GC-HS High Resolution Mass Spectrom

Trade Agreement: CETA / WTO-AGP / NAFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited to bid
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address: 
ISO-MASS SCIENTIFIC INC
#140, 5700 - 1 Street S.W.
Calgary Alberta
Canada
T2H3A9
Nature of Requirements: 

GC-HS High Resolution Mass Spectrom

H4004-173710/A
Choquette, Herb
Telephone No. - (613) 536-4874 
Fax No. - (613) 545-8067 

GC-HS High Resolution Mass Spectrometer

A. Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) 
An ACAN is a public notice indicating to the supplier community that a department or agency intends to award a contract for goods, services or construction to a pre-identified supplier, thereby allowing other suppliers to signal their interest in bidding, by submitting a statement of capabilities. If no supplier submits a statement of capabilities that meets the requirements set out in the ACAN, on or before the closing date stated in the ACAN, the contracting officer may then proceed with the award to the pre-identified supplier. 

B. Definition of the requirement 
The Food Laboratory Ontario of the Regulatory Operations and Regions Branch (RORB), Health Canada, requires a High Resolution Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (HR-MS) system.

C. For assessment of the Statement of Capabilities (Minimum Essential Requirements) the following must be met:

1.0  High Resolution Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (HR-MS) System

1.1  GENERAL
a) The system must be new and based on double-focusing sector-type MS technology and include an autosampler and PC-based data system

1.2  AUTOSAMPLER

a) Must be programmable from the data system (in addition to remote starting and stopping of the system, the control must include number of injections per sample or calibration, rinse volumes, and rate of injection)
i. Autosampler must be capable of automated injections on a split/splitless inlet
b) Must provide adequate wash cycles to prevent sample carry-over or contamination (must be programmable from the data system)
c) Autosampler must be able to provide temperature control of vial trays (e.g. water cooling) to maintain a suitable temperature and prevent sample evaporation

1.3  GAS CHROMATOGRAPH (GC)
a) GC oven must be capable of temperatures up to 450oC and be multi-level temperature programmable
b) GC oven must be able to accommodate temperature ramps/holds
i. GC must be capable of accommodating a splitless (pressure programmable) inlet
c) Must be interfaced with MS via a heated transfer line

1.4  IONIZATION
a) Must include an electron ionization (EI) source
b) EI source must be capable of generating electron energies of  at least 40 eV

1.5  MASS SPECTROMETER (MS)
a) MS must be based on double-focusing, sector type technology
b) MS vacuum system must consist of rotary-vain foreline pump(s) along with turbomolecular pump(s) in order to obtain sufficiently high vacuum
c) Must scan over a range of 2-1200 daltons at full accelerating voltage
d) System must allow exchange of ion volume and filament without venting

1.6  DATA SYSTEM & SOFTWARE
a) Must include Microsoft Windows 7 operating system and Microsoft Office
b) Hard drive must have a capacity of at least 1TB
c) Must include software capable of setting parameters in the GC, autosampler, and MS that will allow for unattended operation (i.e. overnight runs)
d) Must have an automated data processing and quantification package that allows for manual integration of peak areas with automatic updating of quantification results

1.7  MANDATORY PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS
a) Sensitivity:
i. A 20 fg injection of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD) must give a signal-to-noise ratio = 200:1 (where noise is equivalent to 4 standard deviations, i.e. 4s) on unsmoothed raw data for the most abundant 2,3,7,8-TCDD mass (m/z 321.8930)

D. Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement 
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s) 
o Canada Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
o North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
o World Trade Agreement (WTO)

E. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier 

1.0      Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s) 
The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts Regulations is (are) invoked for this procurement under subsection subsection 6(d) - "only one person is capable of performing the work").

2.0      Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons 
The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked under the 

a.   CFTA Article: 513  b. the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: 
  (iii) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons;

b.   North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Article 1016.2.b - where, for works of art, or for reasons connected with the protection of patents, copyrights or other exclusive rights, or proprietary information or where there is an absence of competition for technical reasons, the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists;

c.    World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP) Article XV1.(b) when, for works of art or for reasons connected with protection of exclusive rights, such as patents or copyrights, or in the absence of competition for technical reasons, the products or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists.

F. Delivery date: 
The equipment must be delivered by 30 March 2018.

G. The estimated value of the contract is $600,000.00 (GST/HST extra). 

H. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier:

Isomass Scientific Inc. 
140, 5700-1 Street S.W. 
Calgary. AB
T2H 3A9

I. Suppliers' right to submit a statement of capabilities: 
Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the goods, described in the ACAN may submit a statement of capabilities in writing to the contact person identified in this notice on or before the closing date of this notice. The statement of capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the advertised requirements.

J. Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities: 
The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is. 3 January 2018 at 2:00 p.m. EST). 

K. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities 
Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to: 

Herb Choquette
Supply Team Leader
Public Works and Government Services
86 Clarence St., 2nd Floor
Kingston, Ontario
K7L 1X3
Telephone: 613-536-4874 
Facsimile: 613-545-8067
E-mail: Herb.Choquette@pwgsc.gc.ca


Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

You are hereby notified that the government intends to negotiate with one firm only as identified above. Should you have any questions concerning this requirement, contact the contracting officer identified above.

An Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) allows departments and agencies to post a notice, for no less than fifteen (15) calendar days, indicating to the supplier community that it intends to award a good, service or construction contract to a pre-identified contractor. If no other supplier submits, on or before the closing date, a Statement of Capabilities that meets the requirements set out in the ACAN, the contracting authority may then proceed with the award.  However, should a Statement of Capabilities be found to meet the requirements set out in the ACAN, then the contracting authority will proceed to a full tendering process.

Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the services/goods described herein, may submit a statement of capabilities in writing to the contact person identified in this Notice on or before the closing date of this Notice. The statement of capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the advertised requirements.

The PWGSC file number, the contracting officer's name and the closing date of the ACAN must appear on the outside of the envelope in block letters or, in the case of a facsimile transmission, on the covering page.

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

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.