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GB-LONDON: RBGKEW1334 Freeze-drying centrifugal evaporator

Royal Botanic Gardens

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Royal Botanic Gardens

Buyer Address: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kew Green, Richmond, TW9 3AE, UK

Contact Name: Jamal Jimenez

Contact Email: procurement@kew.org

Contact Telephone: 02083325000

Status
complete
Procedure
selective
Value
73970.4 GBP
Published
22 Jan 2025, 12:35
Deadline
17 Oct 2024, 23:00
Contract Start
10 Jan 2025, 00:00
Contract End
09 Jan 2026, 23:59
Category
goods
CPV
38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Wolf Laboratories Limited
Official Source
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Description

Summary and background The Biochemistry Laboratory at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) has a requirement to increase its capacity to dry numerous samples in common organic or aqueous solvents (typically 1 - 10 ml volume range) as part of several research workflows studying the metabolites of plants and fungi. The lab currently has one centrifugal evaporator to perform this task, which is proving insufficient and resulting in sample drying becoming a bottleneck in workflows. It is also not able to support new workflows requiring (1) samples in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) to be dried and (2) batches of samples in water or water/organic mixtures (e.g. high-performance liquid chromatography fractions) to be freeze dried. Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

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