# Root RADAR systems

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew](/buyers/board-of-trustees-of-the-royal-botanic-gardens-kew/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [LI-COR BIOSCIENCES UK LIMITED](/contract-winners/li-cor-biosciences-uk/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £32,500
- Tender value: £32,500
- Award date: 28 November 2021
- Published: 1 November 2022
- Contract start: 5 December 2021
- Contract end: 5 December 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 37361325-21da-4d76-9606-2f15758c0d6b-566839
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-09fc936c-c383-4a6b-b7bc-77af15df4ad9

## Description

This PPAF is for root RADAR equipment\. This equipment will allow Kew to non-invasively image tree root structure, the extent of these roots and produce estimates root biomass \(and therefore carbon\), beneath the soil surface\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/37361325-21da-4d76-9606-2f15758c0d6b-566839)
