Tender Results of Board Of Trustees Of The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Compact Liquid Chromatograph - High Resolution Tandem Mass Spectrometer-The requirement is for the delivery and installation of a compact, benchtop liquid chromatography - high resolution mass spectrometry system Framework Information: APUC Framework for the Supply of Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography Equipment (LAB 1029 AP).

Plants for Health: Toxicology Consultancy-Provision of consultancy services to the project 'Plants for Health'. 'Plants for Health' is building a resource of plant and fungal data for audiences across the healthcare and wellbeing sectors and seeks to expand the resource to include information on toxicity.

Waste Management Services-appointment of a single contractor to deliver the waste collection and onward provision of preparation for reuse, recycling, recovery and / or disposal services across the waste streams at KEW. To provide a comprehensive waste management service with excellent service standards and accurate waste data; and to be active partners in supporting RBG Kew in reducing waste and increasing recycling rates whilst providing an overall cost-effective service.

Zig zag aspirators for Global Tree Seed Bank-To procure a zig zag aspirator for our partner SNGF in Madagascar. SNGF are a partner on the Global Tree Seed Bank project and require this piece of equipment to improve the quality of their seed collections, duplicated to the MSB.

Digitization Project Robotic Support-Looking to purchase a robotic system to support Kew Digitisation project into automated capture of 3D and diverse specimens (microscope slides, spirit collection contents, library and archives material). Use of automation 360 degree robotic aided image capture for multiple types of challenging specimen - Evaluation of gripper configurations to align to the scope of Kew Collections - glass, delicate, large leafed - Training and upskilling of Collection / Curation staff for image

Wood metabarcoding-There is a requirement for the metabarcoding analysis of 62 tissues (namely bark, heartwood, and sapwood) from already-provided World Forest ID wood samples, using both fungal ITS and bacterial 16S primers and amplicon sequencing in the same runs. The sample prep, extraction, and analyses, and associated bioinformatics pipeline and outputs shall follow the same novel Fera protocols and SOPs as agreed previously with the RBG Kew and World Forest ID teams. Full data sets, bioinformatics results, a...

Wakehurst Silk Road - CMP-Update to 2011 conservation Management Plan (CMP) including enhancement to include more information on garden areas for forthcoming garden projects.

High-throughput Nano Photometer/Spectrophotometer-We require a NanoPhotometer for quality analysis of thousands of fungal DNA samples for further Next Generation Sequencing analyses, as it is a requirement before sending the DNA samples to the sequencing company and for further library preparation in-house. The requirement includes delivery and maintenance for the full life of the instrument and training as necessary

NAFI-based fire reporting tool for FMH Madagascar project-This project will develop an online service that produces analyses of fire patterns for the protected areas of Madagascar. The analyses will be based on the 500m resolution burnt area data sourced from satellite sensors to be provided by the client. A range of analyses can be produced such as fire frequencies and time-since-last-burnt across different periods and these will be tailored to the needs of the client. These reports can be used to show how fire patterns have changed ...

Remotely sensed land cover classification for Itremo PA management-Development of a land use cover map will contribute to the overall aims and objectives of the BLF Madagascar project. It will provide a baseline for monitoring LUC going forward and to plan and organise activities linked to biodiversity protection and sustainable livelihoods development in the area. The land cover map will include the principal vegetation types, including agriculture and tree plantations as well as modified areas due to infrastructure .