Supply, installation and 5‑year maintenance of automated osmometer and ketometer analyzer for charlotte maxeke johannesburg hospital chemistry laboratory

• Email: [email protected]
• No phone, name, department or physical address were provided in the document.

• Submit all required returnable documents as listed in the tender (e.g., proof of system automation, interface capability, battery life, UPS, barcode reader, portability, training certificates, consumables availability).
• Each document must be clearly referenced with a unique identifier (binder/folio, chapter, section, page) to allow evaluators to locate substantiation.
• Failure to provide any of the listed documents will result in disqualification.

• Technical/Functional evaluation is scored per requirement based on completeness, relevance and accuracy of substantiating evidence.
• Bidders must complete all mandatory technical requirements; missing evidence is treated as “NOT COMPLY”.
• Evaluation is documentary – the evaluator will cross‑check each referenced document against the requirement.
• No explicit weighting or overall score is provided; compliance with each mandatory item is essential for qualification.

• Osmometer:

• Sample volume 15‑50 µL (serum and urine).
• Measuring range 0‑3000 mOsm/kg H₂O.
• Operating temperature 10‑30 °C, storage 2‑30 °C.
• Test time 1 minute.
• Humidity tolerance 10‑80 %.

• Ketometer analyser:

• Ketone range 0‑8 mmol/L.
• Sample: fresh capillary or venous whole blood.
• Haematocrit range 25‑60 %.
• Minimum sample size 1.0 µL.
• Test time 15 seconds.
• Operating temperature 10‑40 °C.

• Mandatory system requirements:

1. Fully automated with NHLS LIS interface.
2. Osmometer must use freezing‑point depression principle.
3. Ketone meter battery life ≥1 year or ≥900 tests.
4. Ability to run all listed test repertoires (serum/urine osmolality, whole/capillary blood ketone).
5. Prior NHLS evaluation or reputable validation publications (except ketone meter).
6. UPS with minimum 60 minutes runtime and surge protection.
7. Barcode reader for patient ID (ketone meter exempt).
8. Ketone meter portable, ≤100 g.
9. On‑site end‑user training with certificates and option for future training.
10. Consumables (strips, batteries for ketone meter; reagents for osmometer) must be supplied to meet monthly test volumes.

No specific compliance requirements (e.g., CSD, tax, B‑BBEE, CIDB, CIPC) are mentioned in the document.