Do I need the PCR Add-on Kit for performing the qPCR assay?

This will depend on how many pools you process with your kit. If generating 6 or less pools, you will have sufficient PCR reagents for performing the qPCR assay and endpoint PCRs using the PCR reagents provided in the QuantSeq Pool kit.

If you are generating more than 6 pools, you will need to purchase the PCR Add-on and Reamplification Kit V2 (Cat. No. 208) and use this for the qPCR assay.

NOTE: For compatibility of the PCR Add-on and Reamplification Kit V2 for Illumina (Cat. No. 208) with the Endpoint PCR of QuantSeq-Pool library prep protocol, please see: Can I use the enzyme from the PCR Add-on kit to perform QuantSeq-Pool Endpoint PCR?