The South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (DHEC) is seeking qualified vendors to provide Genetic Screening Processor (GSP) analyzers, Panthera punchers, and a DBS puncher along with service contracts for all of this equipment as well as Specimen Gate lab software (compatibility with LIMS), license and support; Test kits for TSH, BIO, GALT, TGAL, IRT, 17-OHP; other consumable items for the GSP analyzers. The analyses are used to support newborn screening testing of South Carolina newborns. The newborn screening program is mandated by Section 44-37-30 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, and requires the testing of all newborns in South Carolina for specific metabolic disorders. The total estimated dollar amount of the purchase is $4,305,480.00. The contract is for one year with four (4) one-year renewal options for a possible maximum term of five (5) years.