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Ohio public health laboratory seeks LIMS for sequencing workflows

The Ohio Department of Health is seeking a LIMS to manage public-health laboratory samples and whole-genome sequencing workflows. - Buyer: Ohio Department of Health (ODH), Bureau of Public Health Laboratory (ODHL), Reynoldsburg, Ohio. - Request: Laboratory information management system (LIMS) software for sample tracking and workflow management supporting whole-genome sequencing. - Supports work involving foodborne pathogens, norovirus, antimicrobial-resistant hospital-acquired pathogens, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and SARS-CoV-2. - Also supports sequencing wastewater samples to identify SARS-CoV-2 variants. - OEMs and vendors: Illumina is mentioned in the title of an attached state IT policy supplement, but the solicitation does not identify it as a required vendor or name an Illumina product. No LIMS vendor or product is specified. - Products and quantities: One LIMS software requirement; no part number, brand, or quantity is provided. - Notable requirements: The system is intended to support sample tracking and laboratory workflows across the described pathogen and wastewater sequencing programs.

Description

The Ohio Department of Health seeks laboratory information management system (LIMS) software for sample tracking and workflow management for whole genome sequencing. The Bureau of Public Health Laboratory sequences clinical isolates for multiple pathogens, including foodborne, antimicrobial-resistant, tuberculosis, and SARS-CoV-2 samples, as well as wastewater samples for SARS-CoV-2 variants. Proposals must include separate technical and cost proposals, with all tabs in the Excel cost form completed. The source notes conflicting proposal deadline times of November 20, 2026: 12:00 a.m. in the solicitation fields and “12:00 NOON” in the process instructions.

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