Project Information

Bid Title

Qiagen ForenSeq Kintelligence and MiSeq FGx Reagant Kit

Issuing Agency

State Government of Minnesota

Location

Minnesota

Published Date

Oct 18, 2024

Closing Date

Oct 25, 2024

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

Ref. #

34948

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Project Description

REFERENCE NUMBER: 34948
Purchasing Agency: DPS, MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Title: Qiagen ForenSeq Kintelligence and MiSeq FGx Reagant Kit
Response to this solicitation is due no later than: 10/25/24 at 3:00pm

Ship to Information:

See Solicitation Document

To receive a printed copy of the solicitation, call: Mark Hill at 6517932732

TTY: 711 or 1.800.627.3529 (MN Relay Service for persons with speech or hearing disabilities)

Notes:

This is a single source posting notification; there are no solicitation documents for download. Note this posting is not a Request for Bid (RFB) or Request for Proposal (RFP).

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Agency intends to enter into a Single Source purchase with Qiagen.

Commercially available reagent kits that have all the required reagents to 1) prepare libraries for 10,230 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), 2) enrich the targets with UDI adapters for cluster generation and 3) sequence these libraries using a flow cell on the MiSeq Seguencing instrument. The combination of kits must develop a SNP profile in a format that can be searched in genetic databases (GedMatch and Family Tree DNA). It is imperative the kit results in products that utilize sequencing-by-synthesis (SBS) chemistry for paired-end sequencing. The kit must have been developmentally validated in full by the manufacturer according to SWGDAM guidelines which has been published in peer reviewed journal.

We are required to follow the FBI Quality Assurance Standards (QAS) for performing DNA analysis for casework. The requirements for validation of kits is covered under Standard 8 of the QAS requiring that validation precedes the implementation of any new methods used for forensic DNA analysis and that the underlying scientific principles of the method be in a peer-reviewed publication. The ForenSeq Kintelligence kit using the MiSeqFGx sequencing system has a developmental validation published.

• Antunes, J. et al. “Developmental Validation of the ForenSeq Kintelligence Kit, the MiSeq FGx instrument and the ForenSeq Universal Analysis Software,” FSIG, Volume 71, 2024.

Date This Solicitation Was Posted: 10/18/24 at 1:13pm

Commodity Codes

• NAICS 334516Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing

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