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Published 9 Aug 2022, 13:09 BST

Official UK procurement notice

RBGKEW1078 Library preparation, hybridization & sequencing (target enrichment)

Official notice

Authority: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£400,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 20 Sept 2022awarded 14 Nov 2022
Awarded to Neogen Europe Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) intends to appoint a supplier for high-throughput sequencing of plant DNA.

CPV: Laboratory services · Research laboratory services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) intends to appoint a supplier for…Awarded

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) intends to appoint a supplier for high-throughput sequencing of plant DNA.

The Contract will cover:

Target capture approaches, using the Angiosperms353 bait set. We anticipate this will be the most common use case.

Target capture approaches, using alternative bait sets as specified by RBG Kew.

Dual hybridisation approaches, using a combination of bait sets (Angiosperms353 and a taxon-specific bait set)Genome skimming.

Kew will supply DNA

Show less description

samples in all cases. The supplier will undertake library preparation, hybridisation (in cases i-iii), and DNA sequencing.

Services will be requested as needed and RBG Kew makes no commitment to any minimum level of spend.

Delivery: London
Extensions: May extend up to one year (12 Months)Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical Criteria: 50%
  • Commercial Criteria: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical Criteria: 50
  • Commercial Criteria: 50
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
9 Aug 2022, 13:09 BST
Last source update
6 Jan 2023, 11:34 GMT
Award evaluation window
20 Sept 2022 – …
Authority reference
RBGKEW1078
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-000358
Classification (CPV)
Laboratory servicesResearch laboratory services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035a36 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
20 Sept 2022, 16:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
20 Sept 2022, 16:05 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

20 Sept 2022 → 6 Jan 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    20 Sept 2022, 16:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    20 Sept 2022, 16:05 BST
  3. Notice published
    6 Jan 2023, 11:34 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Jan 2023, 11:34 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 6
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Nov 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Neogen Europe Limited——Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) intends to appoint a supplier for…6bids——£200,000 – £400,000
Whole notice———£200,000 – £400,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Contracting authorityPublic bodyMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsEnvironmental protection Kew Green, RICHMOND, London, TW93ABContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • To be confirmedReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.