official notice

Authority: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Public body)

Below threshold - without competition
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) 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£30,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 26 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Motion Realm Studios Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

RBG Kew seeks to procure a supplier to design, configure and locally deploy a visitor-facing Millennium Seed Bank Digital Assistant pilot (POC) that supports MSB education and visitor enquiry handling, including: avatar design, a structured conversation framework, and controlled ingestion/configuration of approved Kew/Wakehurst content only (from explicitly listed sources with named content owners)

Route to Market : Direct Award

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
72250000 System and support 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
30 Mar 2026, 17:09 BST
Last source update
30 Mar 2026, 17:09 BST
Authority reference
RBGKEW1536
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-029332
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
ocds-h6vhtk-067859 Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    30 Mar 2026, 17:09 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £30,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Mar 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Motion Realm Studios LtdSME£30,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

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
  • Motion Realm Studios LtdAwarded supplier Studio 4 Delta House 2, Studio Way,, London, England,, London, SW19 3EUContact 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