European system of reference laboratories for pathogens for humans

The European Commission's Directorate General for Health and Consumers has launched a call for tenders to create a European system of reference laboratories for pathogens for humans.

The European Commission's Directorate General for Health and Consumers has launched a call for tenders to create a European system of reference laboratories for pathogens for humans.

The aim is to seek and provide rational bases for such a system with a view to the notifiable diseases listed in European Commission Decision No 2119/98. The research activities involved must also include structural, functional, technical, legislative and economic aspects. This entails giving, after analysis, an overall view of the current situation of reference laboratories in the different Member States, including important features for their development and their networking at national and international levels. This last point is a prerequisite for satisfactorily completing research and responses in the event of epidemic outbreaks.

For further information, please contact:

European Commission
Health and Consumers Directorate-General
Attn: Ms Viera Volosinova
HTC 2/275
L-2920 Luxembourg
Tel. +352 43 01 35 290
Fax +352 43 01 33 449
E-mail: Contact

To see the full details of the call, please consult the following web address:
http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:214386-2008:TEXT:EN:HTML

Remarks: The deadline for requesting tender documents is 30 September 2008.
The deadline for submitting tender documents is 6 October 2008.

Before contacting the Commission, tenderers are strongly advised to consult the original call text in the Official Journal of the European Union at the reference below.

Category: Calls for tenders
Data Source Provider: Official Journal of the European Union
Document Reference: OJ No S 159-214386 of 19 August 2008