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RBGKEW1500 - Seed viability X-ray cabinet

Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Buyer Address: THE HERBARIUM, KEW GREEN, UKI75, TW93AE, United Kingdom

Contact Email: procurement@kew.org

Status
complete
Procedure
limited
Value
150000.0 GBP
Published
28 Jan 2026, 16:08
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
goods
CPV
33111000 - X-ray devices
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Southern Scientific Limited
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

The Millennium Seed Bank laboratories (RBG Kew) are seeking to update their X-Ray Machine to continue supporting the assessment of quality seed collections during the cleaning and processing stage to assess the final number of "good" seeds prior to banking, which allows to keep the collections to be kept at top quality.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot Description: The Millennium Seed Bank laboratories (RBG Kew) are seeking to update their X-Ray Machine to continue supporting the assessment of quality seed collections during the cleaning and processing stage to assess the final number of "good" seeds prior to banking, which allows to keep the collections to be kept at top quality. Market route via Single Tender Action is justified because early market engagement demonstrated that competition is absent for technical reasons, with no reasonable alternative or substitute available that can meet RBG Kew's combined scientific and IT compliance requirements.

Lot 1 Status: cancelled

Lot 1 Has Options: No

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