# Wood metabarcoding

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew](/buyers/board-of-trustees-of-the-royal-botanic-gardens-kew/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Fera Science Ltd](/suppliers/fera-science/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £12,000
- Tender value: £12,000
- Award date: 31 October 2023
- Published: 9 January 2024
- Contract start: 1 November 2023
- Contract end: 31 March 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 7eea300d-619f-4225-9d16-65d281a9cb45-712585
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3544288d-66ae-4bb3-9b3b-79680a5864e5

## Description

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, and all associated methods and SOPs, along with any remaining unspent subsamples will be returned to the World Forest ID team

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7eea300d-619f-4225-9d16-65d281a9cb45-712585)