Provision and Maintenance of a Vegetable and Pea Genebank to Facilitate R&D requirements - Project ref 32705

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Facilities and staff to manage a large ex-situ collection of an array of vegetables and an array of peas. The successful supplier will be required to maintain the genetic materials in appropriate UK based storage for long term preservation of vegetable and pea species. The successful supplier(s) will have facilities to operate extensive cold and dry storage. Propagation and planting out facilities suitable for multiple commercial species and the ability to supply materials to researchers on request, in line with our commitments under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. An online supplier information event will be held on Wednesday 20th of July 2022. For an invitation to the event, please contact Helen.Evans@defra.gov.uk no later than 16:00 on Tuesday 19th of July 2022. Lot Lot 1: Vegetable Genebank Facilities and staff to manage a large ex-situ collection of an array of vegetables. The successful supplier will be required to maintain the genetic materials in appropriate UK based storage for long term preservation of vegetable species. The successful supplier(s) will have facilities to operate extensive cold and dry storage. Propagation and planting out facilities suitable for multiple commercial species and the ability to supply materials to researchers on request, in line with our commitments under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Lot Lot 2: Pea Genebank Facilities and staff to manage a large ex-situ collection of an array of peas. The successful supplier will be required to maintain the genetic materials in appropriate UK based storage for long term preservation of pea species. The successful supplier(s) will have facilities to operate extensive cold and dry storage. Propagation and planting out facilities suitable for multiple commercial species and the ability to supply materials to researchers on request, in line with our commitments under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.