Request for Quotation for Supply of Automated Extraction and Analysis Platform for MRC

UNSW Australia is one of the country's leading research and teaching universities. Established in 1949, it is ranked among the top 50 universities in the world, renowned for the quality of its graduates and its world class research. UNSW is a founding member of the Group of Eight, a coalition of Australia's leading research-intensive universities, and of the prestigious international network Universitas 21. With more than 50,000 students from over 120 countries, it is one of Australia's most cosmopolitan universities. The main UNSW campus is located on a 38-hectare site at Kensington, seven kilometres from the centre of Sydney. Other major campuses are the College of Fine Arts in the Sydney suburb of Paddington and UNSW Canberra at the Australia Defence Force Academy.

MRC is Australia's first microbiome research centre. The MRC is comprehensive microbiome-focused research centre solely dedicated to studying the microbiota in health and disease. MRC is a purpose-built, state of the art UNSW facility which undertakes clinical research in the context of various health conditions including cancer, infection/inflammation/immunity, maternal and child health, neuroscience/mental health and critical care. Its epicentre and laboratories are based at the St George and Sutherland Hospital Campuses which are major teaching hospitals of the UNSW Sydney.

Quotations are invited from suitably qualified Products/Service Providers for the provision of automated extraction and analysis platform that facilitates automation of sample preparation task to improve laboratory workflow efficiency.