Laboratory Disease Testing and Virus Cleaning Services

Solicitation number ESC-2025-2026-042

Publication date

Closing date and time 2025/11/19 14:00 EST

Last amendment date

Description

REQUIREMENTS:

AAFC requires a laboratory testing services for BRR testing, ELISA testing and PSTVd analysis, and quantification of soil borne pathogen Verticillium species using qPCR analysis with species specific primers as well as the services to clean up contaminated advanced lines that will be sent to industry for the purposes of seed multiplication.

Most of these analysis are required by multiple science teams at FRDC in order to conduct research trials on commercial fields with potato seed from the AAFC Benton Ridge Substation according to regulations enforced by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The other tests are crucial to better understand disease pathology and further the resistance and best management practices research on diseases that are problematic to the Canadian potato industry.

Contract duration

The estimated contract period will be 60 month(s), with a proposed start date of 2025/12/01.

Trade agreements

  • 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
Contact information

Contracting organization

Organization
Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC)
Address

95 Innovation Road

Fredericton, NB, E3B 4Z7
Canada
Contracting authority
Nicole LeBlanc
Email
Nicole.LeBlanc@agr.gc.ca
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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Document title Amendment no. Language Unique downloads Date added
ESC-2025-2026-042 PAC - Francais.pdf 001 FR 0 2025/11/04
ESC-2025-2026-042 ACAN - English.pdf 001 EN 4 2025/11/04
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Summary information

Notice type
Advance Contract Award Notice
Language(s)
English, French
Contract duration
60 month(s)
Procurement method
Advance Contract Award Notice
Commodity - UNSPSC
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