Laboratory services

Tender description

The provision of laboratory consumables. Lot 1 — List of 100 core laboratory consumables and non core including: — Plastic Consumables and Disposables; — Filtration Products; — Commonly used Pyrex, Duran; — Quickfit and E-mil Glassware, Whatman Filtration Products; — Commonly used Volumetric Glassware; — Micropipettors and Pipette Tips; — Non-Disposable Plastic Products; — Plastic Containerware inc Bottles, Sample Containers and Storage Boxes; — Bench Top Equipment Inc. Ovens, Incubators, Water Baths, Heaters, Pumps, Meters, Balances, Centrifuges and Heating Mantles; — Cleanroom Products Inc. Clothing and Cleaning Materials; — Chromatography Consumables Inc. Syringes, Columns, Vials and Caps; — General Laboratory Chemicals. Lot 2 — Crypto Filter Supplies — Compressed foam filters for sampling of raw and potable waters and laboratory consumables to isolate Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia oocysts compliant with The Microbiology of Drinking Water (2010) — Part 14 — Methods for the isolation, identification and enumeration of Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts. Lot 3 — Crypto testing reagent Supplies — A fluorescein-labelled monoclonal antibody reagent which binds specifically to Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts that display bright green fluorescence using a fluorescent microscope and laboratory consumables to isolate Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia oocysts compliant with The Microbiology of Drinking Water (2010) — Part 14 — Methods for the isolation, identification and enumeration of Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts. Lot 4 — The enumeration of coliform bacteria and Escherichia coli by a defined substrate most probable number technique incubated at 37 °C compliant with The Microbiology of Drinking Water (2009) — Part 4 — Methods for the isolation and enumeration of coliform bacteria and Escherichia coli (including E. coli O157:H7). Lot 5 — Bacterial media — Media required for the detection of micro-organisms in potable, raw water and wastewater samples using membrane filtration and pour plate methods compliant with The Microbiology of Drinking Water (2009) documentations excluding Part 14. Lot 6 — Sample Containers — a selection of sterile and non-sterile containers of varying volume are required to take potable, raw and waste water samples. A portion of containers will require pre-dosing with preservatives. Lot 7 — Tests kits and reagents for the detection of Chlorine, COD, Non-Ionic detergent, Hexavalent Chromium, Sulphide, Free Cyanide and Formaldehyde in water and waste waters. Lot 8 — Bacterial reference materials that contain a certified quantity of pure cultures of micro-organisms for internal quality control compliant with The Microbiology of Drinking Water (2009) documentations.