Soil Sample Metabarcoding for Natural England's Long Term Monitoring Network 2025 - 2026
Natural England needs metabarcoding analysis of soil samples from their Long Term Monitoring Network to identify bacteria and fungi. The work must produce comparable data with previous analyses and include raw data, taxonomic assignments, metadata, and reporting.
- Closed15 December 2025
- Value£50k
- BuyerNatural England
- Wheresupplier's own premises
- CategoryResearch & development
- RegionUK-wide
You'll want to look if you have a soil microbiology or environmental DNA laboratory with metabarcoding equipment and expertise in bacterial and fungal identification
You'll need
- ability to produce data comparable with previous metabarcoding analyses
- capacity to deliver raw and taxonomically assigned metabarcoding data
- experience with soil microbiota analysis
Might not suit a small firm
- it needs coverage across the whole UK
Possible incumbent
James Hutton Limited won a closely related soil analysis project for Natural England in September 2025. Inferred from prior awards to this buyer, not confirmed.