# RBGKEW1078 Library preparation, hybridization & sequencing \(target enrichment\)

> 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: Neogen Europe Limited
- Award value: £400,000
- Tender value: £400,000
- Award date: 14 November 2022
- Published: 6 January 2023
- Contract start: 1 February 2023
- Contract end: 31 January 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 1a4148c8-7560-4406-8a48-41a33ccda7e6-603390
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8381bed0-656c-4c6a-bee3-21ab25d2bdc1

## Description

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 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\. You are hereby invited by RBG Kew to submit a tender to meet the requirements in accordance with the specification and associated documents as contained within the tender pack\. Full information about the tender and the tender documents can be found as follows: https://defra\.bravosolution\.co\.uk https://defra\.bravosolution\.co\.uk/go/277771610182827073E3 ITT: itt\_10555 - RBGKEW1078 - Library preparation, hybridization & sequencing \(target enrichment\) project\_37036

## Related contract awards

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1a4148c8-7560-4406-8a48-41a33ccda7e6-603390)