Laboratory services

Summary

The tender concerns laboratory diagnostics services for STI and PrEP care over several years, to be provided by one laboratory. The work includes STI testing (chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, mpox and HIV), and where indicated testing for hepatitis A, LGV, herpes simplex 1/2, Trichomonas vaginalis and occasionally Mycoplasma genitalium. It also includes gonorrhoea culture for GRAS surveillance and laboratory tests for PrEP care, including creatinine and hepatitis C. The contracting authority expects a long-term and growing need, with a historical annual spend of about EUR 200,000 to EUR 250,000 and a total contract value including extension options of EUR 2,625,000.