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| Source: | Contracts Finder |
| Notice Type: | Award notice |
| Buyer: | Royal Botanic Gardens |
| Main Category: | Goods |
| Procurement Method: | Competitive dialog |
| Tender Status: | Closed |
| Estimated Value (ex. VAT): |
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Application Deadline
17 October 2024
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Estimated Value
£73,970.4
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| Release Date: | 22 January 2025 |
| Application Deadline: | 17 October 2024 |
| Contract Start Date: | 10 January 2025 |
| Contract End Date: | 9 January 2026 |
| Contract Duration: | 1.0 years |
| Procurement ID (OCID): | ocds-b5fd17-f96c3d91-c37c-4ab8-aa02-c0e6976b3160 |
| Notice Reference: | d966ff13-2819-4c06-a685-9471cfa8073f-819374 |
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| Award value: | £73,970.4 |
| Award decision date: | 17 October 2024 |
| Award status: | Active |
Summary and background The Biochemistry Laboratory at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) has a requirement to increase its capacity to dry numerous samples in common organic or aqueous solvents (typically 1 - 10 ml volume range) as part of several research workflows studying the metabolites of plants and fungi. The lab currently has one centrifugal evaporator to perform this task, which is proving insufficient and resulting in sample drying becoming a bottleneck in workflows. It is also not able to support new workflows requiring (1) samples in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) to be dried and (2) batches of samples in water or water/organic mixtures (e.g. high-performance liquid chromatography fractions) to be freeze dried. Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.