Xi'an University of Electronic Science and Technology Spends $3 Million on Nucleic Acid Testing Services? University response

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Recently, Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology spent $3 million to procure nucleic acid testing services causing widespread concern among netizens.

China government procurement network published a tender announcement on January 17, Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology through a tender form procurement of nucleic acid testing services.

The announcement shows that the project budget is 3 million yuan, and the winning company is Xi’an Tianbo Medical Laboratory Co., Ltd. He Shaanxi Friendship Medical Laboratory, and the winning price is 15 yuan for single collection and 3 yuan for mixed collection. The contract performance period is within 1 year after signing.

The project was first launched on November 26, 2022, once in December last year, the bid was aborted, the next day again open tender.

Since December 2022, China’s epidemic prevention and control policy has been gradually adjusted, and since January 8 this year, the “Category B B control” of the new coronavirus infection began.

The reporter noticed that Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology wrote in the bid announcement, “According to the status of the normalization of the new coronavirus epidemic, nucleic acid testing as one of the most important means to control the spread, effectively cut off the transmission pathway, and prevent the spread of the epidemic, the purchase to meet the needs of our university new coronavirus nucleic acid testing”.

It is worth mentioning that shortly after the announcement of the winning bid, Shaanxi Province further reduced the price of the new coronavirus nucleic acid test in public medical institutions, where the maximum price for a single person with a single tube is limited to $13.

After the news spread, a large number of netizens have questioned whether it is still necessary for universities to purchase nucleic acid testing services on a large scale under the situation of gradual liberalization of epidemic prevention and control?

In response to this matter, the top news reporter contacted Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology in the morning of February 2. The staff said that the online procurement information is indeed released by the university, is currently verifying the relevant information, the latest situation will be promptly announced to the outside world.

The official website information shows that Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology is a national key university featuring electronics and information disciplines, with coordinated development of engineering, science, management, literature, economics and other disciplines, directly under the Ministry of Education. It has two campuses in the north and south, covering a total area of 3,945.33 mu and a building area of 1,423,300 square meters.

It is ranked 48th in the Alumni Association National University Ranking and 41st in the Soft Science National University Ranking.