How to win: Request for Information - Oligonucleotides Onshoring

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1. The purpose of this notice is to enhance the Authority's understanding of the marketplace and its options for sourcing for a potential future requirement. 2. The issuance of this request for information (RFI) does not constitute a sourcing exercise nor will the Authority pay any costs incurred in the preparation of a response to this RFI. 3. The UK Health Security Agency's (UKHSA) key objectives for this RFI are: a. understand the ability of the marketplace to fulfil its requirements; b. refine the scope of the requirements to best align to the marketplace; and c. inform the Authority's chosen route to market to best enable competition Description of Scope of Requirements: UKHSA sees access to oligonucleotide manufacturers as key to increasing the UK's biosecurity, preparedness and resilience for infectious diseases. Oligonucleotides are a ubiquitous reagent used widely at many stages for research, development and use of diagnostics and countermeasures for infectious disease. Synthetic oligonucleotides are used widely as essential components of molecular diagnostic assays, sequencing methods and for development of serological assays, as well as critical reagents i

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — UK Health Security Agency scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
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