Sole Source Notice of Purchase for Qiagen EZ1 and 2DNA Kits and Consumables

The Mississippi Forensic Laboratory is seeking to purchase Qiagen Automatable kits and related consumables. The Qiagen EZ1 Advanced, EZ1 Advanced XL, and EZ2 Connect FX instruments, and the EZ1 & 2 DNA Investigator (48) kits chemistry are designed for automated isolation of nucleic from a wide variety of sample types. The key features of these instruments and chemistry include full walk-away automation, self-contained sealed reagent strip chemistries, and gDNA, mitoDNA, or Total RNA extraction protocols for multiple sample types. The key points of this opportunity are: • The Mississippi Forensic Laboratory is seeking to purchase Qiagen Automatable kits and related consumables. • The Qiagen EZ1 Advanced, EZ1 Advanced XL, and EZ2 Connect FX instruments, and the EZ1 & 2 DNA Investigator (48) kits chemistry are designed for automated isolation of nucleic from a wide variety of sample types. • The key features of these instruments and chemistry include full walk-away automation, self-contained sealed reagent strip chemistries, and gDNA, mitoDNA, or Total RNA extraction protocols for multiple sample types. • The estimated cost of the commodities is $209,388.42. • The Mississippi Forensic Laboratory is seeking a sole source procurement for these commodities.