Tenders Are Invited For Blood-Testing Reagents – Validated Total Solution For Heel Prick Screening For Metabolic Diseases Using Mass Spectrometry For Multiple Laboratories

Blood-Testing Reagents – Validated Total Solution For Heel Prick Screening For Metabolic Diseases Using Mass Spectrometry For Multiple Laboratories. The Neonatal Heel Prick Screening (Nhs) Is A National Screening Program That Is Carried Out On Newborns In The First Week After Birth. In The Netherlands (European And Caribbean Netherlands), Approximately 170,000 Newborns Receive The Heel Prick Every Year. The Heel Prick Screening Is The Longest-Running National Screening Program In Public Health Care. The Analysis Of The Heel Prick Blood Currently Provides Important Information About Twenty-Seven Rare, Often Hereditary, Serious Conditions. From 2026, The Blood Test Will Be Carried Out By Three Screening Laboratories, Of Which The Rivm-Gzb Screening Laboratory Functions As The Reference Laboratory. The Screening Laboratories Are Responsible For The Analysis Of The Heel Prick Blood Sample And Timely Reporting Of The Results. Blood Testing For The Presence Of Fifteen Of The Twenty-Seven Diseases Is Currently Carried Out Using Mass Spectrometry. In Connection With The Required Uniform Performance Of The Analyses, The Three Screening Laboratories Must Use The Same Tandem Mass Spectrometry Equipment With Associated Multiplex Kit. To Ensure Uniformity, Quality And Efficiency, Rivm Has Decided To Purchase The Equipment (Hardware), Software, Reagents And Associated Maintenance (Preventive, Corrective, Adaptive), Also Known As A Total Solution, And Make Them Available To The Screening Laboratories. This Tender Procedure Concerns An Order For The Supply, Implementation And Maintenance Of A Validated Total Solution For Heel Prick Screening For The Screening Laboratories. The Purpose Of This European Tender Is To Conclude An Agreement With One Supplier, According To The Principle Of Reagent Rental, Whereby The Supplier Remains The Owner Of The Equipment. The Supplier Becomes Fully Responsible For Supplying, Implementing And Continuously Making Available The Total Solution And Performing Related Services In Accordance With The Specifications Laid Down In The Tender Documents. This Tender Procedure Also Includes The Purchase Of A Mass Spectrometer / Liquid Chromatography System For The Rivm-Gzb Reference Laboratory (Including Hardware, Software And Maintenance).