Sorting and identification of oribatid mites and springtails from forest soil samples 2026 Tender
Original: Sortieren und Bestimmen von Hornmilben (Oribatida) und Springschwänzen (Collembola) aus Bodenproben von Waldstandorten Baden-Württembergs
Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Baden-Württemberg
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This is a contract notice published by a government body covering services. Delivery covers Germany (Europe). It is classified under Biodiversity and Nature against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords.
The Baden-Württemberg Forest Research Institute seeks a provider to sort and taxonomically identify oribatid mites and springtails from forest soil samples, a soil-biodiversity monitoring task. It suits laboratory or ecological service providers with specialist soil-fauna taxonomy skills.
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About this tender
The Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Baden-Württemberg (FVA) is procuring services for sorting and identifying soil microarthropods, specifically Oribatida (oribatid mites, Hornmilben) and Collembola (springtails), from soil samples taken at forest sites in Baden-Württemberg. The tender is classified under CPV 77000000-0 (Services in agriculture, forestry, horticulture, aquaculture and beekeeping) and is run as a public tender under UVgO. The portal text does not give the deliverables, quantities, sample volumes, reporting requirements, or contract duration. These are presumably in the notice document (CSX 21 - Bekanntmachung.pdf, 17.7 KB, added 23.10.2026), which was not included in the page content provided. The portal also states that access to the tender documents requires participation in the procedure.
Key requirements
- ✓Sort soil samples to extract oribatid mites (Oribatida) and springtails (Collembola)
- ✓Taxonomically identify extracted specimens to appropriate level
- ✓Samples come from forest sites across Baden-Württemberg
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