# CEFAS22-11 Next Generation Sequencing \(NGS\) Services Framework

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Defra Network eTendering Portal
- Contract winner: CeGat GmbH
- Award value: £1,000
- Tender value: £1,000
- Award date: 15 June 2022
- Published: 27 June 2022
- Contract start: 1 July 2022
- Contract end: 30 June 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 3fea9e09-af65-482b-9847-4c66055dc6c5-549619
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3cc734e0-2ce6-4378-be8b-abdd114e357e

## Description

To help meet increasing needs, Cefas have a requirement to establish a new framework agreement for the provision of Next Generation Sequencing \(NGS\) services to include the approaches detailed below, and any proposed solution/awarded Provider must be able to fulfil the following requirements \(as a minimum\): 1\. The service provided must include the receipt of sample\(s\) from Cefas, Library Preparation, Quality Control and sequencing, and delivery of data back to Cefas\. 2\. The service provided must be able to offer, depending on the requirements of the project, a range of NGS technical options including but not restricted to high throughput short and long read sequencing \(including Illumina MiSeq, HiSeq, and NovaSeq platforms, PacBio, and Oxford Nanopore Technologies\) for a diverse range of sequencing requirements, including but not restricted to amplicon sequencing \(metabarcoding and multiplexed protocols\), whole/partial genome sequencing, mitogenomics, genome skimming, metagenomics and metatranscriptomics, RNASeq, and hybrid approaches\. Depending on the requirements of the project, some processing and initial analyses of the raw data may be requested\. Collaborative, jointly-authored projects will also be undertaken, with input from both parties\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3fea9e09-af65-482b-9847-4c66055dc6c5-549619)