Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) Farm Feedlot Cattle Respiratory and Enterococcus Pathogen Testing

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Centre for Foodborne Environmental Zoonotic Infectious Disease (CFEZID), Food-borne Disease and AMR Surveillance Division (FDASD) requires the services of an accredited microbiological laboratory. Expertise is required in the primary isolation, identification and susceptibility testing of Enterococcus spp and the bovine respiratory disease (BRD) pathogens Histophilus somni, Pasteurella multocida, and Mannheimia haemolytica. This requirement is part of CIPARS Feedlot surveillance initiative and therefore Sensititre susceptibility testing is required.

The period of the contract will be until March 31, 2025, with the option for two (2) additional one (1) year periods.

The Contractor shall report on an annual basis, the primary isolation results listing all of the samples received and whether they were positive for the organism of interest, and the susceptibility results by antimicrobial. The susceptibility results will be provided no later than February 1^st of each year. All invoicing must be submitted by March 31st annually.