# SAM #PANDHA27P0000051326 RFI for Five-Year Laboratory Consumables, Reagents, Equipment, and Services Supporting WRAIR Africa **Buyer:** Defense Health Agency **Posted:** October 28, 2026 **Respond By:** November 18, 2026 **Identifier:** PANDHA27P0000051326 **NAICS:** 423490, 423430, 423840, 423450, 541519, 339112 The Defense Health Agency is gathering vendor information for a five-year supply of laboratory and computing items supporting WRAIR Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. - **Government buyer:** Defense Health Agency (DHA), supporting the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) Africa effort; the specific sub-agency or contracting office is not identified in the provided material. - **OEMs and named vendors:** Illumina, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Dell (including Alienware), Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Eppendorf, QIAGEN, PathoFinder, Bio-Rad, and KoboCollect. The listed product brands also include KingFisher, MagMAX, VITEK 2, and MALDI Biotyper. - **Requested products:** A spreadsheet lists 66 line items, with maximum quantities per item. They cover bioinformatics computers, sequencing and sample-preparation supplies, laboratory plastics and reagents, pathogen and respiratory diagnostic kits, antimicrobial susceptibility and identification kits, and temperature monitoring. Quantities range from 5 to 280 for listed items; see line items for exact quantities, part numbers, and descriptions. - **Notable requirements:** Dell Precision workstations (part 210-BRJB) and Alienware M18 R2 laptops (part TGL-ALNWR4); Illumina NextSeq and iSeq supplies; Oxford Nanopore MinION and PromethION products; VITEK 2 test kits; and service agreements for NextSeq 1000, VITEK 2, MALDI Biotyper, and Bio-Rad CFX96 equipment. - **Period and location:** Five-year ordering period; Nairobi, Kenya. The spreadsheet also lists one-year equipment service agreements and a one-year KoboCollect subscription. - **Opportunity status:** This is an RFI for market research, not an award. No pricing is provided, so the contract value is an indicative estimate only. ### Description

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