To: Volkan Cetinkaya

Task Team Leader

The World Bank Group

Subject: Request for No Objection

Dear Volkan,

We would like to bring your attention to our urgent need of a Real-Time PCR Molecular Diagnostic system to increase the laboratory capacity to meet the increased test demand.

We would like to inform you with the help of Asian Development Bank, we are procuring one unit of molecular testing system Cobas6800 manufactured by Roche. Since these systems are in very high demand and very difficult to secure, we have achieved to obtain the offer for 2 items.

To follow the Bank’s guidance on approving the direct contracting, we have run a market analysis for price analysis and requested quotations from the following items:

Company Name Similar Models  Estimated Price

Cepheid Infinity-48S.      40sites

                364,000 EUR

Cepheid               Infinity-48S         48sites  409,500 EUR

Cepheid               Infinity-80 64sites

                559,000 EUR

Cepheid               Infinity-80 64sites

                604,500 EUR

Abbott  Abbott m2000 RealTime System                Could not obtain the quote

Beckman Coulter              DxN VERIS Molecular Diagnostics System              Could not obtain the quote

In addition, we would like to emphasize that although Georgian Laboratories utilize the testing systems from Cepheid, currently the cartridges are in great deficit as well as more expensive that one of the Cobas6800. Please refer to the price comparison:

Test       Price

Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV2+Nasopharyngeal Swab Kit (cepheid)      39 EUR

Reagents for one test     25 EUR

Considering the urgent need, we are also satisfied with the delivery terms of the proposed items. First item will be delivered in third quarter of 2020.

In the light of above, we would like to kindly request the Bank’s No Objection to proceed with direct contracting with Roche Diagnostics Turkey A.Ş. for 1 unit of Real-Rime PCR Molecular Diagnostic system with the total price of EUR 460,000.

Enclosed: Roche Diagnostics Turkey A.Ş. -invoice and email communication.