AwardedAwarded 2 October 2025
RBGKEW1440 Illumina Sequencing of fungal amplicons
Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew · Central government
In brief
Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew awarded research work to Dalhousie University on 2 October 2025.
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What the notice says
We require amplicon sequencing of a 550 bp amplicon for up to approximately 2,000 samples using Illumina. We would like paired-end reads and need a minimum of 10,000x coverage per sample. The sequencing may be done on a single lane of (for instance) NextSeq or multiple lanes of MiSeq, cost depending. We will do the amplification of the target region using partial Illumina adapters and would like the supplier to do the barcoding, QC, equimolar pooling, library prep, size selection and sequencing. We need the data returned in bam or raw fastq format, demultiplexing and further bioinformatic support is not necessary.
Who won
| Winner | Value | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Dalhousie University | £50,000 | 5 October 2025 to 4 October 2026 |
Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.
Timeline
- Contract details notice · UK7, notice 076987-2025
About the buyer
Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens KewLast 12 months
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From notice 076987-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 25 November 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.