Supply of DART-HRMS System for Wood Species Identification to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW · Awarded contract
AwardedSupply of DART-HRMS System for Wood Species Identification to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Awarded 23 Nov 2020
Awarded23 Nov 2020
Value£233,000.00
SupplierJEOL(U.K.)LIMITED
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryResearch & Development
Ended 7mo ago5y 4mo term
Awarded 23 Nov 2020Expired 30 Mar 2026
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew awarded a contract to JEOL (U.K.) Limited for a solution to record high-resolution mass spectrum (MS) fingerprints directly from wood fragments.
These fingerprints support the identification of wood species to assist enforcement of EU/UK timber regulations.
The work is part of a consortium of laboratories in the WorldForestID programme.
The MS fingerprints recorded at Kew must be comparable with the existing ForeST database of over 16,000 wood MS fingerprints, compiled using Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART®) ambient ionisation with a JEOL AccuTOF high-resolution mass spectrometer.
The contract value is £233,000.
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Supply of DART-HRMS System for Wood Species Identification to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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