Gel Documentation System

Trade Agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement

Tendering Procedures: To all pre-qualified holders of supply arrangement #E60PV-19EQUI

Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest Price

Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No

Nature of Requirements: Gel Documentation System, 01R11-23-C069,

Camille Sobczak, 204-430-5426, camille.sobczak@agr.gc.ca

THIS REQUEST IS RESERVED FOR HOLDERS OF SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT # E60PV-19EQUI ONLY, FOR THE PURCHASE OF LABORATORY AND SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT, PARTS AND ACCESSORIES, SERVICES AND SUPPLIES.

Only Suppliers currently pre-qualified on Supply Arrangement E60PV-19EQUI have been invited to bid.

As a requirement of the Supply Arrangement, this notice is published on Buy and Sell Canada for a period of 40 calendar days. The closing date published on this notice identifies how long the notice will be published. For the closing date of any solicitation under the supply arrangement, invited suppliers should refer to the solicitation documents.

Suppliers that do not have a Supply Arrangement for the supply of Laboratory and Scientific Equipment, Parts and Accessories, Services and Supplies with Public Works and Government Services Canada, cannot submit a bid. Any bids received from suppliers not pre-qualified on the Supply Arrangement will not be evaluated.

Suppliers may qualify under Supply Arrangement E60PV-19EQUI for Laboratory and Scientific Equipment, Parts and Accessories, Services and Supplies, at any time. Interested suppliers should download solicitation document E60PV-19EQUI /C from Buyandsell.gc.ca and submit a response as per the requirements of the Request for Supply Arrangement.

Lethbridge Research and Development Center has the requirement for one (1) Gel Documentation System.

The mandatory technical criteria are:

1. UV and blue light for DNA/RNA gels.
2. Capable of imaging samples stained with ethidium bromide, SYBR Green, SYBR Safe, GelRed, fluorescein, SYPRO Ruby, Pro-Q Emerald 300 and Pro-Q Emerald 488 Glycoprotein Stain, SYTO 60, Alexa Fluor (488, 546, 647, 680, 790), DyLight (488, 550, 650, 680, 800), IRDye (680RD, 800CW), Cy Dyes and StarBrightBlue (520, 700)
3. Colorimetric gels, like Coomassie, silver stain, Pierce stains etc.
4. Bioluminescent samples
5. True color imaging of opaque and translucid samples
6. Multiplex fluorescence with 5 color channels (Blue, Green, Red, Far Red and NIR). The imaging system must include sources for excitation and emission detection of dyes excited in Blue (472±15 nm), Green (524±12 nm), Red (628±16 nm) for multiplex imaging of common visible RGB fluorescent dyes. Detection of the IR fluorescent dyes emission must be in the (721-749 nm) to 814-850 nm ranges
7. Chemiluminescence, multiples western applications
8. Quantifying nucleic acid and protein in gels and western blots
9. High resolution camera
10. High signal-to-noise ratio
11. Automatic image focusing for ease-of-use without user intervention
12. The imaging systems onboard capture software must have features for customizing imaging protocols combining excitation sources and filters

The responsive bidder already holding a Supply arrangement for Laboratory and Scientific Equipment, Parts and Accessories, Services and Supplies from Public Works and Government Services Canada who meets the mandatory technical criteria with the lowest aggregate price will be recommended for contract award.