Supply, Testing, Commissioning and Operations of a sample Wastewater-based COVID-19 surveillance system in Kenya

United Nations Office at Nairobi (hereinafter refered to as UNON) on behalf of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) Kenya Programme is seeking to establish Contract with a qualified contractor(s) towards Supply, Testing, Commissioning and Operations of a sample Wastewater- based COVID-19 surveillance system in Kenya.

The scope of works consists of systems for SARS-CoV-2 monitoring in wastewater at city-level in Kenya, verified field-based virus testing technology based on extraction of SARS-CoV-2 DNA/RNA which will include reagents and consumables not requiring advanced laboratory facilities, such as cold-chain, Results from the tests should be provided within 2-6 hours, Capacity to implement the system on SARS-CoV-2 monitoring with minimal training, e.g. of existing utility staff or health officers as well as Capacity to test a minimum of 20 of samples per week per testing kit. Further, selected service provider should be able to demonstrate the integrated data management application i.e a Cloud-based application enabling dynamic capture, visualization and sharing of results. Provide GIS based data. It shall also include training and results dissemination and carrying out information workshop with institutions and authorities to share results. . Additional details, specifications, and terms of reference shall be provided in the tender document to be issued subsequent to this EOI.

UNON invites companies to express their interest by filling out the vendor response form and sending it either electronically or via email.

Interested vendors may forward their Expressions of Interest (EOI) along with the signed vendor forms.