MICROFLUIDIC ELECTROPHORESIS SYSTEM

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited
to bid
Attachment: None
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address: 
Perkinelmer Health Sciences Canada, Inc.
501 Rowntree Dairy Road
Unit #6
Woodbridge Ontario
Canada
L4L8H1
Nature of Requirements: 
MICROFLUIDIC ELECTROPHORESIS SYSTEM

31241-126573/A
Gosselin, Monique
Telephone No. - (819) 956-3803 (    )
Fax No. - (819) 956-3814


The National Research Council Canada - Building
Montreal-Royalmount has a requirement for the supply and
installation of one (1) Microfluidic Electrophoresis System
(MES) with user training for up to 2 people in accordance with
the mandatory specifications detailed in the Request for
Proposal for delivery to Montreal, Quebec.  The delivery is
required by 31st March 2013.
 
The required equipment is the only commercially available
instrument which is capable of sampling directly from 96-well
and 384-well plates and allows automated, uninterrupted analysis
of all samples from those plates with no user intervention
required. The new system must permit analysis of up to 400
samples per chip to allows NRC to process greater number of
client samples.  The new system must provides analysis times as
low as 40 seconds per sample.  The new system must provide
protein sensitivity as low as 10 ug/L to allow greater
productivity and through put.  The new system must operate
unattended and automatically.
 
The only known supplier of an MES meeting all required technical
specifications is the LABCHIP II from PerkinElmer.  For this
reason, it is proposed to negotiate this requirement with the
manufacturer PerkinElmer Health Sciences Canada Inc, Woodbridge,
Ontario.

Delivery Date: 03/01/2013

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