Lab Information Management System (LIMS)

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Brief Description - Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

Statistics Canada (hereinafter referred to as ?StatCan?) has a requirement for a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Solution (hereinafter referred to as ?the Solution?). The Solution must be a complete and bug free ?Commercial Off the Shelf Solution? (COTS) that must meet the requirements in this document. StatCan is looking for Perpetual User Floating Licenses to be installed on its own Cloud network. The Solution must enable and support the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) to manage biological sample (biospecimen) collection across the 6 time zones of Canada.
 
The Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS), is a national survey conducted by Statistics Canada in partnership with Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). The purpose of the survey is to collect nationally representative information regarding the general health and lifestyles of Canadians.

The CHMS is collecting information on the health of Canadians by means of questionnaires, physical measures and biospecimen collection. Analyses of biospecimens, for blood, urine, and saliva are done for a variety of biomarkers such as nutrition, chronic and infectious diseases, environmental exposure, etc.

Data is collected through personal interviews at two of Statistics Canada’s Mobile Examination Centers (MEC). During the MEC visit, the respondents are interviewed and basic information on demographics and health is collected. Later on, during the interview, blood, urine, and saliva samples are collected based on the respondent’s given consent and their answers to a series of screening questions in order to ensure their safety.

Approximately 2500 respondents participate in the CHMS every year. During that time, the survey collects data and biospecimens from 8 different sites (for a duration of 6 weeks each). Only one Mobile Examination Center (MEC) is used at a time and the same teams travel from one site to another. The CHMS then collaborates with external laboratories across Canada to analyse and store the samples collected.

For respondent visits to its mobile examination center, the CHMS is currently using an application that was developed in-house. At this time, the CHMS is performing a redesign of all its applications and seeking ways to improve its processes, which includes the management of biospecimen collection.

The MEC is run by 2 teams of around 8 employees that alternate shifts (MEC collection runs from early morning to late evening).

The following short video gives a tour of the inside of the MEC: https://youtu.be/z7w0avNMUtk


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Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.