Professional services for instrumentation and control for development of a rotating microfluidic platform

Solicitation number 14-22039

Publication date

Closing date and time 2014/07/25 15:00 EDT


    Description
    The project requires the development of the hardware as well as the control software (to be integrated in an existent platform) for managing valves, temperature control, rotation, camera imaging and provide a user-interface for the execution of pre-programmed recipes including rotational speed, acceleration, and deceleration times, activation of valves, temperature, etc.
    It also requires to build on our existing electronic and Labview-based software control platform for the control of existing devices to improve the level of control and dynamic feedback. It should add the following capabilities to the existing platform:  advanced electronic control on many independent electrodes, design of a custom enclosure and contacting system to connect electrically the chip, electronic real-time capacitive feedback on the droplet position, software-based verification of the success or failure of multiple droplet displacements, and real-time software-based control of the amplitude and frequency of the voltage.

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    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    National Research Council Canada
    Address
    100 Sussex Dr
    Ottawa, Ontario, K1A0R6
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Ellis, Melody
    Phone
    613-993-4461
    Address
    1200 Montreal Road
    Ottawa, ON, K1A 0R6
    CA

    Buying organization(s)

    Organization
    National Research Council Canada
    Address
    100 Sussex Dr
    Ottawa, Ontario, K1A0R6
    Canada
    Bidding details

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    Summary information

    Notice type
    Advance Contract Award Notice
    Language(s)
    English, French
    Region(s) of delivery
    National Capital Region (NCR)
    Region of opportunity
    Canada
    Procurement method
    Competitive – Open Bidding
    Commodity - GSIN
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