COVID-19 Saliva Testing Services
Tender ID: 449389
Tender Details
Tender Description
This Request for Proposal (RFP) is an invitation to suitably qualified Respondents to submit a Proposal for the COVID-19 Saliva Testing (COVID-19 saliva-based PCR testing) opportunity.
The Ministry is seeking suitably accredited and operationally ready suppliers to provide end-to-end saliva testing services for COVID-19. This includes the collection of saliva samples, processing of these samples on an accredited PCR test platform and reporting of the results as part of the national public health response.
The Ministry is exploring the expansion of its COVID-19 testing regime to include saliva testing for surveillance purposes, with a focus on the border. The exact use cases for saliva testing are yet to be confirmed, however at this stage, we anticipate that a saliva testing regime could involve approximately 6,000-20,000 tests per week depending on the frequency of tests that may be established for border worker surveillance testing alongside the existing nasopharyngeal swab PCR testing that is currently in place.
his stage, we anticipate that the maximum number of tests per week nationally would be 20,000.