Request for information: laboratory equipment, instrument service and consumables suppliers (KZN umbogintwini)

The Technology Innovation Agency is gathering information from suppliers of laboratory equipment and related services for its KwaZulu-Natal site at 1 Dickens Road, AECI Industrial Complex, Umbogintwini, 4120. Suppliers are asked to confirm which of the listed products and services they offer and to attach proof of that capability.

Closing: 16 October 2026 at 17:00

No briefing session or site visit is stated.

Enquiries and submission

• Email: [email protected]

Location of services and products

1 Dickens Road

AECI Industrial Complex

Umbogintwini, 4120

KwaZulu-Natal

Submission method: email

Submission email: [email protected]

Email subject line: RFI001BIOPROCESSING

Closing: 16 October 2026 at 17:00

Returnable information:

• Supplier name and the goods or services offered.
• A letter or other proof confirming the supplier genuinely offers the stated products or services.
• An indication of whether the supplier offers each listed product or service, with any comments.

This is a request for information, not a priced bid. Responses are assessed on whether the supplier can demonstrate, by letter or equivalent proof, that it offers the specific products or services listed. No preference point system, functionality score or minimum qualifying score is stated.

All products and services are required for the KwaZulu-Natal site at 1 Dickens Road, AECI Industrial Complex, Umbogintwini, 4120.

Instrument service, calibration and maintenance

• Installation, validation or calibration, maintenance, service and repair of all Sartorius instruments in South Africa.
• Service and maintenance of Gilson pipettes.
• Service of the Nanodrop 200 spectrophotometer, including genuine replacement parts and software updates.
• Calibration and service of balances and mass pieces, HPLC and GC, pipettes and glassware, thermometers, temperature data loggers, ovens, furnaces, baths, fridges, autoclaves, spectrophotometers, refractometers, pH and conductivity meters, viscometers, fume hood extraction and microscopes; SANAS-accredited in mass, temperature and humidity.
• Service for KAESER compressor (C service, major service, overhaul).
• Post-sale service of KLab microplate readers.
• Technical and after-sales service for Eppendorf equipment across Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Supply and post-sale service for Cytiva and Pall Life Sciences products.
• Installation, service and maintenance of MSA PPE products and instruments.

Analytical and process instrumentation

• In-line liquid and gas analytics: pH/Redox, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, carbon dioxide, ozone, turbidity, total organic carbon, sodium silica, chloride, sulphate, real-time microbial systems, tunable diode laser gas analytics and O2 gas detection, including sensors, housings, transmitters and commissioning and service tools.
• Anton Paar products: laboratory and process density and concentration meters, viscometers and rheometers, analytical and synthetic chemistry instruments, refractometers and polarimeters, small angle X-ray and X-ray diffraction systems, flash point analysers, penetrometers, oxidation stability testers, petroleum testing instruments, surface mechanical property instrumentation, particle characterisation, Raman spectrometers and microscopes, adsorption analysers, bulk density analysers, porometers and porosimeters, FTIR spectrometers and analysers, texture analysis and extrusion equipment.
• Buchi Labortechnik products, with factory-trained service engineers and parts stock.
• Hitachi analytical HPLC range, amino acid analyser and spectrophotometer range.
• Shimadzu products, including sole service and parts supply.
• Hanna Instruments products.
• Drager branded products and services.
• MSA safety products: respiratory protection, thermal imaging cameras, head, eye and face protection, portable instruments, hearing conservation and communication devices, fall protection and Latchways products, and fixed gas detection including General Monitors products.
• Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Gibco and Torrent products with related technical support.
• GenScript products and services.
• Sartorius instrument range.

Laboratory equipment and consumables

• Burkert solenoid valves.
• Grundfos pumps.
• Steritech autoclaves, spares and consumables.
• Clean air equipment: biohazard safety cabinets, fume extraction cupboards, uni-directional flow benches, filters and fans.
• Double mechanical seals for bioreactor shafts at the TBP.
• Valves, including authorised sales and service distribution.
• Ikhaya equipment temperature monitoring devices, including data retrieval and management.
• Centrifuges and accessories under the CRYSTE brand.
• Biolab, Hycon, NutriSelect, BioReliance, Isotec, Pestanal, Brand, KAPA Biosystems, SAFC, ECACC, Lenticules, Sigma-Aldrich, EcoCult, Milli-Q, Steritest, EMSA, Milliflex, Supelco, GranuCult, Millipore and Vitroids brands.
• Phenomenex chromatography columns, accessories and consumables for pharmaceutical, cannabis, food and beverage analyses.
• Macherey-Nagel solid phase extraction products.
• Socorex manual and electronic pipettes, repeater pipettes, bottle-top dispensers and accessories.
• VWR products.
• Carl Roth laboratory equipment, fine chemicals and biochemicals.
• HPC Standards high-purity analytical standards and certified reference materials.
• SRL laboratory chemicals, dehydrated culture media, supplements and kits, BioLit DNA and protein tools and laboratory accessories.
• Biowest horse serum and foetal bovine serum for hybridoma cell culture.
• Aquastabil dissolution accessories.
• Snijders products.
• Young LN, Kruss and OHAUS products within KwaZulu-Natal.

Oligonucleotides and biological services

• Local commercial oligonucleotide manufacture, including primers and probes with 5' modifications (ATTO dyes, 6-FAM, HEX, TET, Cy3, Cy3.5, Cy5, Cy5.5, DABCYL, CAL Fluor Red 635, CAL Fluor Orange 560, CAL Fluor Red 610, CAL Fluor Red 590, biotin, phosphorylation, amino, thiol) and 3' modifications (BHQ-1, BHQ-2, fluorescein, C3-amino, C7-amino, DABCYL, phosphate, biotin).
• Supply of immunised mice for antibody development, with ethical oversight by a registered veterinarian; immunogen couriered to the facility within 30 minutes and sacrificed mice couriered back within one hour during fusion experiments.

Accreditation and conformity assessment

• Accreditation of calibration laboratories, proficiency testing service providers, certified reference material producers, testing laboratories (medical, veterinary, forensic, pharmaceutical, chemical, microbiological, physical and mechanical), blood transfusion services, verification laboratories, inspection bodies, certification bodies and B-BBEE rating agencies, under the Accreditation for Conformity Assessment, Calibration and Good Laboratory Practice Act (Act 19 of 2006).

No CSD registration, tax clearance, B-BBEE level, CIDB grading or professional registration requirement is stated. Suppliers must provide a letter or other proof that they offer the listed products or services.