SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- VALIDATION OF NEW MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS (MDR-B) DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS IN DIVERSE SETTING
- Notice Date
- 7/11/2013
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 561611
— Investigation Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Naval Medical Research Center Det., Unit 3230 Box 343, American Embassy, DPO AA 34031-0343, Lima, Non-U.S., 34031-0343, Peru
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N44852_TBCOLORTEST
- Archive Date
- 7/28/2013
- Point of Contact
- Javier B. Gil, Phone: 0115116144152, Genaro M Vasquez, Phone: 0115116144128
- E-Mail Address
-
javier.gil@med.navy.mil, martin.vasquez@med.navy.mil
(javier.gil@med.navy.mil, martin.vasquez@med.navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- CONTRACTOR SCOPE OF WORK Implement the study "Validation of new multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-B)diagnostic tools in diverse setting." by: a. Manufacturing and providing the new Colour Test for diagnosing MDR-TB for the study. b. Assisting with the technical training at the research sites in both Iquitos and Lima to include the development of the standard operating procedure for the processing of the sputum samples collected for testing. c. Assisting in the logistical support at both the Lima and Iquitos site to include the shipping of samples to the TB lab at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima for testing. d. Perform and validate the testing of sputum samples collected within the study by comparing the Xpert® MTB/RIF assay (by Cephid, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA), the "Colour Test" (a colorimetric agar culture test), and the BACTEC TM Mycobacterium Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) test (by Becton Dickinson Microbiology Systems, Sparks, MD, USA) with drug susceptibility testing (DST) when the MGIT is positive for M. tuberculosis. e. Perform up to 2 pilot technical assessment visits at 2 potential overseas sites. f. Assist in the preparation of scientific publications which are generated from this study. One year project from August 1st 2013 to July 31st 2014 IMPORTANT NOTICE In addition to this announcement, this requirement will also be locally advertised to vendors in Peru through the newpaper PERU21.
- Web Link
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(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/30ed59decd5185187569c4f3f6d78658)
- Place of Performance
- Address: AMERICAN EMBASSY, NAMRU-6, LIMA, Peru
- Record
- SN03113350-W 20130713/130711234736-30ed59decd5185187569c4f3f6d78658 (fbodaily.com)
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