Anaerobic Gas System

Solicitation number BC178834

Publication date

Closing date and time 2023/09/18 15:00 EDT

Status Status Expired

Description
Notice of Intent to Direct Award

Issued: September 7, 2023
File #: PHSA 11741
NOI Title:  Anaerobic Gas System
Provincial Health Services Authority

Notice is hereby given that Interior Health Authority (the “Health Authority”), through it’s agent Provincial Health Services Authority (“PHSA”), intends to directly award a Contract to the following supplier to provide three (3) units  Anaerobic Gas System  for Kelowna General Hospital for a term of five (5) years at an estimated value of CAD $95K.

Advanced Instruments, LLC
Two Technology Way/781-320-9000 Norwood, Massachusetts 02062 USA

In accordance with applicable trade agreements, PHSA has chosen not to proceed with a competitive process for the following reason:
  • the goods or services can be supplied only by the selected supplier and no alternative or substitute exists for the following reasons:
                      1.  to ensure compatibility with existing goods, or to maintain specialized goods that must be  maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative;

Kelowna General Hospital Laboratory requires three (3) units Anaerobic Gas Systems to create exact, repeatable environments and to culture a wide range of microbes automatically.  In order to ensure all technical procedures remain compatible with current testing and the other labs in IH (KBH, EKH, and RIH), only Advanced Instruments LLC can provide the fully automated Anaerobic Gas Systems to meet the necessary compatibility requirement within the lab. Advanced Instruments LLC is the sole manufacturer and distributor for this equipment platform in Canada.

Vendors who wish to challenge this decision should submit a detailed written objection for the attention of Fran Zhang by email to fran.zhang@phsa.ca before 12:00pm Pacific Time, September 18, 2023. PHSA will review any and all issues received by this date and provide due consideration to each objection.  
Please Reference File: # PHSA 11741 on all written correspondence.

Fran Zhang
Buyer, Supply Chain – Allied Health & Capital Sourcing
Provincial Health Services Authority
1795 Willingdon Avenue,
Burnaby, BC V5C 6E3
Phone: 604-297-9152  
Email: fran.zhang@phsa.ca   Web: www.phsa.ca

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Contracting organization

Organization
Provincial Health Services Authority (Incl. BCCSS)
Address
1795 Willingdon Ave
Burnaby, British Columbia, V5C 6E3
Canada
Contracting authority
fran zhang
Email
fran.zhang@phsa.ca
Address
1795 Willingdon Ave
Burnaby, British Columbia,
Canada
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