# RBGKEW/868 DART-HRMS

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW](/buyers/royal-botanic-gardens-kew/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: JEOL\(U\.K\.\)LIMITED
- Award value: £233,000
- Tender value: £233,000
- Award date: 18 November 2020
- Published: 10 December 2020
- Contract start: 23 November 2020
- Contract end: 31 March 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 4d5f0cb0-e82a-47fa-94e7-9ab12ff7c37c-399766
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-29ab2ef7-9855-4617-8502-051f9eac721e

## Description

A solution to enable the recording of high-resolution mass spectrum \(MS\) 'fingerprints' directly from fragments of wood\. These MS fingerprints will support the identification of the species from which the wood was obtained to assist the enforcement of EU/UK timber regulations\. This work will be done as part of a consortium of laboratories who are members of the WorldForestID programme\. To be effective for this purpose, the MS fingerprints recorded at Kew must be comparable with an existing database \(ForeST\) of over 16,000 wood MS fingerprints that the consortium will use and which was compiled using the ambient ionisation technique of Direct Analysis in Real Time \(DART®\) in combination with a JEOL 'AccuTOF' high-resolution mass spectrometer \(HRMS\)\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4d5f0cb0-e82a-47fa-94e7-9ab12ff7c37c-399766)