Invitation for Laboratory Testing Services

Wildlife Conservation Society, Viet Nam Program (WCS) is seeking for a Supplier who provides laboratory testing from July 2021 to June 2022 to determine the Rickettsia pathogens using the following technique:

• DNA extraction from original samples using Realtime-PCR Protocols or equivalent
• Rickettsia testing using Realtime RT-PCR testing or equivalent: 2 protocols/samples (Scrub typhus and R. prowazeki)
• Conduct deeper diagnostic using conventional PCR and Sequencing for samples were Pos- with Realtime RT-PCR

The supplier should meet the following requirements:

1. Supplier:

• Has the ability to perform PCR testing and sequencing in animal samples
• Has at least 5 years of experience in research or testing Rickettsia using PCR and sequencing technique

2. Laboratories:

• Location in Hanoi is preferred
• Has at least minimum equipment for PCR testing and sequencing: conventional thermal cycler; agarose gel electrophoresis and documentation equipment; dedicated pipette sets for RNA extraction, PCR preparation, nested PCR preparation, post PCR (gel loading, handling of post PCR products for sequencing), pipetting of controls; -80 freezer with power back-up; micro-centrifuge; vortex, sequencing machine
• Has handled at least 500 Rickettsia samples for the last 12 months.
• Has the ability to timely provide test results to WCS
• Has the ability to timely provide invoices for laboratory fees following completion of diagnostic testing.

3. Proposals should include:

• Supplier profile
• Copy of Rickettsia researches have been done
• Photos of lab set up and equipment (how are rooms, PCR, and sequencing equipment set up)
• List of technical staff at the laboratory
• Signed and stamped quotation (use the attached form)

Interested suppliers please send the proposal in the sealed envelope to WCS Viet Nam office at D Building, No. 3 Thanh Cong, Ba Dinh, Ha Noi. The financial proposal form is attached.

Deadline for proposal submissions: 16h00, July 9, 2021

Any questions relating to this package must be submitted by 16:00 July 6, 2021 to the email address: [email protected]

WCS Viet Nam will reply by email, all responses by phone or verbal exchange are not valid.

WCS is committed to integrity in procurement, and only selects suppliers based on objective business criteria such as price and technical merit. Asking for or giving or accepting any money, fee, commission, credit, gift, gratuity, object of value or compensation from/to suppliers in exchange for or as a reward for business is not allowed.