MARKET DIALOGUE Sequencing services

The Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) is a research organisation whose task is to promote competitive business based on the sustainable use of renewable natural resources, as well as wellbeing and the vitality of the countryside. Luke is conducting sequencing on animals, plants, bacterial and fungal isolates and environmental samples. Luke is using both short and long read sequencing for shotgun sequencing, targeted sequencing and sequencing of bacterial and eukaryotic genomes. The subject of the procurement is sequencing services. Luke is looking for providers for 1) Metagenomic sequences 2) Transcriptomic 3) Amplicon and metabarcoding 4) Sanger sequencing 5) Whole genome sequencing 6) Sequencing of self-made pooled libraries 7) ddRAD and ATAC Interested suppliers can take part in either one or all of the service packages.

Please note that this is a prior information notice ("hereafter notice") and does not call for tenders. The information provided in this notice is preliminary and is subject to change during preparation. Answering or not answering to this request for information shall not preclude participation in a possible tendering that is planned to be run during 2025. Interested suppliers in this upcoming procurement are requested to provide their contact details no later than May 30th, 2025 by filling in the contact information on the attached form: https://forms.office.com/e/UZj6XP7fFz The intention of the Natural Resources Institute Finland is to send questions and draft versions of call for tenders and its appendices to interested tenderers. Interested tenderers are given the opportunity to comment on the draft material in writing. If announced separately, company-specific remote meetings may be arranged. This request for information does not oblige Natural Resources Institute Finland to carry out the actual tendering. Hansel Ltd, a central purchasing body, has a consultative role in the tendering process.