Soil Sample Metabarcoding for Natural England's Long Term Monitoring Network (LTMN)

A Contract Award Notice
by NATURAL ENGLAND

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Contracts Finder
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
3 month
Value
£24K-£25K
Sector
INDUSTRIAL
Published
11 May 2023
Delivery
04 Jan 2023 to 31 Mar 2023
Deadline
19 Dec 2022 17:00

Concepts

Location

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

1 supplier

Description

This project aims to analyse soil samples from Natural England's Long Term Monitoring Network using metabarcoding, to generate data which can be used to explore how past tRFLP analysis of microbial communities can be made compatible with modern metabarcoding approaches. This project will specifically deliver metabarcoding of a limited number of samples using two primer sets: those used for tRFLP, and those used in modern metabarcoding, and deliver both raw and taxonomically assigned data, with advice on use of sequence data for in-silico tRFLP for comparison.

Award Detail

1 School of Biosciences University of Sheffield (Sheffield)
  • Value: £20,825

CPV Codes

  • 73111000 - Research laboratory services
  • 73210000 - Research consultancy services

Indicators

  • Contract is suitable for SMEs.

Other Information

To apply please respond to the attached Request for Quotation. Responses should be emailed to matthew.j.shepherd@naturalengland.org.uk and victoria.sloan@naturalengland.org.uk quoting reference "LTMNSOIL - METABARCODING" and "Final Submission", no later than 17:00 on 19th December 2022. Clarification questions can be submitted by emailing the above addressed prior to 15th December 2022; noting that unless commercially sensitive, the question and response will be circulated to all tenderers that request this. Request for Quotation - LTMN SOILS metabarcoding final.docx Bidders Questions answered.docx LTMNSOILS - METABARCODING TERMS AND CONDITIONS - UoS Signed 230322 - NE Signed_Redacted.pdf

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