Information

Tender reference number	OJ/2021/DPR/23656
Title	External Quality Assessment of Molecular Typing of Salmonella, STEC and Listeria
Description	The scope of this call is the provision of EQA schemes to support molecular typing-enhanced surveillance of Salmonella (Lot 1), STEC (Lot 2) and L. monocytogenes (Lot 3)The overall objectives include:1) Improve harmonisation of the typing methods and typing capability within the public health laboratories of the EU/EEA and the EU enlargement (candidate and potential candidate) countries;2) Promote production and submission of high quality molecular typing data to TESSy;3) Provide support to laboratories failing to obtain correct results or facing issues;4) Support early threat detection capability for emerging strains and multi-country FWD outbreaks.
Contract type	Services
Procedure type	Open procedure
Status	Closed
Published on TED
Submission Method	Electronic
Tenders may be submitted	One or more lot
Maximum number of lots	3
Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)	Framework agreement
Address of the buyer profile: (URL)	http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/aboutus/calls/Pages/procurementsandgrants.aspx
Estimated total value	960,000.00 EUR
Main CPV	85100000

Conditions for participation

Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers	See internet address provided in section I.3).
Economic and financial standing - List and brief description of selection criteria	Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Economic and financial standing- Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required	Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability - List and brief description of selection criteria	Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability - Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required	Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Milestones

TED publication date	07/05/2021 00:00
Question deadline	04/06/2021 23:59 UTC+02:00
Answer deadline	N/A
Time limit for receipt of tenders	14/06/2021 16:00 UTC+02:00
Conditions for opening tenders (date)	16/06/2021 10:00 UTC+02:00

Lots

Lot number	Title	Description
Lot 1	External Quality Assessment of Molecular Typing of Salmonella	The scope of this call is the provision of EQA schemes to support molecular typing-enhanced surveillance of Salmonella with the following objectives:1) Improve harmonisation of the typing methods and typing capability within the public health laboratories of the EU/EEA and the EU enlargement (candidate and potential candidate) countries;2) Promote production and submission of high quality molecular typing data to TESSy;3) Provide support to laboratories failing to obtain correct results or facing issues;4) Support early threat detection capability for emerging strains and multi-country FWD outbreaks.
Lot 2	External Quality Assessment of Molecular Typing of STEC	The scope of this call is the provision of EQA schemes to support molecular typing-enhanced surveillance of STEC with the following objectives:1) Improve harmonisation of the typing methods and typing capability within the public health laboratories of the EU/EEA and the EU enlargement (candidate and potential candidate) countries;2) Promote production and submission of high quality molecular typing data to TESSy;3) Provide support to laboratories failing to obtain correct results or facing issues;4) Support early threat detection capability for emerging strains and multi-country FWD outbreaks.
Lot 3	External Quality Assessment of Molecular Typing of L. monocytogenes	The scope of this call is the provision of EQA schemes to support molecular typing-enhanced surveillance of L. monocytogenes with the following objectives:1) Improve harmonisation of the typing methods and typing capability within the public health laboratories of the EU/EEA and the EU enlargement (candidate and potential candidate) countries;2) Promote production and submission of high quality molecular typing data to TESSy;3) Provide support to laboratories failing to obtain correct results or facing issues;4) Support early threat detection capability for emerging strains and multi-country FWD outbreaks.ntry FWD outbreaks.

Notices

Reference	Notice type	Publication date
2021/S 089-226848	Contract notice	07/05/2021 00:00