Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID) reader

The agency has a requirement for of RFIDs for tracking cryogenically preserved materials in 2ml tubes at -196°C. We wish to lease the equipment, rather than purchase as the technology is as yet unproven.

The supplier should be able to provide RFID-tagged 2ml sterile cryotubes for purchase and to provide under a lease arrangement two RFID readers- one for reading and registering cryovials in the cell culture laboratory and one to read cryovials in 10x10 cryo storage boxes (132 x 132 x 53mm) in the liquid nitrogen storage facility, as well as associated computer hardware and software for tracking and registering storage locations. The RFIDs must be capable of being read at temperatures below -180°C.