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DOHMH intends to enter into a Sole Source contract with Illumina, Inc. for the purchase of the MiSeq Instrument and Nextera assay kits, reagents equipment, instruments and other supplies. The purpose of these instruments and kits are for the Public Health Laboratory’s clinical and environmental testing for the detection of foodborne pathogens, waterborne pathogens (such as Legionella), drug-resistance emerging bacteria and mosquito transmissible viruses including Zika and other viruses. Research has concluded that these testing kits provide rapid and the most specific results relating to the whole genome sequencing of viral and bacterial organisms. DOHMH has made the determination that Illumina, Inc. is a sole supplier as they are the manufacturer of the MiSeq and Nextera testing instruments and kits that are required to procure this Sole Source contract.
