ViiA7 REAL TIME PCR SYSTEM

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited
to bid
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Interchangeable Parts
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address: 
Life Technologies Inc.
5250 Main Way
Burlington Ontario
Canada
L7L5Z1
Nature of Requirements: 
ViiA7 REAL TIME PCR SYSTEM


1.	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. 

2.	Definition of the requirement

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has a requirement for (2)
ViiA7 Real Time PCR System including installation, manuals in
English, training for up to (4) users and plus one year extended
warranty. The delivery is required by March 30, 2016 to Ottawa,
Ontario.

3.	Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities  

Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement
of capabilities that its product/equipment/system meets the
following requirements:

1.  The system must be compatible with ABI software protocols
and data files. 

2.  The instrument software must provide raw fluorescent data
and multicomponent (segregated
      by dye type) data for troubleshooting of experiment. 

3.  The previously and currently employed ABI instruments (ViiA7
) must have the same software
     architecture as the ViiA7 Real Time Instrument, which will
maintain ease of use and lessen
     any additional training time and costs required.

4.  The instrument must also have available at least four (4)
user-interchangeable blocks to 
     accommodate 96-well, Fast 96-well low volume, 384-well
plates, and TaqMan® Array Cards.

5.  A versatile instrument must have at least four (4)
user-interchangeable blocks can do the
     work of 2 instruments and increases its longevity. 

6.  We are doing interchanged experiement where we must have 96
well and 384 well samples 
     and we are using mostly the fast 96 well low volume block
and 384. 

7.  When we are doing research we must be able to run only
8-strip tubes and this instrument 
     allowed it.

8.  The instrument must have an OptiFlex™ System which combines
6 excitation (450-670 nm)and 6 emission (500-720nm) filter sets
to enable collection of up to 21 unique combinations of
wavelengths during a single run for multiplexing. 

9.  We are doing frequently multiplexing of assay, this is
complicated but we must have assess 
     at multiple "real" fluorescence channel to be able to
multiplex almost 4 color ranging from
     Fam to Cy5 mainly, and eventually a 5th will be great, this
range of waveleng allow us to do it 
     with our old and new assays. 

10. The instrument must have real-time quantitative PCR
installation specifications which 
      demonstrate the ability to distinguish between 6,667 and
10,000 template copies (a 1.5 fold
      sensitivity) with a 99.7% confidence level.

4.	Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement

This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s): 

Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

5.	Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier

The only known supplier of ViiA7 Real Time PCR System meeting
all the above required technical specifications is Life
Technologies Inc. For this reason, it is proposed to negotiate
this requirement with Life Technologies Inc.

6.	Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons

The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are
invoked under the:

Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) - Article  506.12(b)  
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Article 1016.2(b) 

7.	Period of the proposed contract or delivery date

The final delivery of the equipment must be on March 31, 2016.

8.	Name and address of the pre-identified supplier

	Life Technologies Inc.
	5250 Mainway
	Burlington, Ontario
	L7K 5Z1
	Canada	

9.	Suppliers' right to submit a statement of capabilities

Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available
to provide the goods, services or construction services
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.

10.	Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities

The closing date and time for accepting statements of
capabilities is November 02, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. EST.














11.	Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities

Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:

Martin Gauthier
Supply Officer
Public Works and Government Services Canada 
Scientific, Medical and Photographic Division - PV 
Portage III - Floor: 6A2 - Room: 48  
11 Laurier Street  
Gatineau, Quebec 
Canada
K1A 0S5
 
Telephone:   	613-404-8642
Facsimile:    	819-956-3814
E-mail:		martin.gauthier@pwgsc.gc.ca






Delivery Date: 31/03/2016

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.