Call for tenders
“Pilot
study on the use of whole genome sequencing for molecular typing and
characterisation of M. tuberculosis in the EU/EEA” - OJ/2017/OCS/7766
(2017/S 056-103003)
Objectives and description
The
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) wishes to
enter into a service contract for a “Pilot study on the use of whole
genome sequencing for molecular typing and characterisation of M.
tuberculosis in the EU/EEA” - OJ/2017/OCS/7766.
The overall objectives of this call for tender are:
1. to
continue to monitor the evidence on the sensitivity and specificity of
WGS for detection of recent transmission and of transmission not
detected by conventional methods by literature review;
2. to build an expert consensus on the methodology for the detection and characterisation of MDR TB by WGS;
3. to build expert capacity for WGS for public health use, including data analysis, data interpretation and outbreak detection.
Eligible participants - Minimum conditions
Natural and legal persons
from one of the EU Member States and all natural and legal persons in a
third country which has a special agreement with the European Union in
the field of public procurement on the conditions laid down in that
agreement.
Funding conditions and duration
The estimated total value is 400,000.00 EUR excluding VAT.
The duration of the contract is 36 months and is not subject to renewal.
Deadline of proposals' submission
The deadline for submission of tenders is 8 May 2017 16:00 CET.
Tenders must be submitted electronically in the following address: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=2269
Further information
Please find attached the documentation of the call for tenders.
More information is available at the following link: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=2269&locale=en
Kind regards,
Flora
Flora Stavropoulou
Intern
European Office of Cyprus
Rue du Luxembourg 3, 2nd floor
B-1000, Brussels
Tel/Fax: +32 (0) 2 280 22 85
E-mail: eoc.brussels2@ucy.ac.cy
THE GREEK TRANSLATION IS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=2269&locale=el