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Tender number NS22-0244
While Territory Pathology facilitated the timely introduction of local COVID sequencing, it is apparent that there is now a need to significantly enhance the local sequencing capability to provide timely resulting to enhance the Public Health response in NT. The current system can only test a maximum of 4 COVID isolates over 72 hours, with all the pre-testing handling totally manual. Despite this, NT was one of the first jurisdiction in Australia to detect and report the Omicron variant. This proposal is to firstly provide automation to the pre handling of specimens and to then significantly increase sequencing testing capacity. The limited genomic sequencing capability in NT has recently identified a delta strain as the primary agent in one community and in another community there were 2 different Omicron variants confirmed. An ability to test more isolates will provide a better epidemiological picture of the true incidence of the COVID variants in a community, which in turn informs the best practice Public Health response. This proposal will ensure Territory Pathology has the capability to meet the requirements detailed in the Whole genome sequencing prioritising document, in particular to address the statement: “Given limited capacity, screening for new variants of concern is not a current objective”.
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Procurement method:
No
The works will be conducted in the following region(s):
Release
11/01/2022
Close
14/01/2022
Award
4/02/2022
Electronic lodgement using the eLodgement facility
Faxing to Darwin tenders office on +61 8 8999 1935
Lodging by mail: GPO Box 1551, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 0801
The following documents will need to be provided:
Listed by
PO Box 40596, Casuarina NT 0811
For further enquiries, please contact the Darwin Procurement Office
Schedule of rates of $34,851.00
Awarded
$34,851.00
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES PTY LTD
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES PTY LTD
ABN: 27 001 843 803
PO Box 752, GLADESVILLE NSW 1675
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