# UK SBS Bio-plex Human Cytokine Kits

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: SNC Bio-Rad
- Award value: £58,967
- Tender value: £58,967
- Award date: 28 March 2017
- Published: 28 March 2017
- Contract start: 29 March 2017
- Contract end: 12 May 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 4758dc81-13dd-4b7a-9668-015ea2a89f3f-138323
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7e4845f1-c96e-4575-bd69-831919ce300e

## Description

MRC Gambia requires 20 kits from BioRad for Th1/Th2 cytokine analysis of 600 samples from TB patients\. The funding is through the developmental gap fund \(MRC\) in order to validate biomarkers discovered for development of a rapid TB test, for which there is a patent pending\. This was published in the ERJ in 2014\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4758dc81-13dd-4b7a-9668-015ea2a89f3f-138323)