Background:

In 2020, the Africa CDC jointly with ASLM, public, philanthropic, and private sector partners launched a continent-wide Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative (Africa PGI) to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic but with a vision to effectively use new and emerging molecular diagnostics, genomic, and bioinformatics tools for enhanced disease surveillance, timely outbreak detection, and response. The Africa PGI continental genomic surveillance and sample referral network comprised of four (4) Centers of Excellence (CoE’s), nine (9) regional hubs (RH’s) and fifty-five ( 55) national laboratories. In order to modernize and automate the operation of the continental laboratory network, Africa CDC in collaboration with ASLM and Member States led the development of the Africa CDC Laboratory Network Information Management System (NIMS – https://pginims.africacdc.org). The system was developed in consultation with member states. The system is functional and is being used by multiple users to automate their daily lab transactions within some countries and cross-border levels.

Objective of the Request for Proposal:

ASLM is soliciting proposals from qualified consultants to maintain and upgrade the

Africa CDC Laboratory Network Information Management System (NIMS – https://pginims.africacdc.org). This system provides an interface through which multi-source information regarding the laboratory network is obtained in an intuitive and timely fashion. The Consultant will adopt a consultative, holistic approach to conduct work.