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Professional Services of Quality Control QC) Consultants (3) for NRC- Clinical Trial Material Facility (CTMF)

Solicitation number 25-58308

Publication date

Closing date and time 2026/08/26 14:00 EDT


    Description

    To engage qualified consultants to provide Quality Control (QC) support during the
    operationalization of the Clinical Trial Material Facility (CTMF), in compliance with Health
    Canada, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and European Medicines Agency (EMA)
    regulations, policies, and procedures.

    The NRC has built a new permanent, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)-compliant
    Clinical Trial Material Facility (CTMF) at its Royalmount Avenue site in Montréal, where
    the facility and equipment completed the validation mid-2024. This facility will
    manufacture as a Contract (Development and) Manufacturing Organization (C(D)MO)
    vaccines and other biologic materials for clinical trials and manufacture its first GMP
    biologics batch early 2027.

    This request for proposals includes 3 lots as follows:
    1. Lot 1 - Senior QC: one resource working on establishing the right QC process
    adapted to Phase 1 and 2 manufacturing in a biomanufacturing facility.
    2. Lot 2 - Junior QC: one resources working on all QC processes: documentation
    review, data entry, incoming documentation, raw material sampling, analytical
    method transfer.
    3. Lot 3 - QC Sampler: one resource to perform EM sampling in the clean rooms
    (grade C and D).

    Contract duration

    The estimated contract period will be 12 month(s).

    Trade agreements

    • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
    • World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA)
    • Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
    • Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)
    • Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
    • Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement
    • Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement
    • Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)
    • Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
    • Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
    • Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
    • Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA)
    • Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA)

    Reason for limited tendering

    A contracting officer can use limited tendering for specific reasons outlined in the applicable trade agreements. The reason for this contract is described below:

    • None

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    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    National Research Council of Canada (NRC)
    Address

    6100, avenue Royalmount,

    Montreal, quebec , H4P 2R2
    canada
    Contracting authority
    cindy romain
    Phone
    (613) 299-2748
    Email
    cindy.romain@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
    Address

    6100 Royalmont ave

    montreal , quebec , H4P 2R2
    Canada
    Bidding details
    Full details regarding this tender opportunity are available in the documents below. Click on the document name to download the file. Contact the contracting officer if you have any questions regarding these documents.
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    001 EN and FR 2 2026/08/01
    001 FR 0 2026/08/01
    001 EN 0 2026/08/01
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    Summary information

    Notice type
    Request for Proposal
    Language(s)
    English, French
    Region(s) of delivery
    Canada
    Region of opportunity
    Canada
    Contract duration
    12 month(s)
    Procurement method
    Competitive – Open Bidding
    Selection criteria
    Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price
    Commodity - UNSPSC
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