Laboratory Chemicals and Molecular Biology Reagents for Fisheries Research in Kochi

This tender, with Bid Number GEM/2026/B/8034994, is being issued by the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. The procuring entity is the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), specifically the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology located at Willingdon Island, Matsyapuri P.O., Kochi, PIN 682029. The tender is for the "Purchase of chemicals" and will be open for bidding from September 15, 2026, at 3:16 PM, closing on October 6, 2026, at 5:00 PM. The Bill of Quantities (BOQ) encompasses a comprehensive list of essential laboratory consumables, including various models of Finnpipette F2 Variable Volume Pipettes, bacterial viability kits, DNA staining solutions, DNA ladders of different sizes (100bp and 1kb, including ready-to-use formats), agarose for nucleic acid electrophoresis, blood and tissue DNA extraction kits, RNA preservation reagents, molecular biology grade buffers (HEPES and PIPES), chemical reagents such as Triphenyltetrazolium Chloride, Casamino Acids, 8-Hydroxyquinoline, Ferric Chloride Hexahydrate, and Chrome Azurol S with Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, sterile disposable dishes, cloning kits, RNA extraction reagents, random primers, Reverse Transcriptase enzymes, and master mixes for PCR reactions. The total quantity of items to be procured is 51.