RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Health Services Department, to execute a Purchase Order with Illumina, Inc., in the amount not to exceed $109,148 to purchase the MiSeq System for the Public Health Laboratory.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Funded by State Homeland Security Grant.
BACKGROUND:
Illumina, Inc. is an industry leader in Next Generation Sequencing equipment, reagents and supplies. Centers for Disease Control and the State laboratory both use the MiSeq system to sequence bacteria and viruses for identification and epidemiology purposes. Sequencing allows public health to link cases in outbreak situations. This system, using deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing, will allow the public health labortory to identify unknown bacteria and viruses in the most accurate manner.
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